{"id":3775,"date":"2021-02-06T08:50:42","date_gmt":"2021-02-06T08:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=3775"},"modified":"2021-02-06T08:50:42","modified_gmt":"2021-02-06T08:50:42","slug":"pakistans-ahmed-mujtaba-knocks-out-indian-fighter-in-56-seconds-in-mma-bout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2021\/02\/06\/pakistans-ahmed-mujtaba-knocks-out-indian-fighter-in-56-seconds-in-mma-bout\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan&#8217;s Ahmed Mujtaba knocks out Indian fighter in 56 seconds in MMA bout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan&#8217;s Ahmed Mujtaba aka Wolverine defeated India&#8217;s Rahul Raju aka The Kerala Krusher in only 56 seconds in the first round of the mixed martial arts (MMA) competition ONE Championship at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>According to a\u00a0report\u00a0on the championship&#8217;s website, Mujtaba landed the first blow shortly after the athletes touched gloves as he delivered a well-aimed kick on Raju&#8217;s lead leg. Without wasting any time, he came in again, hoping to land a punch but Raju deflected it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3776\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/One-Championship-Pakistan-Ahmed-Mujtaba-knocks-out-Indian-fighter-in-56-seconds-in-MMA-bout-rapid-news-rapidnews-dailyrapidnews.jpg\" alt=\"One-Championship- Pakistan-Ahmed-Mujtaba-knocks-out-Indian-fighter-in-56-seconds-in-MMA-bout-rapid-news-rapidnews-dailyrapidnews\" width=\"800\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/One-Championship-Pakistan-Ahmed-Mujtaba-knocks-out-Indian-fighter-in-56-seconds-in-MMA-bout-rapid-news-rapidnews-dailyrapidnews.jpg 800w, https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/One-Championship-Pakistan-Ahmed-Mujtaba-knocks-out-Indian-fighter-in-56-seconds-in-MMA-bout-rapid-news-rapidnews-dailyrapidnews-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/One-Championship-Pakistan-Ahmed-Mujtaba-knocks-out-Indian-fighter-in-56-seconds-in-MMA-bout-rapid-news-rapidnews-dailyrapidnews-768x467.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Kerala Krusher then bounced back, hoping to regain momentum but Mujtaba disrupted any such plan by landing another kick. Raju again &#8220;came forward with a pawing jab and then a wild overhand right&#8221; but Mujtaba blocked it and backed away.<\/p>\n<p>The two men circled each other for the next few seconds simultaneously landing strongside roundhouse kicks to the legs. Pakistan&#8217;s Wolverine tried to keep up the pressure on the Indian athlete with a three-piece boxing combo which was deflected by Raju.<\/p>\n<p>After the failed attempt, Mujtaba circled back to the centre to reset himself. Seeing this as an opportunity, The Kerala Krusher &#8220;lunged forward with an uppercut to the body, but Wolverine jumped back to avoid the powerful shot&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The Krusher, however, refused to back down and launched a wild overhand right that was not only avoided by Pakistan&#8217;s Wolverine but was countered with a &#8220;picture-perfect overhand right to the chin&#8221; that apparently disoriented the Indian athlete.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\">\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf0\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf0\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf0 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nCkdEBzftE\">pic.twitter.com\/nCkdEBzftE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ahmed Wolverine Mujtaba (@ahmedwolverine1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ahmedwolverine1\/status\/1357726850571788289?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 5, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nThe blow put the match firmly on Mujtaba&#8217;s side who landed a short right that sealed his victory.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The referee officially stopped the contest after 56 seconds of the first round, giving Mujtaba his third win on the global stage and elevating his overall record to 10-2,&#8221; the report said.<\/p>\n<p>In a video released on Twitter after the fight, Mujtaba said he had &#8220;fulfilled my promise&#8221; to win the fight, dedicating it to his Kashmiri brethren.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I dedicate this fight to all my Kashmiri brothers, Kashmiri people, and the soldiers of the Pakistan Army, to my people and my fans around the world. God willing, we will continue to win and continue to wave Pakistan&#8217;s flag.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to ONE Championship, Mujtaba had started off in the competition in the featherweight category but had later moved to his more natural weight class for the match with Raju.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan and India had earlier clashed in the championship in November 2019. Raju had won that match by submitting Pakistan&#8217;s Furqan Cheema in the second round.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan&#8217;s Ahmed Mujtaba aka Wolverine defeated India&#8217;s Rahul Raju aka The Kerala Krusher in only<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3777,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Pakistani MMA fighter knocks out India opponent in 56 seconds<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Pakistan&#039;s Ahmed Mujtaba aka Wolverine defeated India&#039;s Rahul Raju aka The Kerala Krusher in only 56 seconds in the first round of the 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