India has a rich history of combat sports, producing Olympic wrestlers and world champion boxers, yet it struggles to ...
In October 2023, the UFC signed its first Indian woman fighter, Pooja Tomar. In June 2024, she won on her UFC debut. In 2025, she endured her first loss inside the Octagon. And now, in 2026, Tomar ...
Mizoram's Nazareth Lalthazuala, a 22-year-old former vegetable seller, has achieved a remarkable $100,000 ONE Championship ...
In 2025, Chungreng Koren was close to realising his dream of making it to the UFC. Not directly, not yet, but through the Road to UFC tournament, the UFC’s official Asia-Pacific talent pipeline, where ...
Chungreng Koren, known as the 'Indian Rhino' in mixed martial arts, secured a significant victory by defeating Japan's Ryuho Miyaguchi through a second-round submission at Road to UFC.
Former world champion Amir Khan wants to take the legendary India-Pakistan rivalry inside a boxing ring through Mixed Martial Arts (MMA). "I am waiting for the day two nations, India and Pakistan ...
Indian MMA fighter Chungreng Koren produced a memorable moment at the Road to UFC event in China by chanting 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai'. Koren secured a stunning victory over previously unbeaten Japanese ...
India's UFC trailblazer Puja Tomar opens up on her growth as a fighter, India's untapped MMA potential, her dream of launching an academy, and why representing the country at the Olympics would be the ...
Khabib Nurmagomedov is impressed with Indian MMA fighter Owais Yaqoob (4-1). Yaqoob has been training with the Dagestani brigade at the American Kickboxing Academy for a while now. Head coach Javier ...