Fight Between Indian Puja Tomar and Brazilian Fighter Rayanne Dos Santos
Puja Tomar, known as “the Cyclone,” is the first Indian woman to rank number one in MMA Fighting by beating her opponent, Rayanne Dos Santos, who belongs to Brazil. Now she is on the 1st ranking in the Middle East, and his ranking worldwide is 64th. She wins the fight on the basis of Split Decision 30-27, 27-30, 29-28 from Rayanne Dos Santos in the straw weight of 52 kg. This fight was held on June 8th, 2024.
Puja Tomar already wants to make history in her UFC debut. So that is why she is struggling and doing practices with different coaches to take a win and make her country proud. Puja Tomar takes advantage of their skills over Rayanne Dos Santos height.
Who was Puja Tomar?
Puja Tomar (The Cyclone) was born in Budhana village of Uttar Pradesh (UP) in the district of Muzaffarnagar in India on November 25, 1995. She was the daughter of the late Ramkumar Tomar and Babita Tomar. She has two siblings, two elder sisters named Anjali Tomar and Anu Tomar. Her weight is 52 kg, and her height is 156 cm (5 feet, 1 inch).
She started wushu at the age of six and won many medals in competitions. She was a representative of India in Wushu championships all over the world. She was a five-time national Wushu champion. She was an atomweight champion. She is also involved in karate and taekwondo. She also won lots of medals in it. She is the one of the popular Mix Martial Art Artist of India. She also took part in the One Championship for her mixed martial arts (MMA) debut.
She made her debut against Thai kickboxer Stamp Fairtex. Puja Tomar lost this fight by 4:27 in the first round. She had also been a part of Matrix Fight Night (the MFN Women Strawweight Championship). She recently won the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). She is the first woman in India to take part in the UFC and get a victory. She was against Rayanna Dos Santos in this fight. Her record is:
Who is Rayanne Dos Santos?
RAYAANE DOS SANTOS is a Brazilian mixed martial artist who was born on June 8, 1995. Dos Santos comes from a Jiu-Jitsu family where her parents and brothers are all black belts. She has trained since she was 7 years old. Her weight is 48 kg and height is 5 feet and 2 inches. She started her career in MMA in 2015 and fought in Brazil and Canada. She was an Atom Weight Champion on May 3-May-2023.She started her career at UFC on October 17-October -2023.She got championships in Invicta Fight Championship and Btc Women Strawweight Champion.
Puja Tomar after fight
After her fight, Puja Tomar proudly said, “I want to show the world that we Indian fighters are losers. We will rise up, and we will not stop until we become a UFC champion. This is not only my win; it’s for all Indian fans and for all Indian fighters. I will feel so proud when I walk out to my Indian song with the Indian flag. I had goosebumps inside the octagon; there was no pressure on me. I only thought that I had to win.
Rayanne Dos Santos Claims on Empire Split Decision
Rayanne dos Santos was not satisfied with the Mate Jones decision. I already know who he is, and he doesn’t like me. I fight better than Puja Tomar, She also posted on Instagram that she punched Puja Tomar. She is very disappointed because of her continuous second-round loss in the UFC fight. Fight Between Indian Puja Tomar and Brazilian Fighter Rayanne Dos Santos raise many questions one the Split Decision of Empire (Mate Jones). On her Instagram post, all her fans also blamed the coach’s (Mate Jones) split decision.