Arjan Bhullar has turn into the primary Indian-origin fighter to win a world title in a top-level MMA promotion after he beat Brandon Vera to turn into the heavyweight world champion on the Singapore-based One Championship.
At One: Dangal, Bhullar knocked out One heavyweight champion Brandon Vera within the second spherical and the Filipino-American’s five-year championship-winning run.
Bhullar produced a dominating efficiency within the second spherical
“It’s the first time in my entire career that I felt gassed in the first round,” Vera mentioned within the postmatch interview. “I’m in shape, we’ve been training, we’ve been working with the best people in the world. This is new for me.”
A former wrestler, Bhullar had gained the Commonwealth video games gold medal in New Delhi again in 2010 and in 2012 in London he grew to become the primary Indian-origin freestyle wrestler to signify Canada on the Olympics.
Meanwhile, within the girls’s atomweight class, Ritu Phogat succumbed to her first defeat of her MMA profession as she went down to the unheralded Bi Nguyen on a cut up choice after three shut rounds.
After the match, Ritu took to Twitter to share her ideas in regards to the contest. “Didn’t thought I misplaced the match however respect the choice…Am blessed after getting an enormous assist of you guys round my nation and world wide after right now’s match… thanks everybody…Win and loss is a part of recreation subsequent time will work laborious extra..God bless all..keep protected,” she wrote
Didn’t thought I lost the match but respect the decision…Am blessed after getting a huge support of you guys around my country and around the world after today’s match… thankyou everyone…Win and loss is part of game next time will work hard more..God bless all..stay safe ❤️ pic.twitter.com/cddqkPF9c3— Ritu phogat (@PhogatRitu) May 15, 2021
As a result of this defeat, Ritu is now out of the eight fighter Grand Prix for the ONE Atomweight title which is scheduled to take place in a couple of weeks.
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