Sanjeet Budhwar Defends his Belt and
how!🥊🥊🔥🔥🔥🔥
.#MFN13
#Winner
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October 28, 2023
Featherweight champion Sanjeet
Budhwar (10-2) recorded his first title defense via split
decision against Shyam Anand
(4-2) in the
Matrix Fight Night 13 main event at the Noida Indoor Stadium,
Uttar Pradesh, India, on Saturday.
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The main event lived up to expectations with both fighters putting
on a display of grit and will. In the end, Budhwar managed to
secure a split-decision victory that could have very well come down
to his performance in the final frame of the bout.
In the co-main event, welterweight champion Darkhanbek
Ergeshev (11-2) secured an impressive submission win at the
2:26 mark of the very first frame against Jason
Solomon (9-4). Ergeshev’s forward pressure and cage control
allowed him to eventually take the fight to the ground. Once in
mount, Ergeshev was able to swiftly lock up a kimura, forcing his
opponent to tap.
Meanwhile, in another featherweight matchup on the card,
Afghanistan’s Abdul
Azim Badakhshi (14-3) extended his winning streak to four with
an emphatic 18-second knockout victory against South Korea’s
Hae
Jin
Park (10-4).
Elsewhere on the card, Mandeep
Prajapati (2-1) recorded a Round 1 technical knockout victory
against professional mixed martial arts debutant Abu Samad
(0-1).
Earlier on the card, former Cage Warriors competitor Yuki
Angdembe (4-1) fought his way to his fourth professional
victory against Egypt’s Mohammad
Mahmoudian (2-4). Following a dominant striking display in the
first round, Angdembe managed to secure an arm-triangle submission
at the 1:28 mark of Round 2.
In another bantamweight matchup, Sahil Rana
improved his record to 8-1 with a hard-fought unanimous decision
victory against Dorde Stojanovic (6-4). The surging bantamweight is
now on a two-fight winning streak following a razor-split-decision
loss to Clinton D’Cruz at MFN7 in 2021.
In one of the most thrilling bouts on the card,
bantamweight-turned-flyweight Clinton
Kenin D’Cruz (6-0) retained his undefeated status with a
unanimous decision victory against Govind
Singh Ale (7-3).
In the sole middleweight bout on the card, Dushan
Burale (5-2) made a successful return to the cage with a
victory against Sameer
Dhiman (0-1) 2:09 into the opening round, while flyweight
veteran Himanshu
Kaushik (7-5) notched a unanimous decision victory in a rematch
with Musa Raish (3-4).
The only women’s bout on the card saw Arunachal Pradesh’s Sonam
Zomba (4-1) register her fourth professional victory via TKO in
Round 1 against late replacement and professional MMA debutant
Rashmi
Jain (0-1).
The second fight of the event between Arshiyan
Memon (6-0) and Nongmaithem Bon Jovi ended via technical
knockout after Bon Jovi injured his right leg at the 3:28 mark of
the first frame. In the opening fight of the card, Satyam
Kumar (1-0) fought his way to a Round 3 TKO victory against
Jatin
Chaudhary (0-1).