Turning From Fighter to Coach

Realizing he could not sustain his competitive trajectory alone, Omer shifted his focus entirely toward coaching, taking his career seriously at age 22 in 2015.

Ever since he was a child, he always wanted to teach and lead.

"Ever since I was back in Saudi, I have always wanted to be a leader, a boss. I have always had a leadership mentality, always willing to help and teach."

He started pouring himself entirely into teaching MMA, learning from online videos and studying other gyms.

He became completely obsessed with teaching, even making extra cash as he watched fighters and trained them.

For Omer, the reward was deeply personal: "I saw myself in others by teaching them."

However, his momentum was completely derailed in 2019.

He traveled to Ethiopia for a coffee business venture, and the global COVID-19 pandemic struck.

Because of the virus, he was forced to stay in Ethiopia for one and a half years.

He adapted to the situation by opening training sessions there, and during his best year of that period, he focused entirely on teaching grappling.

Surviving the Nairobi Margins

When Omer finally moved to Kenya in October 2022, he was a coach without a home, a network, or an institutional anchor.

Knowing absolutely nobody in the local combat sports community, he survived by going door-to-door, approaching individual fitness centers just to secure any paid work.

During this initial phase, Omer was paid a meager 8,000 Ksh a month only.

The financial strain left him severely restricted, struggling as he desperately needed money to go to the One Tribe gym so he could train MMA and grappling and expand his professional network.

He was completely lost in Nairobi's fight scene, struggling just to survive financially while trying his best to network and hold on.

The Financial Turning Point at Ultra Gym

The trajectory of Omer's career shifted permanently when he transitioned to Ultra Gym and crossed paths with Maurice, the biggest boxing promoter in Kenya.

This move completely changed his life financially after his time trying to establish himself in Kenya.

Recognizing the deep tactical intelligence behind Omer’s methods, Maurice and his team believed in him and gave him consistent opportunities to make money, helping him out to finally become stable.

This partnership gave Omer the stability he needed to stop moving from gym to gym and finally build a strong program at Ultra Gym.

Finding MMA at Nairobi Jiu-Jitsu Academy

After his successful time building up stable foundations at Ultra Gym, Omer made his next big career move by joining the Nairobi Jiu-Jitsu Academy.

He joined the academy ever since it started, built on deep, existing relationships.

Before the academy was formed, Omer used to train closely with its founders back at One Tribe gym.

This move marked a major shift in his coaching path.

He decided to leave Ultra Fitness Gym because Nairobi Jiu-Jitsu Academy offered something his coaching soul truly craved: pure MMA.

Transitioning to this dedicated academy allowed him to fully align his daily training with his core skills, giving him the ultimate environment to sharpen his roster.

Facing the Storm: Mental Health and Healing

Behind his fierce coaching exterior, Omer’s journey has also been an intense personal battle for inner peace.

He is a huge advocate for mental health through sports, speaking openly about struggles that many coaches and athletes keep hidden.

This advocacy comes directly from his own life story.

From a young age, Omer dealt with severe mental health issues, though he didn't know how to express them.

He grew up in a religious, conservative environment where mental health wasn't even a word to mention.

Because of the massive social stigma, he didn't realize that the brain can get sick too or that his behavior was a response to what he was mentally going through.

In early 2018, his struggles reached a breaking point when he experienced his first episode of self-harm.

Shocked by his own actions, he suffered a severe panic attack and called two of his best friends, who immediately helped him seek professional help.

It was then that he was officially diagnosed with mood disorders—specifically rapid cycling bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder (BPD), mixed anxiety disorder, and panic disorder.

At first, he did not like the medical diagnosis because he felt the labels were messing with him.

To hide from the judgment of others, Omer used to cover up his physical scars.

But as he learned more about mental health, he stopped fighting the diagnosis and started listening to his feelings.

He began using the sport, religion, and spirituality as his ultimate coping mechanisms.

Growing up, he was never allowed to be vulnerable, but his journey taught him that real power comes from opening up.

Today, he proudly marks milestones of being clean from self-injury, embracing his journey completely.

To his scars, he shares a deeply personal message: "You are a part of me, you are me. They judged us, I hated you, some loved us but it didn’t matter. I started loving you although I was insecure."

As Omer beautifully explains to his students:

"I advocate about mental health through the sport, with my students, I always want them to be vulnerable especially men... The sport lets you be vulnerable because it's not weakness, it's being emotional for anyone."

The Architecture of Champions

Now firmly established as a dominant force, Omer believes coaching is his ultimate purpose in life, loving the deep impact he makes by teaching people.

He has worked tirelessly to become the best coach in East Africa.

From starting with nothing, he now has a massive presence, traveling extensively across East Africa to train people and teach high-level fighting in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tanzania.

He has successfully trained elite fighters in both MMA and boxing who have gone on to become champions.

Within his training system, he runs an uncompromising program where he watches, analyses, and custom-makes workouts.

He likes rating his fighters every single week so they can constantly improve.

If his fighters show bad performance or low progression, they are strictly not allowed to fight at MMA events.

His systematic approach was vividly demonstrated through his student, Ousammer, who prepared extensively for his match against Bushak from South Sudan at ANZA MMA Pro 2 on June 6, 2026.

Rather than just targeting the opponent's weakness, Omer focused on sharpening Ousammer's native strengths.

Omer has been guiding Ousammer since the very start of his MMA journey, teaching him striking and cornering him to a victory in his first Muay Thai fight.

When Ousammer transitioned to MMA, he won his first fight, lost his second, and, after learning their lessons together, bounced back dominantly to win his third fight.

A Final Farewell and Global Expansion to Thailand

On Tuesday, June 2nd, Coach Omer delivered his final farewell to the Kenyan combat sports community, hosting a highly specialized Jiu-Jitsu seminar.

The session focused entirely on his front headlock system, a core tactical framework he taught as one of his personal secrets in Jiu-Jitsu.

"It's my strength, I want to share my secrets."

The emotional event served as his farewell and last seminar in Kenya, successfully raising vital funds for his travel expenses.

He brought together everyone who supported him, welcoming his entire team and friends in Kenya, spanning from One Tribe all the way to Chacka Self Defense.

For Omer, East Africa will always remain a sacred space:

"I believe, I left a print in East Africa. East Africa is home, these is my people, this is my comeback."

To his other local students who still fight, he made it clear he is not leaving them behind, stating, "I'm still their coach; they come to me, I come to them. I won't be here physically, but I'll be here spiritually."

With his chapter in Kenya successfully closed, Omer has officially transitioned to Thailand to immerse himself directly in elite MMA training and expand his knowledge.

He arrived in South East Asia with no set plans, choosing to embrace the unknown just like he did when he first came to Kenya.

Currently in Thailand, he is training MMA daily and actively trying to find fighters and top-tier gyms to coach and coach at, seeking to expand and share his knowledge.

This move marks the official birth of his new venture, the "Musha Tribe."

Omer created the Musha Tribe with a grand vision: to scale it up and make the tribe global, turning a journey that began in isolation into an international martial arts movement.

"I'm a fighter, old to fight but not to coach. If I don't grow, nobody will grow. I try to evolve in my skills."