MMA

MMA is also called cage fighting. It is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, incorporating techniques from various combat sports and martial arts from around the world. The world’s fastest growing sport, MMA includes six techniques from Olympic Sports (boxing, freestyle wrestling, Greco Roman wrestling, Taekwondo, judo and karate).

MMA in India

Though, MMA is still a relatively young sport since it first broadcast in 1993, it is the fastest growing sport and India is no exception. More and more Indians are turning to MMA as an alternative to traditional sports. Although MMA reached India only a few years ago, but it quickly created a large pool of MMA athletes and its followers all across India as in the West.

September 28, 2018, was the turning point of Indian Mixed Martial Arts when Toyam Industries Limited launched ‘Kumite 1 League’ at the National Sports Club of India (NSCI) Dome, Mumbai in the presence of its brand ambassador global star ‘Mike Tyson’. The event was attended by several national and international sports and entertainment personalities. The event was broadcast in India on Sony ESPN, Sony ESPN HD and Sony Liv and it was beamed across more than 80 countries.

Toyam Industries Limited is currently busy doing ‘Kumite 1 Warrior Hunt’ season 1, which is India’s first-ever MMA Talent Hunt & Sports Reality Show soon going to be launched as a Web Series on MX Player. ‘Kumite 1 Warrior Hunt’ is India’s search for two of the best Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) athletes (1 Male & 1 Female). ‘Kumite 1 Warrior Hunt’ is being line-produced by Oneway Films Pvt. Ltd. along with world renowned reality show content production house EndemolShine India and the series will be hosted by Bollywood star and fitness icon Mr. Suniel Shetty.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumite_1_League

MMA Global

Globally, MMA is the third most popular sport, after soccer and basketball. There are 451 mn MMA fans, according to Nielsen Sports DNA (soccer has 901 mn fans). Out of this 85% of the audience is outside the U.S. Global audience makes the live digital streaming element critical to the business model, more so than terrestrial TV or gate revenue. China, Japan, and Korea being the birthplace of martial arts, have an opportunity to encourage the world champions in MMA. Rapid promotion and organization of leagues by foreign companies across these countries has also fueled the popularity of MMA. MMA is one of the fastest growing sports in Australia and possesses strong potential to achieve better growth.

ABOUT MMA1

MMA1 Federation is the leading and active Indian Federation of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), the world’s fastest growing sport with millions of followers across the globe. The federation is headquartered in the city of dreams, Mumbai.
MMA1 is a Mixed Martial Arts Federation to run and manage mixed martial arts fight nights/events in India and abroad. MMA1 has affiliated state units and institutional units across India. The federation came into existence with a vision to organize national championships, train and support Indian MMA athletics, select and groom Indian athletics teams for various nation and international competitions including a gala MMA event Kumite 1 World Championship to be held in UAE in 2023.

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