Matrix Fight Night

Matrix Fight Night is a Mixed Martial Arts promotion in India. It is considered as biggest MMA promotion in India. It is founded and owned by leading Bollywood actor Tiger Shroff and his sister Krishna Shroff. Its headquarters is situated in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It organises MMA events in India.[2][3][4]

Matrix Fight Night
TypePrivate
IndustryMMA Sports Promotion
Founded2019
Founder
Headquarters
Mumbai, Maharashtra
,
India
Key people
Websitehttps://www.mfnofficial.com

The promotion have organized more than 10 events as of 31 October 2022. It often organises its fight nights in Dubai, UAE. On September 2022 MFN signed a broadcasting deal with Disney+ Hotstar. By the deal latter scheduled to stream MFN 10, fights from MFN 7 onwards .[5][4][6]

Matix Fight Night's (MFN) fighter Anshul Jubli in 2022 participated in Road to UFC fight reality show, won it and received Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) contract. He became the second ever Indian fighter to sign an UFC contract after Bharat Khandhare. Jubli defeated Jeka Saragih of Indonesia in the final in February 2023. Jubli began his professional MMA career in MFN.[7]

Indian fighter such as Digamber Singh Rawat, Sanjeet Budhwar, Puja Tomar, Angad Bisht, Rahul Thapa, Clinton Dcruz etc. perform in it and fighters from other nations Djordje Stojanovic (Serbia), Fabrício Oliveira (Brazil), Bi Dieu Nguyen (USA), Mohamad Gamal (Egypt), Atabek Abdimitalipov (Kyrgyzstan) etc. [8]

MFN was founded in 2019 by Tiger Shroff and his mother Ayesha Shroff. Since then it have held 11 events across India and foreign nations as of 2023. The promotion organised its seventh live event the MNF 7 at Taj Falaknuma Palace in Hyderabad in December 2021, MFN 8, 9 was held at New Delhi.[4] In June 2022 MFN, launched its official anthem, it was sung by Siddharth Mahadevan and rapper Lil Sidley.[9] On 18 November 2022, it held its event MFN 10 at Dubai.[10]

MFN airs its matches on its YouTube channel 'MFN– Matrix Fight Night'.[11] Its founding owner Tiger Shroff is one of the highest paid Bollywood film actor. His father Jackie Shroff is also an actor. Tiger Shroff is martial arts lover and enthusiast known for his fight in films often promote MFN.[12]

Event List

MFN has hosted 11 events till date.[13]

List of Past Events
S. No Event Date Venue City
1 MFN 1 12-Mar-2019 NSCI Dome Mumbai, India
2 MFN 2 29-Jun-2019 Siri Fort Auditorim New Delhi, India
3 MFN 3 20-Dec-2019 NSCI Dome Mumbai, India
4 MFN 4 28-Feb-2020 Al-Nasr Sports Club Dubai, UAE
5 MFN 5 15-Dec-2020 Palazzo Versace Dubai, UAE
6 MFN 6 24-Sep-2021 Palazzo Versace Dubai, UAE
7 MFN 7 10-Dec-2021 Taj Falaknuma Hyderabad, India
8 MFN 8 1-Apr-2022 Siri Fort Auditorium New Delhi, India
9 MFN 9 24-Jun-2022 Siri Fort Auditorium New Delhi, India
10 MFN 10 18-Nov-2022 Palazzo Versace Dubai, UAE
11 MFN 11 31-Mar-2023 Talkatora Stadium New Delhi, India

See also

References
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  2. "Meet Anshul Jubli, BSF officer's son from Uttarakhand village who is now global MMA star; bagged UFC contract". DNA India. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  3. "Matrix Fight Night - MFN (Ayesha Shroff) | MMA Promoter". Tapology. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  4. "Matrix Fight Night Collaborates with Disney+ Hotstar to stream the 10th edition of the Mixed Martial Arts Competition". India Today. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  5. "Matrix Fight Night 10 set to return to Dubai with four title fights on November". Hindustan Times. 31 October 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  6. Khosla, Varuni (24 September 2022). "Disney+ Hotstar to stream mixed martial arts competition Matrix Fight Night". mint. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  7. "After dominating Indian MMA circuit, Uttarkashi's Anshul Jubli stands three steps away from UFC contract". Hindustan Times. 8 June 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  8. "Matrix Fight Night 10 set to return to Dubai with four title fights in November". ANI News. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
  9. "Siddharth Mahadevan & Lil Sidley on MFN Anthem by Tiger Shroff!". Hindustan Times. 29 June 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  10. "Matrix Fight Night 10 set to return to Dubai with four title fights in November". ANI News. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  11. "MFN - Matrix Fight Night - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  12. Hungama, Bollywood (17 June 2019). "Tiger Shroff is all set for MFN 2 and he does a nearly impossible MMA move to promote it : Bollywood News - Bollywood Hungama". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  13. Sherdog.com. "Matrix Fight Night Fights, Fight Cards, Videos, Pictures, Events and more". Sherdog. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
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