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Some lesser known facts about Yogesh Jadhav

• Yogesh Jadhav is an Indian fitness coach and martial artist who has participated in several regional and national level Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) tournaments, in which he has won several awards. In October 2022, she made headlines when she made her debut in the Marathi TV industry with the reality TV show Bigg Boss Season 4.

• After completing his formal education in 2011, Yogesh Jadhav left his village in Solapur and moved to Pune, where he enrolled at Dragon MMA Gym and started practicing various forms of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) techniques. Talking about the reasons for leaving Solapur, Yogesh said,
  

  I belong to a very small village in Maharashtra where people had never heard of anything like MMA. So, to pursue a career in MMA, I left my village to earn some money and hence, I came to Pune, where I joined Dragon MMA Gym and started learning new ways to improve myself.

• In 2013, after Yogesh Jadhav turned 18, he worked as a bouncer in various clubs and pubs based in Pune to meet his needs.

• Yogesh Jadhav participated in the 2015 National MMA Championship, where he won the gold medal.
  

  Yogesh Jadhav holds his gold medal which he won at the National MMA Championship

• Yogesh Jadhav made his debut in the TV industry in 2016 with the Hindi reality TV show Roadies X4: Your Gang, Your Glory. In the show, he was a part of the famous Indian wrestler Sushil Kumar crew.
  

  Photo of Yogesh Jadhav while he was doing a task on Roadies X4

• In the same year, Yogesh became the captain of the Bangalore Warhawks, a professional American football team. Under his captaincy, the team participated and won the 6th US National American Football Championship held in Hyderabad, India.
  

  A picture of Yogesh Jadhav which was taken while participating in the 2016 American Football Championship

• Yogesh Jadhav participated in and won the Full Contact Championship (FCC), an MMA tournament held in 2017.
  

  Yogesh Jadhav’s photo taken at the Full Contact Championship (FCC)

• Yogesh Jadhav managed to win the 2019 Bodypower India Open Mixed Martial Arts Championship.
  

  Yogesh Jadhav’s photo taken after winning the BodyPower India Open MMA Championship

• In the same year, out of 150,000 contestants, Yogesh Jadhav became one of eighty contestants selected by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) for advanced tryouts in the US.

• Yogesh Jadhav won the final match against Arpitam Sarkar and won the MMA tournament “Fight of Knights (FOK)” in 2020.
  

  A picture of Yogesh Jadhav taken after his victory against Arpitam Sarkar in Fight of Knights (FOK)

• Yogesh Jadhav participated in the 2021 National Kickboxing Championship, where he represented Maharashtra. The championship was held in Jaipur, Rajasthan and was organized by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MYAS). He later participated in the Super Fitness MMA Pro Fight Championship, where he emerged victorious.
  

  A picture of Yogesh Jadhav which was taken after winning the National Kickboxing Championship held in Rajasthan

  

  A poster announcing Yogesh’s MMA fight at the Super Fitness MMA Pro Fight Championship

• In the same year, he appeared in an advertisement for UrbanClap.
  

  UrbanClap Ad in Yogesh Jadhav 2021

• In 2021, Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari presented and honored Yogesh Jadhav’s achievements in the field of mixed martial arts with an award.
  

  Bhagat Singh Koshyari presenting the award to Yogesh Jadhav

• Giving an interview in 2022, Yogesh Jadhav expressed his desire to participate in the target UFC 300, an international MMA event, and represent India. Talking about this he said,
  

  I want to represent my motherland India in UFC 300 and I promise that I will keep working and improving myself throughout my journey as an MMA fighter. The project is currently in my gym at the Dragon MMA gym.

• Yogesh Jadhav participated in season 4 of the Marathi reality TV show Bigg Boss as a contestant on 2 October 2022. The show was aired on Marathi TV channel Colors Marathi. Talking about her participation in Bigg Boss, she said during an interview,
  

  When I told my friends about joining the reality show, they got scared and told me that if I lose my cool on the show, I will not break anything. Living without friends, family and mobile phones will be a bit difficult, but it’s not something you can’t adjust to. I hope that after participating in the show, I will get a chance to work in films.”

  

  A picture of Yogesh Jadhav in Bigg Boss Marathi 4. taken during his participation in

• According to Yogesh Jadhav, he has also worked as a wrestling coach at Cult The Work Out station in Pune.

• Giving an interview, Yogesh Jadhav told the media that he was inspired to pursue a career in mixed martial arts at a very young age from his uncle, who was a professional wrestler and participated in various wrestling tournaments and won many awards. .

• According to Yogesh, he has taken training in kickboxing, boxing, karate and jiu-jitsu, which are different forms of mixed martial arts.

• Reportedly, when Yogesh Jadhav moved from Solapur to Pune in 2011, he was involved in an accident that resulted in him being hospitalized for several months, which seriously affected his career in MMA as he was recovering from injuries. It took a long time to happen. Sustains during the accident. Talking about this, Yogesh said during an interview,
  

  It was indeed a very sad and disappointing phase for me as I was in an action which resulted in me being out of action for a long time. I was really depressed and I hope no one else has to go through this. I had over 70 stitches on my jaw and face and because of this I still have difficulty speaking fluently. I somehow got over it, my injuries, and I never gave up.”