Watch: A violent Afghani mob almost killed an Indian fighter, Srikant Sekhar at Matrix Fight Night Event


Watch: A violent Afghani mob almost killed an Indian fighter, Srikant Sekhar at Matrix Fight Night Event

Srikant Sekhar victim of being sucker punched

The events that occurred after Matrix Fight Night 9 are generating national headlines. To paint a complete picture of what transpired, Essentially the facts of the matter state the following, Zahoor Shah, an Afghan fighter, was defeated by Seth Rosario, an Indian at Matrix Fight Night 9 in Delhi, post his defeat, it was alleged that Abdul Badakshi hit Srikant Sekhar twice in the face, which leads to an injury breaking his jaw.

The Afghan crowd/ supporters presented as attendance saw this as an excuse and rioted the arena after seeing their “hero” Abdul act violently. They interpreted this as permission to act violently They further smashed barriers stampeded, and attacked Srikant and his squad, as well as the coaches and officials nearby.

The largest domestic MMA promotion in India, Matrix Fight Night, was established by none other than Tiger and Krishna Shroff. That promotion had a fighter named Srikant Sekhar. The #12 ranked Pro Mens Lightweight in Asia South is Bangalore-based Srikant “Captain Crazy” Sekhar (7-6-0, 1 NC).

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Srikant Sekhar broken Jaw
Srikant Sekhar broken Jaw

In real-time videos of the event, you can hear the mob yelling at Srikant to be killed, which caused In a chaotic round of out-of-control jeers. According to rumors, Abdul is the boyfriend of Jackie Shroff’s daughter. And the main suspect in mob violence that happened last week in Delhi during an MMA fight event.

Ayesha Shroff, Krishna’s mother, organized the event where 50 spectators watched as Abdul attacked Bengaluru-based MMA fighter Srikant Sekhar. Videos confirming this fact and Srikant’s videotaped words have already gone viral online.

The majority of Indian MMA fans support Srikant Sekhar wholeheartedly and applaud Ayesha Shroff’s decision to limit Afghan fighters. Fans have spoken about the anguish of feeling unsafe in their own nation. Everyone denounced the violence that was sparked. Some fans agreed that the Afghan community as a whole shouldn’t suffer because of the behavior of a few troublemakers. Some commenters made the suggestion that the event should have had additional security to keep things under control.

This was also touched upon by actor Pravin Dabas who took to Twitter and stated the following “I’ve been very close to the combat sports and MMA community in India since 2016. I’ve been giving them platforms and helping them with their problems, too. We started the MMAindia.com and the MMA India Show for that purpose, and with time, I became close to a lot of people in this community. It was last week during Matrix Fight Night, owned by Ayesha Shroff, where Srikant Sekhar, a fighter from Bengaluru, was attacked.”

https://twitter.com/parvindabas/status/1541606680810598401?cxt=HHwWgsCtkfjG8eQqAAAA

He added, “He’s a hardworking athlete who puts his blood and sweat into the game, like a whole bunch of them do. He had defeated an Afghani fighter and was cheering another friend of his who was also fighting an Afghani in the ring. Abdul Azim Badakshi didn’t like what was going on and he attacked Srikant from behind.”

Srikant was caught unaware. I wasn’t there but there were videos out there to this effect. Abdul got a mob of Afghan supporters to attack Srikant. His jaw is broken, he has five plates fitted inside. This incident has put his livelihood, his career and his chance to return to the ring off track,” Pravin concluded.

Regardless, MMA should not be once again reduced to hooliganism; it has fought for decades to be recognized as a sport. Such incidents only shed a bad light on the sport and it should unanimously condemn

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