in the opening scene of enter the dragon the legendary bruce lee punches kicks and throws his opponent before finally applying a painful armlock and forcing his opponent to surrender book tickets for sfl schedulein the 1970s crosstraining in different martial arts was not allowed but lee broke the rules by combining the elements of multiple martial arts via his system philosophy of jeet kune do he believed that the best fighter is not a boxer karate or judo man the best fighter is someone who can adapt to any stylemixed martial arts which is said to be the worlds fastest growing sport is about to take young urban india by storm courtesy the super fight league sfl promoted by rajasthan royals owner raj kundra and bollywood superweight sanjay dutt sfl is launching the countrys first professional mma league the kickoff match to be held in mumbai on march 11 will feature two big stars of the mma world james the colossus thompson of britain and bob the beast sapp of the usa full contact combat sport that has thousands of fans baying for bloody excitement everywhere it goes mma allows the use of both striking and grappling fight forms like boxing wrestling judo brazilian jiujitsu muay thai kickboxing and karate it owes its origins to the ancient greek sport of pankration which was often a fight to death thankfully mma is bound by rules but the aim is still to beat your opponent into submissionwith its cagelike rings noholdsbarred fights cheerleaders and young audiences mma mixed martial arts has been pumping up serious adrenaline across the world rivalling boxing and professional wrestling in popularity in markets like the united states and japan what adds to the edge are the catchy names for fighting techniqueslike sprawlandbrawl and groundandpound although wwe has traditionally been more popular in india mmas been quietly but rapidly gaining in popularity as gyms and training centres offer training opportunities and the culture of fight nights grows across cities sfl promises to take mma to a whole new level says promoter raj kundra pitting indias six best fighters against six international mma fighters given the success rate of merging sports with entertainmentthink ipl and the ultimate fighting championship ufc in the usmma with its image of being raw and real is turning into a huge crowdpuller while sanjay dutt described it as one of the biggest action sports worldwide kundra said we have a longterm vision for this leaguewhich will bring indian audiences a new form of sport and entertainmentwhat is mma mixed martial arts mma is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques both standing and on the ground including boxing wrestling brazilian jiujitsu muay thai kickboxing karate judo and other styles dates march 11 mumbaiapril 7 chandigarhmay 6 new delhi rules a basic rule of the mma is that a fighter must fight within his weight class a bout can be won either through a knock