Indian MMA Update

Indian MMA continues to Move Forward

An article on Opposing Views.com has given us some more details on the upcoming Full Contact Championship Event (October 27^th at Famous Studios, Mumbai, India)

We are told that the event will be headlined by MMA debutant, American born Eddie Teel, no opponent is lined up yet.

Fights that are confirmed are:

Sagar Kadu an FCC regular (3-0) and he is fighting Aditya Deshpande (1-0)

Gaurav Panday  (2-0) vs Ashish Jadhav (no record)

The Indian MMA scene is very small. FCC is it’s longest established organization and of course we now also have the SuperFight League and it’s Bollywood/MMA mix including it’s TUFalike TV show SFL Challengers.

Of course the Indian scene whilst small is a market worth growing due to the massive potential size of the market. It’s such an enticing market that the UFC are set to have an Indian TUF series.

Even with the might of the UFC’s marketing dollar I still think we are a long way from finding an Indian MMA fighter who could compete on the world stage. (I am not including those fighters who are suddenly returning to their Indian roots from all points around the world to be big fish in a small pond).

That being said the Indian pool of MMA fighters is very shallow, anybody who watched SFL challengers would realize that many of the fighters did not even know the rules and few have access to good training facilities.

It’s just a simple fact, those fighters we are seeing now are the pioneers, they are the ones who will enable the sport to grow. It’s very easy for westerners watching these events to make fun of the quality of the fighters but it’s a new sport and at present it’s very much a minority sport.

People like the organisers of the Full Contact Championship are involved in Indian MMA at a very exciting time.

So, if you care about Asian MMA give them your support because the Indians are coming.