\u2018\u2019There are at least a lakh of children doing MMA in the country. I can sense it as these days, I am often recognized in the airports of cities in Ahmedabad, Delhi and Bengaluru,\u2019\u2019 said Sangram, who claims to adhering to a few principles in order to be a role model for the aspiring fighters. \u2018\u2019I do acting but don\u2019t promote cold drinks, gutkha etc. I don\u2019t drink tea or coffee and have been a vegetarian. I want to keep going as long as I can,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n
Looking ahead, Sangram shared his vision for the sport: \u201cIt is great that MMA will now be included in the Asian Games. It has the potential to become a major sport in India.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n
What would be his tips if any wrestler (a sport which has given India significant podium finishes on the big stage) wants to chart a career in professional MMA, Sangram said: \u201cIf wrestlers want to move into professional wrestling or MMA, they have to work twice as hard, because it takes a long time and requires a different skill set. Hard work is essential if you want to perform on the world stage.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2018\u2019There are at least a lakh of children doing MMA in the country. I can sense it as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":581245,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,638,65096,82,14477],"class_list":{"0":"post-581244","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-fighting","11":"tag-mma","12":"tag-sangram-singh","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-wrestling"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=581244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581244\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/581245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=581244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=581244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=581244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}