MMA India Team to meet with Ambassador of India to UAE in Abu Dhabi

The MMA India Team which is set to participate at the IMMAF World Championships 2021 in Abu Dhabi will be meeting with the Ambassador of India to UAE his excellency Shri Sunjay Sudhir on 22 January 2022, two days ahead of the World Championships.

The Indian Contingent will meet the Ambassador at the Embassy of India in Abu Dhabi. India will be sending a strong team for the World Championship this year with 15 athletes from across the nation representing.

The team was selected through the MMA India Nationals which were held in the past year in Lucknow and Indore. The athletes are currently undergoing training in two batches with one batch training in Thailand while the other batch is training in Hyderabad under Coaches Shaik Khalid and Vikram Nagaraj.

Apart from the athletes which include former IMMAF Junior World Champion Mahboob Khan, a strong technical team will also be heading to the World Championship including international referees, physios, and nutritionists as we reported earlier. The team has received support through sponsorship from Venky’s and Aeropostale. Aeropostale will be providing the team with backpacks.

 You can see the complete list of athletes below.

• Vridhi Kumari - Women's F: Atomweight 47.6 kg (105 lbs)
• Shabarish Ayyanar - Men's M: Strawweight 52.2 kg (115 lbs)
• Ishan Kumar - Men's M: Strawweight 52.2 kg (115 lbs)
• Mahboob Khan Mohammed - Men's M: Flyweight 56.7 kg (125 lbs)
• Vijay Venkatesan - Men's M: Jr Flyweight 56.7 kg (125 lbs)
• Muskan Ratre - Women's F: Flyweight 56.7 kg (125 lbs)
• Ganesh Raj Srinivasan - Men's M: Bantamweight 61.2 kg (135 lbs)
• Lenin Prakash - Men's M: Featherweight 65.8 kg (145 lbs)
• Mayur Chandra Prasad - Men's M: Lightweight 70.3 kg (155 lbs)
• Syed Abdul Nazzeur Ibrahim - Men's M: Welterweight 77.1 kg (170 lbs)
• Priyanshu Sharma - Men's M: Jr Welterweight 77.1 kg (170 lbs)
• Anurag Singh - Men's M: Middleweight 83.9 kg (185 lbs)
• Ramston Edwin Rodrigues - Men's M: Middleweight 83.9 kg (185 lbs)
• Priyanjan Shahani - Men's M: Light Heavyweight 93 kg (205 lbs)
• Mohit Aggarwal - Men's M: Heavyweight 120.2 kg (265 lbs)

Tune in for the coverage of the IMMAF World Championships 2021.

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