Indian MMA fighter Aditya Sanil to fight Najam Khan of Pakistan in Pakistan

16 July 2022

Indian MMA fighter Aditya Sanil is set to fight Najam Khan of Pakistan at Ary Warriors 2 event in Lahore, Pakistan on 24 July 2022. The match will be at catchweight and it will be the first time that an Indian MMA fighter will be competing on Pakistan soil.

“HISTORIC: NAJAM KHAN vs. ADITYA SANIL ‼️ It's Pakistan vs. India for the first time on Pakistani soil and television. The inspirational Najam Khan ???????? will be welcoming India's Aditya Sanil ???????? inside the ARY Warriors cage for this groundbreaking and seminal event. Will Najam remain undefeated inside the Warriors cage or will Aditya leave his mark in Pakistani MMA history?,” the statement

Training out of Team Relentless in Mumbai under Jitendra Khare, Aditya Sanil made his professional debut last year at Art of Combat 6 in Goa.

He secured a win at the event before going on to secure his second win at Pro Combat Fight League in Haryana. Aditya then fought at Spartacus MMA in Thailand which was his last professional MMA outing.

Najam Khan, on the other hand, is 5-1 in his professional MMA career and has been active since 2016. He has fought previously in PAKMMA Fighting Alliance and BRAVE CF.

This will be the second major event from Ary Warriiors after their first event back in August, 2021. The event was headlined by Najam Khan and Qudratullah Khan with Najam Khan taking home a win.

Apart from the showdown between Aditya and Najam, a string of other fights has also been announced for the event. Pakistan’s Zia Mashwani will go up against Jalal Hajizada of Afghanistan when the female bout on the card will see Eman Khan going up against Sumaira Parveen.

You can see the fights announced for the event so far.

• Muhammad Abbas Khan vs. Mohamed ElDwansy
• Jalal Hajizada vs. Zia Mashwani
• Eman Khan vs. Sumaira Parveen
• Aqib Awan vs. Yasin Sadollahi
• Aditya Sanil vs. Najam Khan

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