Jordan’s ‘Fierce Savage’ kicks down martial arts gender constraints
published : 20 May 2022 at 12:45
NICOSIA: It’s no mystery why Jordanian Lina Fayyad has been nicknamed “Fierce Savage” — watching as she lands successive blows in the cage, it’s clear she is poised to take mixed martial arts by storm.
With her long maroon hair and small frame, she cuts an unusual figure in the world of MMA, and perhaps even more so within the country and region…