2013 in SFL numbered events

2013 is the second year for Super Fight League, an Indian-based mixed martial arts (MMA) league. Whilst the SFL began holding events from February 22 with their SFL Contenders event, which are untelevised events that take place in the SFL Training Centre as a way to build up the fighters before bringing forward to a television audience, the promotion made their televised return with SFL 14 on March 29, which was headlined by two title fights between Xavier Foupa-Pokam and John Troyer for the middleweight title, and Sanja Sucevic and Colleen Schneider for the women's flyweight title. The same event was also their first on ESPN Star Sports in India.[1]

Super Fight League has scheduled several fights cards throughout 2013:[2][3]

Card Date Venue City
SFL 14 March 29, 2013 SFL Challengers Arena Mumbai, India
SFL 16 April 26, 2013 SFL Challengers Arena Mumbai, India
SFL 17 May 10, 2013 SFL Challengers Arena Mumbai, India
SFL 18 May 24, 2013 SFL Challengers Arena Mumbai, India
SFL 19 June 7, 2013 SFL Challengers Arena Mumbai, India
SFL 20-21 August 3, 2013 Filmalaya Studios Mumbai, India
SFL 22-23 August 17, 2013 Filmalaya Studios Mumbai, India
SFL 24-25 August 31, 2013 Filmalaya Studios Mumbai, India
SFL 26-27 September 14, 2013 Filmalaya Studios Mumbai, India
SFL 28-29 September 28, 2013 Filmalaya Studios Mumbai, India
SFL 30-31 October 12, 2013 Filmalaya Studios Mumbai, India
SFL 32-33 October 26, 2013 Filmalaya Studios Mumbai, India
SFL 34 November 15, 2013 Filmalaya Studios Mumbai, India

Event summaries

SFL 14

SFL 14 took place on March 29, 2013 in Mumbai, India. As with the previous events, it streamed live on YouTube and on the Fight Network in Canada. It was also the first event shown on STAR Sports in India. The Super Fight League rewarded 2 titles in the men's Middleweight and women's Flyweight divisions at this event.

Results[4]

Card
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Bantamweight Irfan Khan def. Pushpender Singh Decision (unanimous) 3 5:00
Welterweight Vikas Singh Ruhil def. Mohammed Shahid DQ (illegal knee to grounded opponent) 1 0:20
Bantamweight Sharath Babu def. Atif Mohammad Kadim Decision (unanimous) 3 5:00
Welterweight Baz Muhammad Mubarez def. Haitham Tantawy TKO (knees and punches) 3 1:38
Welterweight Jason Ramesh Solomon def. Rouhollah Eidehlouei Submission (punches) 1 2:33
Women's Flyweight Colleen Schneider def. Sanja Sucevic Submission (keylock) 3 2:54 [lower-alpha 1]
Middleweight Xavier Foupa-Pokam def. John Troyer TKO (knee to the body) 1 2:15 [lower-alpha 2]
  1. For the 1st SFL World Women's Flyweight Championship
  2. For the 1st SFL World Middleweight Championship

Sources[5][6]

SFL 15

SFL 15 took place on April 12, 2013 in Mumbai, India. As with the previous events, it streamed live on YouTube and was shown on STAR Sports in India and on the Fight Network in Canada.

2012 London Olympics Freestyle Wrestling Silver medallist Sushil Kumar was in attendance as a commentator for this event.[7]

Results[8]

Card
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Bantamweight Kapil Kumar def. Alam Idrisi Submission (guillotine choke) 1 1:50
Bantamweight Uchit Sharma def. Kaushik Sen TKO (doctor stoppage) 1 2:15
Bantamweight Narender Grewal def. Aadil Bashir Submission (rear-naked choke) 1 1:00
Bantamweight Johny Ryntathiang def. Mahesh Kumar Baliyan Submission (armbar) 1 1:03
Lightweight Ricky Sahni def. Deen Mohammad Jorat TKO (retirement) 2 5:00
Women's Flyweight Manjit Kolekar def. Mona Mounir Mohamed TKO (punches) 1 2:19
Middleweight Michael Page def. Ramdan Mohamed Submission (rear-naked choke) 1 3:48

    Sources[9]

    SFL 16

    SFL 16 took place on April 26, 2013 in Mumbai, India. As with the previous events, it streamed live on YouTube, on STAR Sports in India and on the Fight Network in Canada.

    Results[10]

    Card
    Weight class Method Round Time Notes
    Lightweight Sandeep Yadav def. Arun Singh Charak Submission (guillotine choke) 3 0:35
    Flyweight Arun Nagar def. Manoj Chuhan Decision (split) 3 5:00
    Bantamweight Irfan Khan def. Sachin Panwar Decision (unanimous) 3 5:00
    Light Heavyweight Amit Thapa def. Sandeep Kumar TKO (punches) 1 3:34
    Welterweight Mohammed Shahid def. Abdul Hamid TKO (knees) 3 3:17
    Women's Flyweight Lena Ovchynnikova def. Fathia Mostafa Submission (guillotine choke) 1 3:36
    Lightweight Sascha Sharma def. Marca Gomez Sariol Decision (unanimous) 3 5:00

      Sources[11]

      SFL 17

      SFL 17 took place on May 10, 2013 in Mumbai, India. As with the previous events, it streamed live on YouTube, on STAR Sports in India and on the Fight Network in Canada.

      Fight Card[12]

      Card
      Weight class Method Round Time Notes
      Featherweight Abdul Muneer def. Pawan Goyat Submission (rear-naked choke) 1 3:29
      Middleweight Satendar Bankura def. Harvinder Rana KO (Punch) 1 1:18
      Welterweight Charanjit Singh def. Yash Kumar TKO (strikes) 2 4:45
      Lightweight Amitesh Chaubey def. Saeed Asghartabar Decision (unanimous) 3 5:00
      Women's Strawweight Daizy Singh def. Ola Ahmed Submission (choke) 2 0:43
      Heavyweight Mohamed Abdel Karim def. Daniel Amar Singh TKO (punches) 3 3:40
      Bantamweight Tom McKenna def. Anup Kumar (c) Submission (rear-naked choke) 1 4:46 [lower-alpha 1]
      1. For SFL World Bantamweight Championship

      Sources[13]

      SFL 18

      SFL 18 took place on May 24, 2013 in Mumbai, India. As with the previous events, it was streamed live on YouTube, on STAR Sports in India and on the Fight Network in Canada.

      Fight Card[14]

      Card
      Weight class Method Round Time Notes
      Welterweight Mohammad Naemi def. Vladimir Prodanovic Decision (unanimous) 3 5:00
      Flyweight Sachin Panwar def. Uchit Sharma TKO (retirement) 2 5:00
      Light Heavyweight Sandeep Kumar def. Samarveer Mavi TKO (punches) 1 0:52
      Flyweight Arun Nagar def. Mohd Asgar KO (punches) 1 2:41
      Welterweight Pawan Maan Singh def. Jamshed Khan Submission (guillotine choke) 1 1:12
      Featherweight Philipp Schranz def. Mohamed Abdel Hamid TKO (punches) 1 1:54
      Women's Strawweight Irene Cabello def. Ritika Singh Submission (armbar) 1 2:06

        Sources[15]

        SFL 19

        SFL 19 took place on June 7, 2013 in Mumbai, India. As with the previous events, it was streamed live on YouTube, on STAR Sports in India and on the Fight Network in Canada.

        Fight Card[16]

        Card
        Weight class Method Round Time Notes
        Featherweight Amit Raj Kumar def. Abhay Singh Shirole TKO (punches) 1 2:55
        Welterweight Jason Ramesh Solomon def. Mayank Dogra TKO (punches) 1 2:00
        Welterweight Bhabajeet Choudhury def. Iqbal Bhat KO (head kick) 1 1:42
        Women's Flyweight Manjit Kolekar def. Monika Mallik Decision (unanimous) 3 5:00
        Bantamweight Narender Grewal def. Abdul Azeem Badakhshi Decision (unanimous) 3 5:00
        Bantamweight Irfan Khan def. Khwaja Mohibsa Submission (rear naked choke) 1 2:17
        Heavyweight Singh Jaideep def. Alireza Tavakoli TKO (elbows) 1 4:24

          Sources[17][18]

          SFL 20-21

          On August 3, 2013, the Super Fight League hosted SFL 22 and SFL 23 on the same night, with their televised dates taking place one week after the other, as SFL 20 will air on August 9, and SFL 21 will air on August 16. The first four fights of the event will be considered SFL 20, and the later half of the event's fights will be SFL 21. This event will be the first to take place under the SFL's latest format and newly created 800-seat arena.[19]

          SFL 20

          SFL 20 will air on August 9, 2013 in Mumbai, India. As with the previous events, it will stream on YouTube, on STAR Sports in India and on the Fight Network in Canada.

          Fight Card

          Card
          Weight class Method Round Time Notes
          Lightweight Amitesh Chaubey def. Nikhil Bhatt TKO (punches) 2 0:59
          Lightweight Jason Ramesh Solomon def. Mukesh Gora TKO (punches) 2 1:33
          Featherweight Amit Raj Kumar def. Vishal Singh Submission (rear naked choke) 1 2:42
          Bantamweight Narender Grewal def. Tiran Thakshala TKO (punches) 1 0:48

            Sources

            SFL 21

            SFL 21 will air on August 16, 2013 in Mumbai, India. As with the previous events, it will stream on YouTube, on STAR Sports in India and on the Fight Network in Canada.

            Fight Card

            Card
            Weight class Method Round Time Notes
            Bantamweight Kuldeep Singh Sekhon def. Johny Ryntathiang Submission (punches) 1 1:20
            Flyweight Kapil Kumar def. Sachin Panwar Submission (rear naked choke) 2 2:27
            Light Heavyweight Sandeep Kumar def. Mohit Tokas Submission (punches) 1 1:59
            Featherweight Bharat Khandare (c) def. Pierre Daguzan TKO (punches) 2 1:44 [lower-alpha 1]
            1. For SFL World Featherweight Championship

            Sources[20]

            SFL 22-23

            On August 17, 2013, the Super Fight League will host SFL 22 and SFL 23 on the same night, with their televised dates taking place one week after the other, with SFL 22 airing on August 23, and SFL 23 airing on August 30.[21]

            SFL 22

            SFL 22 will air on August 23, 2013 in Mumbai, India. As with the previous events, it will stream on YouTube, on STAR Sports in India and on the Fight Network in Canada.

            Fight Card

            Card
            Weight class Method Round Time Notes
            Flyweight Manoj Chauhan def. Uchit Sharma Decision (unanimous) 3 5:00
            Lightweight Gaurav Gulliya def. Saeed Asghartabar KO (punch) 3 0:38
            Lightweight Arun Singh Charak def. Vikas Singh Ruhil KO (punch) 1 2:48
            Lightweight Pawan Maan Singh def. Rajinder Singh Meena (c) Submission (kimura) 2 3:45 [lower-alpha 1]
            1. For SFL World Lightweight Championship

            Sources[22]

            SFL 23

            SFL 23 will air on August 30, 2013 in Mumbai, India. As with the previous events, it will stream on YouTube, on STAR Sports in India and on the Fight Network in Canada.

            Fight Card

            Card
            Weight class Method Round Time Notes
            Light Heavyweight Amit Thapa def. Ankit Yadav Submission (rear naked choke) 1 1:30
            Women's Strawweight Daizy Singh def. Ritika Singh Decision (unanimous) 3 5:00
            Featherweight Sumeet Khade def. Dhruv Chaudhary Decision (unanimous) 3 5:00
            Bantamweight Khwaja Mohibsa def. Irfan Khan Decision (unanimous) 3 5:00

              Sources

              SFL 24-25

              On August 31, 2013, the Super Fight League will host SFL 24 and SFL 25 on the same night, with their televised dates taking place one week after the other, with SFL 24 airing on September 6, and SFL 25 airing on September 13.[23]

              SFL 24

              SFL 24 will air on September 6, 2013 in Mumbai, India. As with the previous events, it will stream on YouTube, on STAR Sports in India and on the Fight Network in Canada.

              Fight Card

              Card
              Weight class Method Round Time Notes
              Welterweight Bhabajeet Choudhury def. Vicky Prasad Gupta Submission (punches) 2 0:40
              Middleweight Suresh Rajput def. Abhijeet Petkar DQ 1 2:08
              Bantamweight Raghvendra Singh def. Pushpender Singh TKO (punches) 2 1:07
              Flyweight Anup Kumar def. Arun Nagar Submission (rear naked choke) 2 2:38

                Sources

                SFL 25

                SFL 25 will air on September 13, 2013 in Mumbai, India. As with the previous events, it will stream on YouTube, on STAR Sports in India and on the Fight Network in Canada.

                Fight Card

                Card
                Weight class Method Round Time Notes
                Flyweight Himanshu Kaushik def. Biswa Dev Decision (unanimous) 3 5:00
                Lightweight Mukesh Gora def. Siddharth Chandanshive TKO (punches) 2 0:52
                Lightweight Mehdi Nasirey def. Nirmal Kumar TKO (punches) 1 0:24
                Welterweight Satendar Bankura def. Mohammed Shahid Submission 1 0:52

                  Sources

                  SFL 26-27

                  On September 14, 2013, the Super Fight League will host SFL 26 and SFL 27 on the same night, with their televised dates taking place one week after the other, with SFL 26 airing on September 20, and SFL 27 airing on September 27.[24]

                  SFL 26

                  SFL 26 will air on September 20, 2013 in Mumbai, India. As with the previous events, it will stream on YouTube, on STAR Sports in India and on the Fight Network in Canada.

                  Fight Card

                  Card
                  Weight class Method Round Time Notes
                  Lightweight Sameer Shaikh def. Suraj Bahadur Submission (arm triangle choke) 2 0:27
                  Featherweight Abdul Muneer def. Mohan Lal Submission (punches) 1 1:33
                  Featherweight Ashleigh Grimshaw def. Masaya Doi KO (punch) 1 2:22

                    Sources

                    SFL 27

                    SFL 27 will air on September 27, 2013 in Mumbai, India. As with the previous events, it will stream on YouTube, on STAR Sports in India and on the Fight Network in Canada.

                    Fight Card

                    Card
                    Weight class Method Round Time Notes
                    Flyweight Rakesh Dagar def. Mahesh Kumar Baliyan Submission (keylock) 2 4:15
                    Bantamweight Kuldeep Singh Sekhon def. Aadil Bashir Submission (rear naked choke) 1 4:20
                    Flyweight Anup Kumar def. Kapil Kumar TKO (retirement) 1 5:00
                    Bantamweight Narender Grewal def. Amr Abdel Malek Mahmoud Submission (arm triangle choke) 1 3:25

                      Sources

                      SFL 28-29

                      On September 28, 2013, the Super Fight League will host SFL 28 and SFL 29 on the same night, with their televised dates taking place one week after the other, with SFL 28 airing on October 4, and SFL 29 airing on October 11.[25]

                      SFL 28

                      SFL 28 will air on October 4, 2013 in Mumbai, India. As with the previous events, it will stream on YouTube, on STAR Sports in India and on the Fight Network in Canada.

                      Fight Card

                      Card
                      Weight class Method Round Time Notes
                      Bantamweight Mohammed Farhad Rafiq def. Johny Ryntathiang TKO (retirement) 1 2:38
                      Featherweight Amit Raj Kumar def. Sameer Shaikh Decision (unanimous) 3 5:00
                      Light Heavyweight Sandeep Kumar def. Hemant Wadekar TKO (punches) 1 4:20
                      Lightweight Amitesh Chaubey def. Gaurav Gulliya TKO (punches) 1 0:13

                        Sources

                        SFL 29

                        SFL 29 will air on October 11, 2013 in Mumbai, India. As with the previous events, it will stream on YouTube, on STAR Sports in India and on the Fight Network in Canada.

                        Fight Card

                        Card
                        Weight class Method Round Time Notes
                        Lightweight Mukesh Gora def. Vikas Singh Ruhil TKO (punches) 2 0:26
                        Lightweight Kuat Khamitov def. Baz Muhammad Mubarez Decision 3 5:00
                        Bantamweight Sameet Khade def. Nelson Paes Submission (rear naked choke) 1 1:28
                        Featherweight Bharat Khandare def. Sami Amin Submission (rear naked choke) 2 3:06

                          Sources

                          SFL 30-31

                          On October 12, 2013, the Super Fight League will host SFL 30 and SFL 31 on the same night, with their televised dates taking place one week after the other, with SFL 30 airing on October 18, and SFL 31 airing on October 25.[26]

                          SFL 30

                          SFL 30 will air on October 18, 2013 in Mumbai, India. As with the previous events, it will stream on YouTube, on STAR Sports in India and on the Fight Network in Canada.

                          Fight Card

                          Card
                          Weight class Method Round Time Notes
                          Middleweight Ravindra Balhara def. Mohammad Younus Decision (unanimous) 3 5:00
                          Atomweight Jeet Toshi def. Praveen Kalkal Submission (rear naked choke) 1 1:06
                          Lightweight Pawan Goyat def. Swapnil Barve KO (punch) 2 0:57
                          Bantamweight Irfan Khan def. Manoj Chauhan Submission (rear naked choke) 3 0:35

                            Sources

                            SFL 31

                            SFL 31 will air on October 25, 2013 in Mumbai, India. As with the previous events, it will stream on YouTube, on STAR Sports in India and on the Fight Network in Canada.

                            Fight Card

                            Card
                            Weight class Method Round Time Notes
                            Lightweight Rajinder Singh Meena def. Biki Bora KO (punch) 1 0:13
                            Featherweight Neeraj Goyat def. Mohammed Farhad Rafiq Decision (unanimous) 3 5:00
                            Lightweight Mehdi Nasirey def. Amit Kumar TKO (punches) 1 2:43
                            Featherweight Abdul Muneer def. Ahmed El Gharib KO (punch) 1 0:56

                              Sources

                              SFL 32-33

                              On October 26, 2013, the Super Fight League will host SFL 32 and SFL 33 on the same night, with their televised dates taking place one week after the other, with SFL 32 airing on November 1, and SFL 33 airing on November 8.[27]

                              SFL 32

                              SFL 32 will air on November 1, 2013 in Mumbai, India. As with the previous events, it will stream on YouTube, on STAR Sports in India and on the Fight Network in Canada.

                              Fight Card

                              Card
                              Weight class Method Round Time Notes
                              Lightweight Pawan Goyat def. Sameer Shaikh KO (punch) 1 0:21
                              Welterweight Charanjit Singh def. Rakesh Singh Manhas Submission (punches) 1 2:02
                              Bantamweight Pushpender Singh def. Kuldeep Singh Sekhon TKO (punches) 2 2:48
                              Lightweight Mukesh Gora def. Amitesh Chaubey Submission (rear naked choke) 2 0:35

                                Sources

                                SFL 33

                                SFL 33 will air on November 8, 2013 in Mumbai, India. As with the previous events, it will stream on YouTube, on STAR Sports in India and on the Fight Network in Canada.

                                Background

                                The main event featured a Champion vs. Champion fight as the current SFL World Lightweight Champion Pawan Maan Singh challenged the current SFL World Welterweight Champion Shyam Prasad for Prasad's Welterweight Title.

                                Fight Card

                                Card
                                Weight class Method Round Time Notes
                                Light Heavyweight Abhijeet Petkar def. Suresh Rajput Submission (punches) 1 1:25
                                Heavyweight Deepak Kumar Singh def. Love Chauhan Submission (punches) 1 3:23
                                Lightweight Mehdi Nasirey def. Nikhil Bhatt Submission (guillotine choke) 2 1:29
                                Welterweight Pawan Maan Singh def. Shyam Prasad Submission (rear naked choke) 1 2:09 [lower-alpha 1]
                                1. For SFL World Welterweight Championship

                                Sources

                                SFL 34

                                SFL 34 took place on November 15, 2013 in Mumbai, India. As with the previous events, it will stream on YouTube, on STAR Sports in India and on the Fight Network in Canada.

                                Background

                                Fight Card

                                Card
                                Weight class Method Round Time Notes
                                Flyweight Rohit Pundeer def. Vinod Budhwar KO 1 1:39
                                Bantamweight Mohammed Farhad def. Raghvendra Singh TKO 1 3:12
                                Bantamweight Dhruv Chaudhary def. Govind Singh Submission 1 2:51
                                Bantamweight Manish Kumar def. Shaikh Mohammed Farhan TKO 1 4:36
                                Bantamweight Praveen Lohia def. Anuj Kumar Submission 1 1:31
                                Flyweight Pramod Khatri def. Arun Sharma Submission 1 3:47

                                  Sources

                                  See also

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