Indian MMA: Yadwinder Singh suffers defeat at Rebel Fighting Championship

Indian MMA star Yadwinder Singh suffered a defeat at Rebel Fighting championship last day. Yadwinder fought Chinese veteran Chen Rui in a Bantamweight contest at the event and was stopped in the third round through punches.

Despite the defeat, there were a lot of huge takeaways for Yadwinder as this was his return fight after a long break of two years. Chen Rui improved his record to 6-0 and remained undefeated with the win. Yadwinder, meanwhile, drops to 5-2.

Earlier, Yadwinder had revealed that he got the fight through one of this friends and was looking forward to a positive experience irrespective of the result.

Other results

Elsewhere, in the main event of the night, Wang Sai of China defeated Konstantin Linnik via a first-round submission. In the co-main event, Liu Wenbo defeated Marcelo Tenorio through a split decision.

Rebel FC 8 took place on 30 May 2018 at Guangzhou, China. Below are the complete results from the event.

REBEL FC 8 – A Warrior’s Return Results

International Match 1 – Bantamweight, 61 kg, Niu Kang Kang (China) Beats Wang Daoyuan (China), Unanimous decision
International Match 2, Bantamweight, 61 kg, Chen Rui (China) Beats Yad Singh (India), Round 3, TKO (punches), 4min 30 sec
International Match 3, Lightweight, 70kg, Bao Yinna (China) Beats Arben Escayo (Philippines), Round 1, submission (rear naked choke), 3 min 37 sec
Main Match, Lightweight, 70kg, Wu Chengjie (China) Beats Jaypee Espinosa (Philippines), round 1, TKO (ground and pound), 2 min 24 sec
International Match 4, Bantamweight, 61 kg, Renato Velame (Brazil) Beats Taras Grytskiv (Ukraine), unanimous decision
International Match 5, Featherweight, 66kg, Wang Yayong (China) Beats Andre Hohlov (Ukraine), unanimous decision
International Match 6, Featherweight, 66kg, Tang Kai (China) Beats Nikolay Kondratuk (Ukraine), Round 1, TKO (ground and pound), 4 min 17 sec
International Match 7, Middleweight, 84kg, Askar Mozharov (Ukraine) Beats Cheick Kone (Ivory Coast), Round 1, 58 sec, TKO (shin kick opening up a gash)
Co Main-Event, Light Heavyweight, 93kg, Liu Wenbo (China) Beats Marcelo Tenorio (Brazil), Round 3, split decision
Main Event, Middleweight, 84kg, Wang Sai (China) Beats Konstantin Linnik (Ukraine), Round 1, submission, 1 min 44 sec (guillotine choke)

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