Ritu Phogat returns to MMA action at ONE: Battleground
“The Indian Tigress” Phogat will have the chance to redeem herself on Friday, 30 July, at ONE: BATTLEGROUND, where she’ll face Lin “MMA Sister” Heqin in an atomweight mixed martial arts matchup with heavy implications.
After her December 2020 TKO win over Jomary “The Zamboanginian Fighter” Torres, Phogat’s name was entered into the historic ONE Women’s Atomweight World Grand Prix.
However, Phogat soon suffered the first loss of her career against Bi “Killer Bee” Nguyen at ONE: DANGAL this past May, and she was subsequently removed from the eight-woman bracket.
If she can score a dominant victory over Lin, Phogat might be able to rejoin the tournament, which will grant the winner a shot at ONE Women’s Atomweight World Champion “Unstoppable” Angela Lee.
Lin won’t make it an easy bout, however. She has almost four times more professional experience than Phogat, holding a record of 14-2-1. Moreover, she dominated her ONE debut by scoring a first-round triangle choke of Torres.
Now, the Chinese athlete will try to continue her winning ways while also aiming to prove that perhaps she should be added to the Grand Prix bracket.
