Anshul Jubli debut at UFC 294

In a country like India, where arguably sports means “cricket,” a local boy from Uttarakhand chose to take one of the deadliest sports in the world, mixed martial arts, as the sport he wanted to play. That boy has now reached so far in his journey that he now represents India in the world’s biggest MMA promotion, UFC, in the lightweight division. The boy named “Anshul Jubli,” after winning a contract from the UFC, has made his name popular in India and around the world, and now he will be fighting the best MMA fighters from around the world in the UFC. Here are some interesting facts about the Indian MMA star that you need to know.

Six Facts about Anshul Jubli

1) Anshul Jubli, in his young days, wanted to serve the Indian armed forces like his father did. His father was in the Border Security Force, and with the utmost respect, he salutes the toughness of an armed forces person and has several times said that MMA is way easier than being in the armed forces.

2) Anshul Jubli started his MMA training when he was 22 years old and initially trained in Delhi’s Crosstrain MMA academy, and as of now he is training at the Soma Fight Club in Indonesia.

3) He becomes the second Indian after India’s Bharat Kandare to secure a UFC contract and the first Indian to secure a victory inside the UFC octagon as he defeated the Indonesian fighter Jeka Saragih in the Road to UFC final.

4) Anshul Jubli appeared in the Indian MMA promotion started by Indian actor Tiger Shroff’s mother, Ayesha Shroff, and remained undefeated there. Even before UFC 294, he was undefeated in his light weight division.

5) He fights in the lightweight division (150 lbs or 70kg) and remains undefeated in the Matrix Fight Night.

6) He is well known from the Monicker “King of Lions,” which suits him.