Indian MMA fighter fights in the UFC for the first time ever
Maharashtra-based MMA fighter Bharat Kandare on Saturday became the first-ever Indian to fight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). The 30-year-old took on 19-year-old China's Song Yadong in the preliminary featherweight bout in Shanghai, losing by submission in the first round. Kandare had started fighting in 2009 and had also fought in Sanjay Dutt's Super Fight League.