Wrestler Ritu Phogat won on her debut Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) after beating Kim Nam-hee of South Africa at One Championship’s Age of Dragons event in Beijing on Saturday.
Ritu Phogat registered victory over her South African opponent in just over 3 minutes.
Phogat won a gold medal at the 2016 Commonwealth Wrestling Championship but the 25-year-old switched to the combat sport of mixed martial arts (MMA) in February and has been learning the arts of Muay Thai, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Boxing training under EVOLVE MMA.
The first of her famed wrestling family to hit MMA, Ritu Phogat (1-0) steamrolls Nam Hee Kim with takedowns and steady ground ‘n pound en route to a merciful, first-round TKO from the mounted crucifix. Expect the former Commonwealth Games gold medalist to be pushed. #AgeOfDragons
India’s wrestling federation saw Ritu Phogat as a strong medal contender in the 48kg category at Tokyo 2020, however, Ritu opted to script a different destiny for herself.
“I want to win a World Championship belt for India. I want to be the first in mixed martial arts to win that for my country,” Ritu had said before her debut.
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