Matrix Fight Night

Matrix Fight Night
Company typePrivately held company
IndustryMixed martial arts
Founded2019
Founder
Headquarters
Mumbai, Maharashtra
,
India
Key people
Websitewww.mfnofficial.com website for Winning Prizes =www.matrixfightnight.com

The Matrix Fight Night (MFN) is an Indian professional mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion Company based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It is owned and operated by Hindi film actor Tiger Shroff, his mother Ayesha Shroff and his sister Krishna Shroff. The promotion was founded in 2019.[2]

The Shroff family also owns a chain of MMA gyms called MMA Matrix.[3] Matrix Fight Night has hosted 15 premium fight nights as of March 2024, featuring fighters from both India and other countries. MFN has been instrumental in producing several MMA stars including Anshul Jubli and Puja Tomar, both of them have gone on to sign with the UFC.[4]

History

Matrix Fight Night was founded in 2019 by the Shroff family. The shroffs joined forces to establish a premium MMA promotion aimed to improve and shape Mixed Martial Arts in South Asia & Southeast Asia. Matrix Fight Night kickstarted with their debut event (MFN 1) in Mumbai on 12 March 2019. The event was held at the NSCI Dome and featured 7 professional fights.[5]

Anshul Jubli made his professional MMA debut at MFN 2, which was held on 29 June 2019 in New Delhi. Anshul's undefeated streak (5–0) at MFN earned him the opportunity to fight in the lightweight division of Road to UFC Season 1. Anshul won the tournament after beating Jeka Saragih of Indonesia in the finals, thus securing the UFC contract.[6]

MFN expanded globally with MFN 4, choosing Dubai as their international fight capital.[7][8] Three consecutive editions of Matrix Fight Night, from MFN 4 to MFN 6,[9] were hosted in Dubai. Despite the pandemic, MFN managed to organize events with the assistance of the Dubai Sports Council.

MFN 6 (Anshul Vs Mahmoudiyan) had its first foreign fighter at Matrix Fight Night.[10] In late-2022, Matrix Fight Night announced its partnership with the OTT giant Disney+Hotstar.[11] MFN events are streamed live in India on Disney+Hotstar.[12]

Format

Matrix Fight Night has two formats: International Fight Night and MFN Contenders. International Fight Night showcases the best talent from India and abroad, while MFN Contenders serves as a feeder event for International Fight Night.[13]

The first MFN Contenders event took place in September 2022 in Hyderabad. The three-day event witnessed over 400 fighters competing in various weight categories to earn the MFN Contract.[14]

Events list

MFN has hosted 14 events as of March 2024.[15][16][17] MFN 14, the latest event, took place on 9 March 2024 at Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida. Each event features 12 bouts.[18]

# Event Date Venue Location
15 Matrix Fight Night 15 August 31, 2024 Noida Indoor Stadium Noida, India
14 Matrix Fight Night 14 March 9, 2024
13 Matrix Fight Night 13 October 28, 2023
12 Matrix Fight Night 12 July 1, 2023
11 Matrix Fight Night 11 October 28, 2023 Talkatora Stadium New Delhi, India
10 Matrix Fight Night 10 November 18, 2022 Palazzo Versace Dubai Dubai, United Arab Emirates
9 Matrix Fight Night 9 June 24, 2022 Siri Fort Auditorium New Delhi, India
8 Matrix Fight Night 8 April 1, 2022
7 Matrix Fight Night 7 December 10, 2021 Falaknuma Palace Hyderabad, India
6 Matrix Fight Night 6: Anshul vs. Mahmoudiyan September 24, 2021 Palazzo Versace Dubai Dubai, United Arab Emirates
5 Matrix Fight Night 5 December 15, 2020
4 Matrix Fight Night 4 February 28, 2020 Al-Nasr Sports Club
3 Matrix Fight Night 3 December 20, 2019 NSCI Dome Mumbai, India
2 Matrix Fight Night 2 June 29, 2019 Siri Fort Auditorium New Delhi, India
1 Matrix Fight Night 1 March 12, 2019 NSCI Dome Mumbai, India

Current champions

Division Upper weight limit Champion Since Title Defenses Sources
Light Heavyweight 205 lb (93 kg) Vacant TBD
Middleweight 185 lb (84 kg) Vacant TBD
Welterweight 170 lb (77 kg) Kyrgyzstan Darkhanbek Ergeshev March 31, 2023 (MFN 11) 1 [19]
Lightweight 155 lb (70 kg) Vacant TBD
Featherweight 145 lb (66 kg) Vacant TBD
Bantamweight 135 lb (61 kg) India Chungreng Koren August 31, 2024 (MFN 15) [20]
Flyweight 125 lb (57 kg) Vacant TBD
Women's Strawweight 115 lb (52 kg) Vacant TBD

Championship history

MFN Welterweight Championship

77 kg (170 lb)

No. Name Event Date Defenses
Current Kyrgyzstan Darkhanbek Ergeshev
def. Seth Rosario 		MFN 11
New Delhi, India 		March 31, 2023 1. def. Jason Solomon at MFN 13 on October 28, 2023

MFN Featherweight Championship

66 kg (145 lb)

No. Name Event Date Defenses
1 India Sanjeet Budhwar
def. Atabek Abdimitalipov 		MFN 10
Dubai, United Arab Emirates 		November 18, 2022 1. def. Shyam Anand at MFN 13 on October 28, 2023[21]
Budhwar was stripped of the title on March 8, 2024 after failing to make weight for his title defense against Abdul Azim Badakhshi at MFN 14.[22]

MFN Bantamweight Championship

61 kg (135 lb)

No. Name Event Date Defenses
Current India Chungreng Koren
def. Kantharaj Agasa 		MFN 15
Noida, India 		August 31, 2024

MFN Flyweight Championship

57 kg (125 lb)

No. Name Event Date Defenses
1 India Angad Bisht
def. Mohamed Gamal 		MFN 10
Dubai, United Arab Emirates 		November 18, 2022
Angad vacated the title when he signed with the Road to UFC.

MFN Women's Strawweight Championship

52 kg (115 lb)

No. Name Event Date Defenses
1 India Puja Tomar
def. Bi Nguyen 		MFN 10
Dubai, United Arab Emirates 		November 18, 2022 1. def. Anastasia Feofanova at MFN 12 on July 1, 2023[23]
Tomar vacated the title in October 2023 when she signed with the UFC.[24]

Rankings

MFN Men's pound for pound Rankings

No. Name Record Weight class Representing
1 Sanjeet Budhwar 11-2 Featherweight Haryana
2 Angad Bisht 9-3 Flyweight Uttarakhand
3 Clinton Kenin D'Cruz 6-0 Flyweight Karnataka
4 Shyamanand 4-2 Featherweight Bihar
5 Digamber Rawat 4-0 Lightweight Uttrakhand
6 Pawan Maan Singh 8-3 Light Heavyweight New Delhi
7 Chungreng Koren 6-1 Bantamweight Manipur
8 Rahul Thapa 4-1 Featherweight Haryana
9 Puniyajit Likharu 4-0 Bantamweight Assam
10 Sahil Rana 9-1 Bantamweight Himachal Pradesh
11 Dinesh Naorem 2-0 Flyweight Manipur
12 Darshanbek Ergeshov 11-2 Welterweight Kyrgyzstan

References

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