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From a farming village in Uttar Pradesh to the UFC octagon. From a Himalayan town that produced soldiers to the Road to UFC championship. These are the ten Indian UFC fighters who changed what the world thinks about India and combat sports forever.
They were told the cage wasn't for them. They were told combat sports belonged to men. Then they stepped inside the octagon and destroyed every single one of those assumptions. This is the definitive story of chick MMA fighters — the pioneers, the champions, the warriors — and why women's MMA is now the most exciting thing happening in combat sports.
For decades, Asia was treated as an afterthought in the world of mixed martial arts. Then a generation of fighters from China, Japan, Myanmar, South Korea, and beyond started winning the biggest fights on the biggest stages. This is the definitive list of the top 10 Asian MMA fighters — the champions, the contenders, and the warriors who proved that the future of combat sports has a very different face than the old guard imagined.