‘Fight Island’: How India can popularise Mixed Martial Arts

Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) might have already got caught the creativeness of followers world over, however in India it’s nonetheless at a nascent stage. Pooja Tomar is one such title who’s waving the Indian flag excessive on the worldwide area since breaking onto the scene couple of years in the past.

“I started my Pro MMA ONE Championship career in November 2017 and in January 2019, I won the fight against Indonesian star Priscilla Hertati Lumbangol who had won many fights earlier,” Tomar informed IANS.

“After this victory, I got the limelight in Indian MMA and became the first Indian to get the ranking on the international level platform.”

The coronavirus pandemic has stalled her progress a bit, however Tomar is leaving no stones unturned to maintain herself match, each mentally and bodily, in these powerful and unprecedented instances.

“It is a really tough time for everyone, but we need to fight together against COVID-19. I indulge in meditation for my mental fitness and workout everyday to keep my body fit.

“As I have a lot of free time at home, I try to keep myself busy in the kitchen helping my mom to cook and play video games usually. It is very hard to do MMA training in this lockdown period but I am trying my best at home. I am doing yoga, CrossFit, body weights and various exercises. All of this is going to help me in my performance but these options are not focused on MMA training,” she added.

“Once the lockdown is over, I will need to put more effort and work hard on specific MMA training to recover lost training period.”

UFC boss Dana White had introduced earlier that he’s trying to host an occasion on a unknown island outdoors the borders of USA. The thought is to host each home and worldwide fights and it might be one of many first stay occasions to be broadcast around the globe within the post-lockdown period.

Tomar, who’s a Steadfast Nutrition athlete for the final eight months, believes such an occasion may also help popularise the game within the nation.

“After the lockdown, this is one big MMA event that will help to build the sport in the world and help in bringing it to a level of other famous sports like football and cricket,” Tomar mentioned.

“I am happy that MMA will be introduced to such a large number of Indian population who were not aware of this beautiful sport.”