Pakistan thrash India 2-1 in Karate Combat 45 contest in Dubai
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Pakistan thrashed India 2-1 in the Karate Combat 45 competition in Dubai on Saturday night, with an “unstoppable” Shahzaib Rind convincingly beating India’s Rana Singh to seal the win.
Karate Combat is a professional martial arts league featuring full-contact karate bouts. Karate Combat hosts events around the world, showcasing bouts between skilled fighters from different weight classes and countries.
The match between the two countries was decided in the final round after Pakistan’s Rizwan Ali and India’s Himanshu Kaushik won the first and second competition of the match, respectively.
Pakistan emerged victorious against India with a 2-1 win in the Karate Combat 45 event, led by their captain Shahzaib Rindh, who secured decisive victory by defeating Rana Singh in final round in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), on Saturday.#Pakistan #KarateCombat #India #UAE pic.twitter.com/J0oKWleWUc
— Startup Pakistan (@PakStartup) April 20, 2024
“Shahzaib Rind is just unstoppable inside the pit!” Karate Combat wrote on social media platform X. “Pakistan beats India 2-1 with this victory.”
The competition began with Ali facing India’s Pawan Gupta. The bout was a one-sided one, with Ali knocking out Gupta soon earlier on and ending the match in Pakistan’s favour.
This is absolutely awesome!
— 🇵🇰 🇺🇸 Salman (@SalmanWahidi) April 20, 2024
Not only did he knock out his opponent, he went on to carry not just Pakistan's, but India's flag as well, and said that it was a fight to promote peace.
What a winner! #KarateCombat45 #ShahzaibRind 🇵🇰 https://t.co/oe8ToKHgox pic.twitter.com/DvWPGkMGl8
India then levelled the match when its fighter Himanshu Kaushik overcame Pakistan’s Faizan Khan in the second fixture, making it 1-1 before Rind delivered decisive blows to Singh to seal the victory for Pakistan 2-1.
Pakistan edged India out 2-1 in the Karate Combat 45 competition in Dubai on Saturday night, with an “unstoppable” Shahzaib Rind convincingly beating India’s Rana Singh to seal the win.
— Arab News Pakistan (@arabnewspk) April 21, 2024
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The fixture between Pakistan and India was a much-awaited one, especially due to the pre-match hype between fighters of the two countries.
Rana Singh looked helpless against Shahzaib Rind as Pakistan beat India 2-1 in Karate Kombat. Shahzaib Rind carried flags of Pakistan and India together to give a message of peace. https://t.co/UPYUmHaLlP pic.twitter.com/FUtEZypfal
— Faizan Lakhani (@faizanlakhani) April 20, 2024
At a pre-match news conference on Friday, Rind slapped Singh before both were separated by their team members. The video of the altercation went viral on social media.
Pakistan karate team captain Shahzaib Rind slapped Indian captain Rana Singh during a pre-match press conference held in preparation for Karate Combat 45.#Karate #PakvsInd pic.twitter.com/zd4TGF45Eo
— اسد مہمند🇵🇰 (@asadmomand33) April 19, 2024
Pakistan's Rizwan Ali gets a knockout win
— LockerRoom (@lockerroom_in) April 20, 2024
over India's Pawan Gupta at Karate Combat 45 to
make it 1-0 for Pakistan in the night. #KarateCombat45 pic.twitter.com/E0KDPh8u4s
Wild scenes at the 🇮🇳 🇵🇰 face off happened ahead of Karate Combat 45. Former Road to UFC contender Rudra Pratap Rana will be taking on Shazaib Rind tomorrow in Dubai. pic.twitter.com/qIt0hbg8Dl
— jonathan selvaraj (@jon_selvaraj) April 19, 2024
After his TKO win over India's Rana Singh at Karate Combat 45, here's what Pakistan's Shahzaib Rind said about the fight. Thoughts? #KarateCombat45 pic.twitter.com/BxqzaNulha
— LockerRoom (@lockerroom_in) April 21, 2024