Dambe boxing in Nigeria with MMA fighter Jibrin Inuwa Baba

After years of a successful sporting career, Nigeria’s four-time kickboxing gold medalist, Jibrin Inuwa Baba, pays homage to his town Kano where he meets his coach at the Dambe boxing arena. His hope is to see young athletes equally succeed in their boxing career.
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[@DWThe77Percent]

Hey The 77 Percent community - if you like this video, this might be a good read: www.dw.com/en/what-it-means-to-be-a-fighter/a-68859031
And we would like to throw a question at you - Do you think that Dambe - Combat sport in Nigeria is reinventing itself for a new generation?
Let us know in the comments how you feel about it ...

[@victorolatope5148]

There’s always sthg to learn about other regions… thank you for sharing this.

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[@theodoreandoh8105]

fighting sports takes you to different realms only the ones who practice can understand

[@DWThe77Percent]

Doesn't seem easy at all but thumbs up to all who do it!

[@drumstick-marblebag]

I wish Africa lives happily and peacefully.

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[@SetoSokotsu]

...mainstream dambe would be cool thooo, i think add a little grappling and u have yourself a very unique sport...

[@n30418]

It's rubbish compared to all the combat sports we have now

[@slickrick5811]

@@n30418 I don't agree; once you follow Dambe it's a massive sport (and i don't understand Hausa either). I'm a huge MMA fan, from UFC 1 till 300 i was saw every fight; Max is the man right now after that Gaethje KO.
MMA is one thing but Dambe has it's own flavor: the musicians with the talking drums (if miked well, they can sound as heavy as metallica IMO); the trance like rap of a fighter, backed the drums; the open in your face challenge to a fight; the acceptance of the challenge; the celebration over an unconscious opponent; the effort to revive a seemingly dead fighter after a brutal KO...i could go on.
These fighters I don't forget: Ramadan (a fighting fanatic), Zazu (lunatic), Bahagon Maitakwasara (all balls a showmanm), Ali Kanin Bello (brute), Ebola (killer) , Chindo (little giant killer who will fight any size man and win), Ilele (i don't know why i like this fighter 😂 ), Dogo Mai Takwarara (warrior), Autan Mamman (fighter with a blood lust, god made him to fight) ...there are many more fighters and some (like Ramadan )seem to fight every day
Sadly, you have to want to follow the sport to get into it, and the language makes it hard to follow, but it's definitely entertaining

[@n30418]

@@slickrick5811 why would I be interested in watching a sport that uses one arm to fight when there is a sport that uses 8 limbs to fight, plus grappling. Taekwondo is more intertaining than dambe.

[@Speedofdark339]

Yet your here, watching. Ok, Jack. Dambe fighters would murder modern-day itf teakwood fighters lmao. ​@n30418

[@Speedofdark339]

​​​@@n30418kicks, dumps and sweeps are allowed, tell me you don't know anything about dambe without telling me you don't know anything about dambe.

[@bradadezus]

shoulder roll right hand counter all day

[@InukaChishi]

U understand u understand understand yea understand I understand u understand

[@Historyfactory0]

English isn’t our first lingua take the L

[@azinyako5896]

At least he's doing something worthwhile. What of you English Master?

[@mzansitrash]

😂😂😂😂

[@doublejacketjimmy391]

@@Historyfactory0I understand.

[@MuratOshan]

👍

[@giuseppeviola8091]

This is probably the oldest combat sport in the world. They must preserve it and make it even greater.

[@danielo6494]

These are indigenous Hausas u won’t see Fulani doing this. They also want to do politics