Indian MMA: Ratnadiptee Shimpi is making use of the lockdown for injury recovery
03 Aug 2020Ratnadiptee Shimpi has been an active name in the Indian Combat sports scene for a long time now. She has competed across multiple disciplines over the past decade and even picked up a silver medal for India at the 2009 Asian Indoor Games in Kickboxing.
She made her entry as an athlete in MMA last year at the first-ever Women’s Fight Night in India organized by X1 International and went on to compete at the GAMMA World Championships in Singapore as well last year.
Our friends over at the MMA Chat caught up with Ratnadiptee last day for an interview where she revealed that she is making use of the lockdown to recover from the injury that she picked up at the GAMMA World Championship during her fight against Russia’s Kabira Ulugova.
“Last time, when I went to Singapore for the World Championship, I was fighting against Russia and I got a serious armbar. So there was a nerve entrapment that happened so because of that even if moved my arm or lifted my phone, there was a serious pain in my elbow. But now it is like the best time to recover. I’m getting good sleep, good rest and good rehabilitation. So I’m at a very happy stage right now,” she said in the interview.
She also opened up about her fights with Ishika Thite and Jyoti Singh while also talking about the flaws in how athletes are handled by combat sports associations and a string of other topics as well. You can check out the complete interview on the video embedded above.
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You are the most amazing person at heart and a best thing happened to me as a mentor and my dearest friend ever. You are one of the strongest people I know and you make a bigger positive impact on the people especially one ones who are close to you than you realize. Always keep smiling &happy and keep inspiring others as always.
Appreciate the way u support martial arts.......Nice interview mam ????????..... looking forward to working with u post lockdown........ missing training with sciart family
Best Wishes ????
@Ratnadiptee Shimpi must say you been through amazing journey and hope you will come back , Do you think the UFC is attracting the best athletic talent? One of the strikes against the UFC and MMA as a whole a few years back is that their athletes were just boxers or other athletes who couldn't hack it at their sport and took up MMA. Do you think this has changed? Are the best athletes possible coming to the UFC or are they still in boxing or even in sports like the Jujutsu or karate right now?