Singer JLo is scheduled to be in Mumbai to perform today (March 11) at the inaugural gala of the Mixed Martial Arts Super Fight League (SFL), a venture launched by Sanjay Dutt in association with Shilpa Shetty’s entrepreneur husband Raj Kundra, foreign media have reported.
Amongst the list of fighters to take part is also Colombo Fight Night’s star fighters headed by Dr. Haren Jayasinghe, President of the MMA Federation of Sri Lanka. This will be the first overseas venture for our local MMA fighters.
Lopez, 42, joins an A-list of international pop icons that includes Metallica, Lady Gaga, Akon and Pitbull, who have performed in India in the recent past. She is also the latest western celebrity to hit Indian shores after Tom Cruise, Oprah Winfrey and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Plans are being made to rope in a few more big-ticket international names for the gala event, the Daily Mail reported.
A few stars from Bollywood, besides top Indian singers, will also perform at the SFL opening do at Mumbai’s Andheri Sports Complex. The Daily Mail quoting a source said, Kundra and Dutt want to create an annual martial arts event that will rival similar events all over the world. “ They want to make SFL a brand name. Naturally, they want a big start.”
SFL is being touted as a mix of sport and entertainment on the lines of WWE. The league promises to feature some of the best-known names from the world of wrestling, boxing and other forms of martial arts.
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