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Bollywood Celebrities and corporate head honchos partner with Super Fight League for inaugural season

Super Fight League (SFL), the world’s leading mixed martial arts (MMA) league is all set to enthrall the Indian audience beginning 20th January 2017 till 25th February 2017. Bollywood Superstars Ajay Devgn,Arjun Rampal, Randeep Hooda and Music director duo Salim-Sulaiman will own a stake in different teams for the inaugural season.

Ajay Devgn will be the co-owner of‘Mumbai Maniacs’ along with Amit Burman from Dabur, Arjun Rampal will be the co-owner of Delhi Heroes along with Aditya Munjal from Hero Cycles. Much-admired actor Randeep Hooda co-owns the team ‘Haryana Sultans’ alongside Kanav Parwal from SPA Capital. Salim Merchant and Sulaiman Merchant will co-ownUP Nawabswith Jaskaran Punihani and Navraj Jaura from Jaura Group.

Bill Dosanjh, SFL’s CEO & Principal Founder said “We are extremely excited to welcome our team owners for the inaugural season of the Super Fight League. The support we’ve receivedhas been unprecedented and will surely help promote combat sports locally across India. We have witnessed Bollywood’s association across sports in India and are proud to partner with them for yet another thrilling chapter.

Amir Khan, SFL’s Co-Founder and two-time world boxing championadds“Super Fight League has been a phenomenal success in the United States and in India we aim to create aplatform for the youth to showcase their talent at the highest level. We are confident that Super Fight League will create a vibrant sporting ecosystem in India enabling the youth across the nation to aspire”.

There is a distinctive point scoring system that separates Super Fight League from all of the other leagues. Each SFL team will comprise of six players (five male fighters and one female fighter) who will be competing in six different weight categories and evaluated on the basis of a 5 point scoring system. Here’s a great example of how the SFL team competition keeps an audience in their seats.

Owners of the eight Indian teams are as follows:

Team - Team Owner Company

Bengaluru Yoddha - Shreeram Suresh and Vinodini Suresh, 8K Miles Media

Delhi Heroes - Arjun Rampal, Aditya Munjal Hero Cycles

Goa Pirates - Deepak Saluja, Pramod Sharma
UV Media

Gujarat Warriors - Keshav Bansal Intex

Haryana Sultans - Randeep Hooda, Kanav Parwal & Raahil Bhatia, SPA Capital & Belmaks Group

Mumbai Maniacs - Ajay Devgn, Amit Burman
Dabur

Sher-e-Punjab - Achin Kochar VI-John

UP Nawabs - Salim & Sulaiman Merchant, Jaskaran Punihani, Navraj Jaura, Punihani Group & Juara Group

The Super Fight League recently signed a momentous deal with Sony Pictures Network India (SPN) who will be the league’s official broadcast partner. The Super Fight League will commence on 20th January, 2017 until 25th, February 2017. Ace TV & Radio Host Siddharth Kannan will be the official host for the inaugural season which will be telecasted LIVE and exclusive, every Friday, Saturday & Sunday, 7:00 PM onwards on SONY ESPN & SONY ESPN HD channels and can also be streamed live on SonyLIV


Bollywood Celebrities with Super Fight League for inaugural season

 

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SFL to start on 20th Jan; Sony Max to air special event – Sony ESPN & Sony ESPN HD airs matches

Live action of the first season of the Super Fight League (SFL), the world’s leading mixed martial arts (MMA) league will begin on 20th January 2017 at the Siri Fort Sports Complex, New Delhi.

The opening ceremony will be telecasted on Sony Max at 6 PM on 20th January and will feature performances from Music director duo Salim-Sulaiman who also co-own the UP Nawabs team in the league. Celebrity team owners Ajay Devgn from Mumbai Maniacs, Arjun Rampal from Delhi heroes and Randeep Hooda from Haryana Sultans amongst other celebrities will grace the opening ceremony.
The first fight-night will see a clash of fists between Arjun Rampal’s Delhi Heroes and Randeep Hooda’s Haryana Sultans at 7PM on Sony ESPN and Sony ESPN HD.

The Super Fight league will consist of 8 teams with 2 teams battling it out each fight night. The matches will be telecasted live on Sony ESPN and Sony ESPN HD, 7 PM onwards on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The season one match schedule is attached below for reference.

Bill Dosanjh, SFL’s CEO & Principal Founder said “We are extremely excited and look forward to the inaugural season of the league. This league will showcase a glimpse of how exciting Mixed Martial Arts really is. Super Fight League has some talented Indian and International fighters on board who will fight it out till the end to secure a victory for their team. We once again thank all our team owners, partners and Sony Pictures Network for making this dream a possibility.

Amir Khan, SFL’s Co-Founder and two-time world boxing champion adds “India has a lot of talent in mixed martial arts which we are going to witness this season. I’m proud of the fact that with this competition we are giving young talent an opportunity to exhibit their prowess. India has always shown potential in combat sports and hopefully we churn out some superstars in the first season.”

The Super Fight League signed a momentous deal with Sony Pictures Network India (SPN) who will be the league’s official broadcast partner. Ace TV & Radio Host Siddharth Kannan will be the official host for the inaugural season which will be telecasted LIVE and exclusive, every Friday, Saturday & Sunday, 7:00 PM onwards on SONY ESPN & SONY ESPN HD channels and can also be streamed live on SonyLIV.

SFL to start on 20th Jan; Sony Max to air special event