With the semi-finals' two elimination rounds underway, the action on SFL Challengers goes to the following level with the fighters improving with each passing exercise session.
Half-way throughout the elimination rounds, the fighters who've still to fight, had a good idea about what others did wrong in earlier bouts. And, more importantly, they'd sufficient training that earlier contestants didn't before moving into the cage.
This week again we had two interesting fights with the Randomizer (fight selection software) throwing up another set of interesting combinations with SFL chairman, Raj Kundra, at the sidelines to watch the action upfront. He was joined by celebrity guests, actor Ronit Roy and Australian cricketer Shaun Tait.
First up was the feminine bout between Priyanka Sharma and Priya that arguably had the surprise of the night with the primary knockout victory the show has witnessed thus far. Priyanka went into the fight with the sport plan of finishing off her opponent quickly and executed the same perfectly by knocking out Priya within the first round itself.
Priyanka started the round assertively by controlling the gap with straight punches and body kicks. Although Priya managed to cut down the distance, Priyanka was successful in landing several vicious blows to her opponent with a last head kick knocking Priya out for good. Next up was the male bout that had again publish a quintessential rise up fighter, Krishan Singh Rawat, against a ground controller, Andrew Canday.
The first round started with Krishan popping out of the blocks aggressively attempting several quick punches however Andrew smartly had his defence sorted and successfully negated Krishan's blows.
Frustrated together with his loss of success with striking, Krishan manages to take Andrew down however it eventually signals the beginning of the top for him as Andrew displays his superior ground game to take control and get on top allotting severe punishment.
The first round ended with Krishan bleeding from a cut on his forehead which led to him being a bit of more cautious within the second round but still couldn't be capable to get an upper hand as again Andrew ended the round on top because of his grappling superiority.
The last round too had the same outcome with Andrew finishing strongly winning the fight via unanimous decision and moving onto the next round.
Courtesy: Mid-Day.com
