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Ritu Phogat again at Evolve MMA, resumes quest for atomweight global name

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Ritu Phogat is contemporary from a much-needed holiday at house in India. She is now again at the mats at Evolve MMA in Singapore, in a position to kickstart an out of this world 2022.

‘The Indian Tigress’ was once extremely busy, albeit wildly a hit final 12 months, as she went 3-2 throughout 5 bouts. Her greatest success in 2021 was once barreling in the course of the opposition within the prestigious ONE Ladies’s Atomweight International Grand Prix to stand Stamp Fairtex of Thailand within the ultimate around.

Phogat in the end succumbed to the previous two-sport global champion by means of second-round submission. On the other hand, the loss infrequently took clear of the rest the 27-year-old had accomplished at that time in her occupation.

In a sequence of latest posts shared on Instagram, Ritu Phogat shared with fanatics that she is now again at the grind and in a position to take hold of the instant in a stacked ONE Championship atomweight department.

In a joint submit with Phogat, Evolve MMA shared:

“Pronouncing hi to a brand new week! Again to the grind with The Indian Tigress.”

Phogat additionally posted a photograph of herself with the coveted ONE Championship belt over her proper shoulder and the Indian flag draped throughout her again, announcing:

“Perhaps now not lately…..”The choices for Ritu Phogat on her adventure towards the ONE ladies’s atomweight global name

Make no mistake about it, Ritu Phogat stays fixated on making historical past as the primary ladies’s blended martial arts global champion to come back out of India.

Despite the fact that that can appear to be a tall order this 12 months, Phogat’s speedy building in simply two years as an MMA fighter suggests it’s indubitably throughout the realm of risk.

As she prepares for her extremely expected go back to the Circle, there are a handful of choices for Phogat to stand.

There’s a showdown with fellow grappling specialist, Japan’s Itsuki Hirata. Hirata was once the darkish horse to win the Grand Prix, however accidents have avoided her from residing as much as her doable. Then there’s a rematch with Vietnamese-American famous person Bi Nguyen to believe.

One fighter who lately referred to as out Phogat is former ONE global name challenger, Tiffany ‘No Kick back’ Teo. The Singaporean up to now competed within the strawweight department, difficult reigning champion Xiong Jing Nan on two events however in the end falling quick.

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Teo expressed her intent to transport down a weight elegance, which opens up implausible alternatives for her at atomweight. A conflict between Ritu Phogat and Tiffany Teo is an out of this world proposition and one fanatics in Singapore would actually revel in.

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