Dinesh Naorem wins two medals at MMA Asian Cship
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, August 28 2021:
Manipur's Dinesh Naorem secured a gold medal and a silver medal at the GAMMA Asian MMA Championships 2021, which was held in Kyrgyzstan from August 24 to August 28, 2021 .
Dinesh, competed in the 56.7kg category at the event in Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) and Striking Mixed Martial Arts (Striking MMA) disciplines.
In the Striking MMA discipline, he secured the silver medal after suffering a close-fought loss to Yermakhan Oryntayev of Kazakhstan.
Dinesh looked in control during the fight but lost out as the Kazakhstan fighter managed to get a submission victory.
Earlier, Dinesh had progressed to the final after beating fellow Indian Vishnu Warrier in their semifinal bout.
In the final of the 56.7kg MMA discipline, Dinesh defeated Uson Murzabek of Kyrgyzstan.
Dinesh had a great showing in the match and dominated throughout the three rounds to secure the win and the gold medal.
Prior to that, he got the better fellow Indian Arsenba Ozukum in the semifinals and had defeated Doston Nasriddinov of Uzbekistan in the quarterfinals.
India won a total of four gold medals at the event.