| Type: | Privately held company |
| Industry: | Mixed martial arts |
| Founded: | 2019 |
| Hq Location City: | Mumbai, Maharashtra |
| Hq Location Country: | India |
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The Matrix Fight Night (MFN) is an Indian professional mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion Company based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It is owned and operated by Hindi film actor Tiger Shroff, his mother Ayesha Shroff and his sister Krishna Shroff. The promotion was founded in 2019.[1]
The Shroff family also owns a chain of MMA gyms called MMA Matrix.[2] Matrix Fight Night has hosted 15 premium fight nights as of March 2024, featuring fighters from both India and other countries. MFN has been instrumental in producing several MMA stars including Anshul Jubli and Puja Tomar, both of them have gone on to sign with the UFC.[3]
Matrix Fight Night was founded in 2019 by the Shroff family. The shroffs joined forces to establish a premium MMA promotion aimed to improve and shape Mixed Martial Arts in South Asia & Southeast Asia. Matrix Fight Night kickstarted with their debut event (MFN 1) in Mumbai on 12 March 2019. The event was held at the NSCI Dome and featured 7 professional fights.[4]
Anshul Jubli made his professional MMA debut at MFN 2, which was held on 29 June 2019 in New Delhi. Anshul's undefeated streak (5–0) at MFN earned him the opportunity to fight in the lightweight division of Road to UFC Season 1. Anshul won the tournament after beating Jeka Saragih of Indonesia in the finals, thus securing the UFC contract.[5]
MFN expanded globally with MFN 4, choosing Dubai as their international fight capital.[6] [7] Three consecutive editions of Matrix Fight Night, from MFN 4 to MFN 6,[8] were hosted in Dubai. Despite the pandemic, MFN managed to organize events with the assistance of the Dubai Sports Council.
MFN 6 (Anshul Vs Mahmoudiyan) had its first foreign fighter at Matrix Fight Night.[9] In late-2022, Matrix Fight Night announced its partnership with the OTT giant Disney+Hotstar.[10] MFN events are streamed live in India on Disney+Hotstar.[11]
Matrix Fight Night has two formats: International Fight Night and MFN Contenders. International Fight Night showcases the best talent from India and abroad, while MFN Contenders serves as a feeder event for International Fight Night.[12]
The first MFN Contenders event took place in September 2022 in Hyderabad. The three-day event witnessed over 400 fighters competing in various weight categories to earn the MFN Contract.[13]
MFN has hosted 14 events as of March 2024.[14] [15] [16] MFN 14, the latest event, took place on 9 March 2024 at Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida. Each event features 12 bouts.[17]
| Event | Date | Venue | Location | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | Matrix Fight Night 15 | August 31, 2024 | Noida Indoor Stadium | Noida, India | |
| 14 | Matrix Fight Night 14 | March 9, 2024 | |||
| 13 | Matrix Fight Night 13 | ||||
| 12 | Matrix Fight Night 12 | ||||
| 11 | Matrix Fight Night 11 | Talkatora Stadium | New Delhi, India | ||
| 10 | Matrix Fight Night 10 | Palazzo Versace Dubai | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | ||
| 9 | Matrix Fight Night 9 | Siri Fort Auditorium | New Delhi, India | ||
| 8 | Matrix Fight Night 8 | ||||
| 7 | Matrix Fight Night 7 | Falaknuma Palace | Hyderabad, India | ||
| 6 | Matrix Fight Night 6: Anshul vs. Mahmoudiyan | Palazzo Versace Dubai | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | ||
| 5 | Matrix Fight Night 5 | ||||
| 4 | Matrix Fight Night 4 | Al-Nasr Sports Club | |||
| 3 | Matrix Fight Night 3 | NSCI Dome | Mumbai, India | ||
| 2 | Matrix Fight Night 2 | Siri Fort Auditorium | New Delhi, India | ||
| 1 | Matrix Fight Night 1 | NSCI Dome | Mumbai, India |
| Division | Upper weight limit | Champion | Since | Title Defenses | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Light Heavyweight | TBD | ||||
| Middleweight | TBD | ||||
| Welterweight |  Darkhanbek Ergeshev | March 31, 2023 (MFN 11) | 1 | [18] | |
| Lightweight | TBD | ||||
| Featherweight | TBD | ||||
| Bantamweight |  Chungreng Koren | August 31, 2024 (MFN 15) | [19] | ||
| Flyweight | TBD | ||||
| Women's Strawweight | TBD | ||||
77 kg (170 lb)
| style= width:1%;" | No. | style= width:21%;" | Name | style= width:30%;" | Event | style=width:15%;" | Date | style= width:40%;" | Defenses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current | align=left | Darkhanbek Ergeshev | align=center | MFN 11 | align=center | March 31, 2023 | align=center | ||
66 kg (145 lb)
| style= width:1%;" | No. | style= width:21%;" | Name | style= width:27%;" | Event | style=width:15%;" | Date | style= width:70%;" | Defenses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | Sanjeet Budhwar | align=center | MFN 10 | align=center | November 18, 2022 | align=center | [20] | |
| Budhwar was stripped of the title on March 8, 2024 after failing to make weight for his title defense against Abdul Azim Badakhshi at MFN 14.[21] | |||||||||
61 kg (135 lb)
| style= width:1%;" | No. | style= width:21%;" | Name | style= width:30%;" | Event | style=width:15%;" | Date | style= width:40%;" | Defenses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current | Chungreng Koren | MFN 15 | August 31, 2024 | ||||||
57 kg (125 lb)
| style= width:1%;" | No. | style= width:21%;" | Name | style= width:30%;" | Event | style=width:15%;" | Date | style= width:40%;" | Defenses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | Angad Bisht | align=center | MFN 10 | align=center | November 18, 2022 | align=center | ||
| Angad vacated the title when he signed with the Road to UFC. | |||||||||
52 kg (115 lb)
| style= width:1%;" | No. | style= width:21%;" | Name | style= width:30%;" | Event | style=width:12%;" | Date | style= width:45%;" | Defenses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | Puja Tomar | align=center | MFN 10 | align=center | November 18, 2022 | align=center | [22] | |
| Tomar vacated the title in October 2023 when she signed with the UFC.[23] | |||||||||
| style= width:1%;" | No. | style= width:21%;" | Name | style= width:30%;" | Record | style=width:12%;" | Weight class | style= width:45%;" | Representing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | Sanjeet Budhwar | align=center | 11-2 | align=center | Featherweight | align=center | Haryana | |
| 2 | align=left | Angad Bisht | align=center | 9-3 | align=center | Flyweight | align=center | Uttarakhand | |
| 3 | align=left | Clinton Kenin D'Cruz | align=center | 6-0 | align=center | Flyweight | align=center | Karnataka | |
| 4 | align=left | Shyamanand | align=center | 4-2 | align=center | Featherweight | align=center | Bihar | |
| 5 | align=left | Digamber Rawat | align=center | 4-0 | align=center | Lightweight | align=center | Uttrakhand | |
| 6 | align=left | Pawan Maan Singh | align=center | 8-3 | align=center | Light Heavyweight | align=center | New Delhi | |
| 7 | align=left | Chungreng Koren | align=center | 6-1 | align=center | Bantamweight | align=center | Manipur | |
| 8 | align=left | Rahul Thapa | align=center | 4-1 | align=center | Featherweight | align=center | Haryana | |
| 9 | align=left | Puniyajit Likharu | align=center | 4-0 | align=center | Bantamweight | align=center | Assam | |
| 10 | align=left | Sahil Rana | align=center | 9-1 | align=center | Bantamweight | align=center | Himachal Pradesh | |
| 11 | align=left | Dinesh Naorem | align=center | 2-0 | align=center | Flyweight | align=center | Manipur | |
| 12 | align=left | Darshanbek Ergeshov | align=center | 11-2 | align=center | Welterweight | align=center | Kyrgyzstan | |