The Super Fight League returned to Mumbai, India this past Friday with SFL 8, as part of its weekly ‘Friday Night Fight Nights’ initiative. SFL 7, an event that was held in the previous week by the promotion, was a huge success that saw a whopping total of 6 finishes on its 7-bout fight card.
SFL 8 also saw a total of 6 finishes that surfaced in the very first round.
The Middleweights took take center stage as John Troyer decisioned Vasily Novikov in the featured attraction of the evening. It was a tight affair but Troyer did just enough to get the eventual nod from the judges.
In the co-main event, Indian favorite Hardeep Singh succumbed to a D’arce Choke applied by American veteran Tom McKenna in what was an intriguing Bantamweight contest.
SFL 8 also streamed ‘LIVE’ on MMASucka.com at 8:30am PT/11:30am ET (9pm Local Time) .
Here are the full/quick results:
- John Troyer def. Vasily Novikov via Unanimous Decision
- Tom McKenna def. Hardeep Singh via Submission (D’arce Choke) at 4:48s of Round 1
- Tracy Lockwood def. Deepika via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) at 2:10s of Round 1
- Sachin Bhat def. Nikhil Bhat via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) at 0:37s of Round 1
- Bharat Kandare def. Pushpender Singh via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) at 1:20s of Round 1.
- Manoj Chuhan def. Alam Idrisi via TKO (Punches) at 3:58s of Round 1
- Sandeep Yadav def. Palwinder Singh via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) at 0:42s of Round 1
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