Super Fight League, World's first Mixed Martial Arts League
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Industry | Mixed martial arts League |
Founded | 2012 |
Founder | Bill Dosanjh |
Headquarters | India, UAE, United States, Canada |
Owner | Bill Dosanjh, Amir Khan |
Parent | Super Fight Promotions Pvt. Ltd |
Website | www.superfightleague.com |
Super Fight League Is a mixed martial arts promotion, based in India The organisation was formed in 2012 by actor Sanjay Dutt and British Indian businessman Raj Kundra. Super Fight League has produced close to 50 live televised events broadcast on Colors, Neo Prime, ESPN Star Sports and on YouTube live worldwide.
The Super Fight League was formed in 2012 by actor Sanjay Dutt and British Indian businessman Raj Kundra. Its intent is giving Indian Mixed martial artists a platform to compete and grow in its home country whilst bringing in talented fighters from different parts of the world. They launched their first event on March 11, 2012, which was headlined by Bob 'The Beast' Sapp and James 'The Colossus' Thompson.
On February 27, the Super Fight League announced that they had signed Todd Duffee, Trevor Prangley, Baga Agaev, Paul Kelly, Xavier Foupa-Pokam and Lena Ovchynnikova to four fight exclusive contracts.
On June 23, the Super Fight League announced that they had signed Jeff Monson, Satoshi Ishii, Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou, and Michael Page.
It was announced by the Fight Network that they will show all of the Super Fight League’s events on Canadian TV.
In September 2012 Pavia resigned his position as the CEO of the Super Fight League citing "family reasons."
The Super Fight League made three announcements on September 24, 2012. The first was a strategic alliance between themselves and Invicta Fighting Championships, which aims to bring the best Indian female fighters to Invicta, whilst Invicta will aim to send world class female mixed martial artists to the Super Fight League.