Ritu Phogat’s Talent Will Be Seen In Mixed Martial Arts

Ritu Phogat’s Talent will be seen in mixed martial arts. After wrestling, ‘Indian lioness’ Ritu Phogat’s talent will be seen in mixed martial arts.

Wrestler Ritu Phogat, who won the gold medal at the Commonwealth Wrestling Championships in Singapore in 2016, will now showcase her Jauhar in mixed martial arts.

In the upcoming ‘One: Inside the Matrix’ tournament, to be held in Singapore on October 30, Ritu is going to compete against Cambodia’s mixed martial arts champion Now Surrey Pove.

According to Ritu, it will be an exciting match for which he is fully prepared. Their only aim is to give the country the first world champion in mixed martial arts.

Coming from a family of wrestlers, Ritu was attracted to mixed martial arts from childhood. But never thought that she would take it professionally as well.

But a time came when he started to wonder that till now no one from India has acquired the title of mixed martial arts. No champion has been made.

In the month of February of 2019, Ritu decided to join the Singapore-based world’s largest martial arts organization, One Championship (One), to fill this gap.

She has been alone in Singapore for the past year and a half, taking martial arts training. Ritu says, “For me, this is a completely new sports. Initially there was a problem.

The challenge was to learn a new game in a new country. In the meantime, Covid also came and stopped training due to lockdown. But to get something, one has to lose something.

I continued the practice with the help of online and videos. In this, the coaches help a lot, which has led to a good improvement in the game.

Ready to match with Now

Ritu is also known as ‘Indian Lioness’ (The Indian Tigress). As she smacked her opponents, the thunderous applause of the fans echoed throughout the stadium.

But this time there will be matches without spectators. On this, he says that there will be little difference because the energy of the audience has a different effect. But it is also true that while in the ring we just have to focus on our game. I will do the same.

About her preparations for the fight with a champion, Ritu said that wrestling is my strength and I have worked on the nuances of mixed martial arts. Now are the best fighters. But I have also worked hard. Yes, in the beginning, there was a little problem with striking, which I have worked on.

Hopefully, I will not disappoint my loved ones. My father always says that an athlete has to be very strong mentally, which I am. So far away from family, living alone is not easy from anywhere. But I alone am managing everything. Then be it cleaning the house or cooking

Focus on diet to workout

Singapore catering is different. Therefore, Ritu also has to make some changes in his diet. She takes diet as directed by the coach, which also contains protein and multi-vitamin supplements.

According to Ritu, the most important thing for a player is to focus solely on improving her game. So she does not take any stress. Meditation and yoga together with workouts. Listens to music Sisters are their biggest inspiration.

For her, Ritu watches videos of cricketer Virat Kohli and Russian mixed martial arts champion Khabib. They take inspiration from them. Ritu says, “Any sport, requires discipline, dedication, and concentration. Only then we are able to achieve our goal.

I have come here with some dreams and goals, so I will try my best to fulfill them, so that I can illuminate the name of the country. I want players and girls from India to come forward in mixed martial arts. This needs to be encouraged by the government as well.

Like to stay positive

These days people are very fond of the biopic of the players. Movies made on them are also becoming hits. On whether Ritu would also like to do something like this, she said that I will make my biopic myself.

Because no one can tell the story of my struggle or life better than me. By the way, his entire focus at the moment is on winning the title of MMA Champion. The expectations of the country and fans have to be met.

The good thing is that Ritu does not come under pressure from these expectations, but also takes negativity or criticism positively. She works hard. Before the match, her enthusiasm remains at its peak. They only have sports and opposing players in their minds.

Let us tell you that Ritu made her debut in the mixed martial arts field by playing a match against Nam Hee Kim in the One Championship: Edge of Dragons tournament held in Beijing in November 2019.

She then played against Chiao Chen Wu at the One Championship: King of the Jungle tournament in Kalang, Singapore in February 2020. Both matches were done by Ritu. This time too, she will try to score a hat-trick of victory.