Indian MMA: Gurdarshan Mangat recalls his fight With Abdul Muneer, making history and more

Indian MMA fighter Gurdarshan Mangat was recently interviewed by Greg Sabatino of the Williams Lake Tribune.

During the interview, Mangat talked about his last fight with Abdul Muneer, his experience of fighting in India and more. You can see the highlights from the interview below.

On his fight with Abdul Muneer:

“My last opponent, he had won the 2016 Indian fighter of the year award. Him being from there, and with all the animosity and how it all escalated leading up to the fights, it turned into one of the biggest fights in Indian MMA history. I want to prove I am the number one pound-for-pound Indian fighter out there. I moved up two weight classes for the fight. I was 137 pounds against a guy that was 165 pound on the day. He was big.”

His experience in India:

“It was crazy. It’s a whole different vibe there. The fans and the people. The emotion and intensity and just fighting in India and, after I won people just crashed my change room, showed up at the hotel — it became something totally different. I love fighting out there. It’s almost like they thank you for doing what you’ve done, and that the success you’ve gained is their own, so that was really cool.”

Possibly fighting in UFC and making history:

“The goal is to always make the UFC but there’s a lot of opportunities over there (in India). The person who owns it (Brave Combat Federation) is the Prince of Bahrain so there’s a lot of money over there. At the end of the day, you want to make history but you also want to take care of yourself. I do want to fight in the UFC one day, but wherever I’m making history is what I’m all about right now.”

Mangat currently holds a professional record of 10-2 to his name and is undefeated in Brave Combat Federation with two wins.

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