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In the three years sinceknockoff oakleys Bokator practitioners first competed in a MMA tournament in Malaysia -- formally marking Cambodia's entry into the sport -- it has skyrocketed in popularity.

The country's inaugural MMA association was launched last year with local television channels airing weekly fights.

According to the association, there are around 100 Cambodians who can now compete professionally in the sport.

On Friday nine of them are on the card to take on challengers from across the world when the ONE Fighting Championship, Asia's largest MMA organisation, foakleys for sale holds its first global competition in the capital Phnom Penh.

While their training in traditional martial arts provides a solid foundation, fighters still need to learn new techniques and MMA rules to contest internationally.

Spotting a gap in this nascent market, Cambodian-American Chan Reach traded his job as a paramedic in New York in 2011 to train fighters in Phnom Penh on how to compete in the cage.

"I was watching a match on YouTube with Cambodian fighters being thrashed by foreigners, cheap fake oakleysand knew I had to come to help train them," said Reach, who is Tok Sophon's trainer and himself a practitioner with 13 professional fights under his belt.

A few months ago the coach-turned-entrepreneur set up one of a growing number of gyms in the capital specialising in MMA.

"It is a new twist in an old sport... and offers an exciting opportunity for Bokator and Kun Khmer fighters," he said during a training break at the centre.

But an older generation of fighters are concerned the thriving MMA industry poses a threat to their centuries-old practice, long-hailed as a symbol of Cambodia'sfake oakleys free shipping past military might.