SFL to get Indian women fighters

The Indian fighters are being trained at a camp in Nashik.

At present,Ukrainian Lena and Serbian Sanja are the two women athletes in the sporting event.

The inaugural event in Mumbai will see five Indian fighters in various weight categories,taking on five mixed martial arts fighters,which would be followed by the main event 8212; a super heavy duel between United Kingdom8217;s James Thompson and Bob Sapp of the United States.

Kundra,in a lighter vein,said the sport is organised street fight with two well-trained athletes pitted against each other.

He said India is an action-hungry country and this prompted him to launch the sport here.

Kundra,who co-owns IPL8217;s Rajasthan Royals with film actor wife Shilpa Shetty,said there was huge potential in India for mixed martial arts,which is a full combat sport comprising 36 different styles of fighting including karate,judo and kung-fu.

8220;There is so much potential. There are so many fighters from every corner of India that I can produce and why not put them onto a platform so that one day they become well known internationally as well,8221; he said.