2013 is the second year for Super Fight League, an Indian-based mixed martial arts (MMA) league. Whilst the SFL began holding events from February 22 with their SFL Contenders event, which are untelevised events that take place in the SFL Training Centre as a way to build up the fighters before bringing forward to a television audience, the promotion made their televised return with SFL 14 on March 29, which was headlined by two title fights between Xavier Foupa-Pokam and John Troyer for the middleweight title, and Sanja Sucevic and Colleen Schneider for the women's flyweight title. The same event was also their first on ESPN Star Sports in India.[1]
Super Fight League has scheduled several fights cards throughout 2013:[2][3]
Card | Date | Venue | City |
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SFL 14 | March 29, 2013 | SFL Challengers Arena | Mumbai, India |
SFL 16 | April 26, 2013 | SFL Challengers Arena | Mumbai, India |
SFL 17 | May 10, 2013 | SFL Challengers Arena | Mumbai, India |
SFL 18 | May 24, 2013 | SFL Challengers Arena | Mumbai, India |
SFL 19 | June 7, 2013 | SFL Challengers Arena | Mumbai, India |
SFL 20-21 | August 3, 2013 | Filmalaya Studios | Mumbai, India |
SFL 22-23 | August 17, 2013 | Filmalaya Studios | Mumbai, India |
SFL 24-25 | August 31, 2013 | Filmalaya Studios | Mumbai, India |
SFL 26-27 | September 14, 2013 | Filmalaya Studios | Mumbai, India |
SFL 28-29 | September 28, 2013 | Filmalaya Studios | Mumbai, India |
SFL 30-31 | October 12, 2013 | Filmalaya Studios | Mumbai, India |
SFL 32-33 | October 26, 2013 | Filmalaya Studios | Mumbai, India |
SFL 34 | November 15, 2013 | Filmalaya Studios | Mumbai, India |
SFL 14 took place on March 29, 2013 in Mumbai, India. As with the previous events, it streamed live on YouTube and on the Fight Network in Canada. It was also the first event shown on STAR Sports in India. The Super Fight League rewarded 2 titles in the men's Middleweight and women's Flyweight divisions at this event.
Results[4]
Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Bantamweight | Irfan Khan | def. | Pushpender Singh | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Welterweight | Vikas Singh Ruhil | def. | Mohammed Shahid | DQ (illegal knee to grounded opponent) | 1 | 0:20 | |
Bantamweight | Sharath Babu | def. | Atif Mohammad Kadim | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Welterweight | Baz Muhammad Mubarez | def. | Haitham Tantawy | TKO (knees and punches) | 3 | 1:38 | |
Welterweight | Jason Ramesh Solomon | def. | Rouhollah Eidehlouei | TKO (Submission to punches) | 1 | 2:33 | |
Women's Flyweight | Colleen Schneider | def. | Sanja Sucevic | Submission (keylock) | 3 | 2:54 | [a] |
Middleweight | Xavier Foupa-Pokam | def. | John Troyer | TKO (knee to the body) | 1 | 2:15 | [b] |
SFL 15 took place on April 12, 2013 in Mumbai, India. As with the previous events, it streamed live on YouTube and was shown on STAR Sports in India and on the Fight Network in Canada.
2012 London Olympics Freestyle Wrestling Silver medallist Sushil Kumar was in attendance as a commentator for this event.[7]
Results[8]
Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Bantamweight | Kapil Kumar | def. | Alam Idrisi | Submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 1:50 | |
Bantamweight | Uchit Sharma | def. | Kaushik Sen | TKO (doctor stoppage) | 1 | 2:15 | |
Bantamweight | Narender Grewal | def. | Aadil Bashir | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 1:00 | |
Bantamweight | Johny Ryntathiang | def. | Mahesh Kumar Baliyan | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 1:03 | |
Lightweight | Ricky Sahni | def. | Deen Mohammad Jorat | TKO (retirement) | 2 | 5:00 | |
Women's Flyweight | Manjit Kolekar | def. | Mona Mounir Mohamed | TKO (punches) | 1 | 2:19 | |
Middleweight | Michael Page | def. | Ramdan Mohamed | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 3:48 |
Sources[9]
SFL 16 took place on April 26, 2013 in Mumbai, India. As with the previous events, it streamed live on YouTube, on STAR Sports in India and on the Fight Network in Canada.
Results[10]
Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Lightweight | Sandeep Yadav | def. | Arun Singh Charak | Submission (guillotine choke) | 3 | 0:35 | |
Flyweight | Arun Nagar | def. | Manoj Chuhan | Decision (split) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Bantamweight | Irfan Khan | def. | Sachin Panwar | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Light Heavyweight | Amit Thapa | def. | Sandeep Kumar | TKO (punches) | 1 | 3:34 | |
Welterweight | Mohammed Shahid | def. | Abdul Hamid | TKO (knees) | 3 | 3:17 | |
Women's Flyweight | Lena Ovchynnikova | def. | Fathia Mostafa | Submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 3:36 | |
Lightweight | Sascha Sharma | def. | Marca Gomez Sariol | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 |
Sources[11]
SFL 17 took place on May 10, 2013 in Mumbai, India. As with the previous events, it streamed live on YouTube, on STAR Sports in India and on the Fight Network in Canada.
Fight Card[12]
Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Featherweight | Abdul Muneer | def. | Pawan Goyat | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 3:29 | |
Middleweight | Satendar Bankura | def. | Harvinder Rana | KO (Punch) | 1 | 1:18 | |
Welterweight | Charanjit Singh | def. | Yash Kumar | TKO (strikes) | 2 | 4:45 | |
Lightweight | Amitesh Chaubey | def. | Saeed Asghartabar | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Women's Strawweight | Daizy Singh | def. | Ola Ahmed | Submission (choke) | 2 | 0:43 | |
Heavyweight | Mohamed Abdel Karim | def. | Daniel Amar Singh | TKO (punches) | 3 | 3:40 | |
Bantamweight | Tom McKenna | def. | Anup Kumar (c) | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 4:46 | [a] |
Sources[13]
SFL 18 took place on May 24, 2013 in Mumbai, India. As with the previous events, it was streamed live on YouTube, on STAR Sports in India and on the Fight Network in Canada.
Fight Card[14]
Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Welterweight | Mohammad Naemi | def. | Vladimir Prodanovic | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Flyweight | Sachin Panwar | def. | Uchit Sharma | TKO (retirement) | 2 | 5:00 | |
Light Heavyweight | Sandeep Kumar | def. | Samarveer Mavi | TKO (punches) | 1 | 0:52 | |
Flyweight | Arun Nagar | def. | Mohd Asgar | KO (punches) | 1 | 2:41 | |
Welterweight | Pawan Maan Singh | def. | Jamshed Khan | Submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 1:12 | |
Featherweight | Philipp Schranz | def. | Mohamed Abdel Hamid | TKO (punches) | 1 | 1:54 | |
Women's Strawweight | Irene Cabello | def. | Ritika Singh | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 2:06 |
Sources[15]
SFL 19 took place on June 7, 2013 in Mumbai, India. As with the previous events, it was streamed live on YouTube, on STAR Sports in India and on the Fight Network in Canada.
Fight Card[16]
Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Featherweight | Amit Raj Kumar | def. | Abhay Singh Shirole | TKO (punches) | 1 | 2:55 | |
Welterweight | Jason Ramesh Solomon | def. | Mayank Dogra | TKO (punches) | 1 | 2:00 | |
Welterweight | Bhabajeet Choudhury | def. | Iqbal Bhat | KO (head kick) | 1 | 1:42 | |
Women's Flyweight | Manjit Kolekar | def. | Monika Mallik | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Bantamweight | Narender Grewal | def. | Abdul Azeem Badakhshi | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Bantamweight | Irfan Khan | def. | Khwaja Mohibsa | Submission (rear naked choke) | 1 | 2:17 | |
Heavyweight | Singh Jaideep | def. | Alireza Tavakoli | TKO (elbows) | 1 | 4:24 |
On August 3, 2013, the Super Fight League hosted SFL 22 and SFL 23 on the same night, with their televised dates taking place one week after the other, as SFL 20 will air on August 9, and SFL 21 will air on August 16. The first four fights of the event will be considered SFL 20, and the later half of the event's fights will be SFL 21. This event will be the first to take place under the SFL's latest format and newly created 800-seat arena.[19]
SFL 20 will air on August 9, 2013 in Mumbai, India. As with the previous events, it will stream on YouTube, on STAR Sports in India and on the Fight Network in Canada.
Fight Card
Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Lightweight | Amitesh Chaubey | def. | Nikhil Bhatt | TKO (punches) | 2 | 0:59 | |
Lightweight | Jason Ramesh Solomon | def. | Mukesh Choudhary | TKO (punches) | 2 | 1:33 | |
Featherweight | Amit Raj Kumar | def. | Vishal Singh | Submission (rear naked choke) | 1 | 2:42 | |
Bantamweight | Narender Grewal | def. | Tiran Thakshala | TKO (punches) | 1 | 0:48 |
Sources
SFL 21 will air on August 16, 2013 in Mumbai, India. As with the previous events, it will stream on YouTube, on STAR Sports in India and on the Fight Network in Canada.
Fight Card
Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Bantamweight | Kuldeep Singh Sekhon | def. | Johny Ryntathiang | TKO (Submission to punches) | 1 | 1:20 | |
Flyweight | Kapil Kumar | def. | Sachin Panwar | Submission (rear naked choke) | 2 | 2:27 | |
Light Heavyweight | Sandeep Kumar | def. | Mohit Tokas | TKO (Submission to punches) | 1 | 1:59 | |
Featherweight | Bharat Khandare (c) | def. | Pierre Daguzan | TKO (punches) | 2 | 1:44 | [a] |
Sources[20]
On August 17, 2013, the Super Fight League will host SFL 22 and SFL 23 on the same night, with their televised dates taking place one week after the other, with SFL 22 airing on August 23, and SFL 23 airing on August 30.[21]
SFL 22 will air on August 23, 2013 in Mumbai, India. As with the previous events, it will stream on YouTube, on STAR Sports in India and on the Fight Network in Canada.
Fight Card
Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Flyweight | Manoj Chauhan | def. | Uchit Sharma | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Lightweight | Gaurav Gulliya | def. | Saeed Asghartabar | KO (punch) | 3 | 0:38 | |
Lightweight | Arun Singh Charak | def. | Vikas Singh Ruhil | KO (punch) | 1 | 2:48 | |
Lightweight | Pawan Maan Singh | def. | Rajinder Singh Meena (c) | Submission (kimura) | 2 | 3:45 | [a] |
Sources[22]
SFL 23 will air on August 30, 2013 in Mumbai, India. As with the previous events, it will stream on YouTube, on STAR Sports in India and on the Fight Network in Canada.
Fight Card
Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Light Heavyweight | Amit Thapa | def. | Ankit Yadav | Submission (rear naked choke) | 1 | 1:30 | |
Women's Strawweight | Daizy Singh | def. | Ritika Singh | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Featherweight | Sumeet Khade | def. | Dhruv Chaudhary | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Bantamweight | Khwaja Mohibsa | def. | Irfan Khan | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 |
Sources
On August 31, 2013, the Super Fight League will host SFL 24 and SFL 25 on the same night, with their televised dates taking place one week after the other, with SFL 24 airing on September 6, and SFL 25 airing on September 13.[23]
SFL 24 will air on September 6, 2013 in Mumbai, India. As with the previous events, it will stream on YouTube, on STAR Sports in India and on the Fight Network in Canada.
Fight Card
Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Welterweight | Bhabajeet Choudhury | def. | Vicky Prasad Gupta | TKO (Submission to punches) | 2 | 0:40 | |
Middleweight | Suresh Rajput | def. | Abhijeet Petkar | DQ | 1 | 2:08 | |
Bantamweight | Raghvendra Singh | def. | Pushpender Singh | TKO (punches) | 2 | 1:07 | |
Flyweight | Anup Kumar | def. | Arun Nagar | Submission (rear naked choke) | 2 | 2:38 |
Sources
SFL 25 will air on September 13, 2013 in Mumbai, India. As with the previous events, it will stream on YouTube, on STAR Sports in India and on the Fight Network in Canada.
Fight Card
Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Flyweight | Himanshu Kaushik | def. | Biswa Dev | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Lightweight | Mukesh Choudhary
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def. | Siddharth Chandanshive | TKO (punches) | 2 | 0:52 | |
Lightweight | Mehdi Nasirey | def. | Nirmal Kumar | TKO (punches) | 1 | 0:24 | |
Welterweight | Satendar Bankura | def. | Mohammed Shahid | Submission | 1 | 0:52 |
Sources
On September 14, 2013, the Super Fight League will host SFL 26 and SFL 27 on the same night, with their televised dates taking place one week after the other, with SFL 26 airing on September 20, and SFL 27 airing on September 27.[24]
SFL 26 will air on September 20, 2013 in Mumbai, India. As with the previous events, it will stream on YouTube, on STAR Sports in India and on the Fight Network in Canada.
Fight Card
Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Lightweight | Sameer Shaikh | def. | Suraj Bahadur | Submission (arm triangle choke) | 2 | 0:27 | |
Featherweight | Abdul Muneer | def. | Mohan Lal | TKO (Submission to punches) | 1 | 1:33 | |
Featherweight | Ashleigh Grimshaw | def. | Masaya Doi | KO (punch) | 1 | 2:22 |
Sources
SFL 27 will air on September 27, 2013 in Mumbai, India. As with the previous events, it will stream on YouTube, on STAR Sports in India and on the Fight Network in Canada.
Fight Card
Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Flyweight | Rakesh Dagar | def. | Mahesh Kumar Baliyan | Submission (keylock) | 2 | 4:15 | |
Bantamweight | Kuldeep Singh Sekhon | def. | Aadil Bashir | Submission (rear naked choke) | 1 | 4:20 | |
Flyweight | Anup Kumar | def. | Kapil Kumar | TKO (retirement) | 1 | 5:00 | |
Bantamweight | Narender Grewal | def. | Amr Abdel Malek Mahmoud | Submission (arm triangle choke) | 1 | 3:25 |
Sources
On September 28, 2013, the Super Fight League will host SFL 28 and SFL 29 on the same night, with their televised dates taking place one week after the other, with SFL 28 airing on October 4, and SFL 29 airing on October 11.[25]
SFL 28 will air on October 4, 2013 in Mumbai, India. As with the previous events, it will stream on YouTube, on STAR Sports in India and on the Fight Network in Canada.
Fight Card
Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Bantamweight | Mohammed Farhad Rafiq | def. | Johny Ryntathiang | TKO (retirement) | 1 | 2:38 | |
Featherweight | Amit Raj Kumar | def. | Sameer Shaikh | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Light Heavyweight | Sandeep Kumar | def. | Hemant Wadekar | TKO (punches) | 1 | 4:20 | |
Lightweight | Amitesh Chaubey | def. | Gaurav Gulliya | TKO (punches) | 1 | 0:13 |
Sources
SFL 29 will air on October 11, 2013 in Mumbai, India. As with the previous events, it will stream on YouTube, on STAR Sports in India and on the Fight Network in Canada.
Fight Card
Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Lightweight | Mukesh Choudhary | def. | Vikas Singh Ruhil | TKO (punches) | 2 | 0:26 | |
Lightweight | Kuat Khamitov | def. | Baz Muhammad Mubarez | Decision | 3 | 5:00 | |
Bantamweight | Sameet Khade | def. | Nelson Paes | Submission (rear naked choke) | 1 | 1:28 | |
Featherweight | Bharat Khandare | def. | Sami Amin | Submission (rear naked choke) | 2 | 3:06 |
Sources
On October 12, 2013, the Super Fight League will host SFL 30 and SFL 31 on the same night, with their televised dates taking place one week after the other, with SFL 30 airing on October 18, and SFL 31 airing on October 25.[26]
SFL 30 will air on October 18, 2013 in Mumbai, India. As with the previous events, it will stream on YouTube, on STAR Sports in India and on the Fight Network in Canada.
Fight Card
Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Middleweight | Ravindra Balhara | def. | Mohammad Younus | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Atomweight | Jeet Toshi | def. | Praveen Kalkal | Submission (rear naked choke) | 1 | 1:06 | |
Lightweight | Pawan Goyat | def. | Swapnil Barve | KO (punch) | 2 | 0:57 | |
Bantamweight | Irfan Khan | def. | Manoj Chauhan | Submission (rear naked choke) | 3 | 0:35 |
Sources
SFL 31 will air on October 25, 2013 in Mumbai, India. As with the previous events, it will stream on YouTube, on STAR Sports in India and on the Fight Network in Canada.
Fight Card
Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Lightweight | Rajinder Singh Meena | def. | Biki Bora | KO (punch) | 1 | 0:13 | |
Featherweight | Neeraj Goyat | def. | Mohammed Farhad Rafiq | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Lightweight | Mehdi Nasirey | def. | Amit Kumar | TKO (punches) | 1 | 2:43 | |
Featherweight | Abdul Muneer | def. | Ahmed El Gharib | KO (punch) | 1 | 0:56 |
Sources
On October 26, 2013, the Super Fight League will host SFL 32 and SFL 33 on the same night, with their televised dates taking place one week after the other, with SFL 32 airing on November 1, and SFL 33 airing on November 8.[27]
SFL 32 will air on November 1, 2013 in Mumbai, India. As with the previous events, it will stream on YouTube, on STAR Sports in India and on the Fight Network in Canada.
Fight Card
Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Lightweight | Pawan Goyat | def. | Sameer Shaikh | KO (punch) | 1 | 0:21 | |
Welterweight | Charanjit Singh | def. | Rakesh Singh Manhas | TKO (Submission to punches) | 1 | 2:02 | |
Bantamweight | Pushpender Singh | def. | Kuldeep Singh Sekhon | TKO (punches) | 2 | 2:48 | |
Lightweight | Mukesh Choudhary | def. | Amitesh Chaubey | Submission (rear naked choke) | 2 | 0:35 |
Sources
SFL 33 will air on November 8, 2013 in Mumbai, India. As with the previous events, it will stream on YouTube, on STAR Sports in India and on the Fight Network in Canada.
Background
The main event featured a Champion vs. Champion fight as the current SFL World Lightweight Champion Pawan Maan Singh challenged the current SFL World Welterweight Champion Shyam Prasad for Prasad's Welterweight Title.
Fight Card
Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Light Heavyweight | Abhijeet Petkar | def. | Suresh Rajput | TKO (Submission to punches) | 1 | 1:25 | |
Heavyweight | Deepak Kumar Singh | def. | Love Chauhan | TKO (Submission to punches) | 1 | 3:23 | |
Lightweight | Mehdi Nasirey | def. | Nikhil Bhatt | Submission (guillotine choke) | 2 | 1:29 | |
Welterweight | Pawan Maan Singh | def. | Shyam Prasad | Submission (rear naked choke) | 1 | 2:09 | [a] |
Sources
SFL 34 took place on November 15, 2013 in Mumbai, India. As with the previous events, it will stream on YouTube, on STAR Sports in India and on the Fight Network in Canada.
Background
Fight Card
Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Flyweight | Rohit Pundeer | def. | Vinod Budhwar | KO | 1 | 1:39 | |
Bantamweight | Mohammed Farhad | def. | Raghvendra Singh | TKO | 1 | 3:12 | |
Bantamweight | Dhruv Chaudhary | def. | Govind Singh | Submission | 1 | 2:51 | |
Bantamweight | Manish Kumar | def. | Shaikh Mohammed Farhan | TKO | 1 | 4:36 | |
Bantamweight | Praveen Lohia | def. | Anuj Kumar | Submission | 1 | 1:31 | |
Flyweight | Pramod Khatri | def. | Arun Sharma | Submission | 1 | 3:47 |
Sources