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Tiger Shroff & Family's MMA Empire: Gyms and Fight League

Tiger Shroff & Family's MMA Empire: Gyms and Fight League
Tiger Shroff and family owns MMA league, training facility with 16 gyms across India: Ayesha and Krishna Shroff explain their business empire · indianexpress.com

Tiger Shroff, along with his mother Ayesha and sister Krishna, runs a mixed martial arts (MMA) business.

They own Matrix Fight Night, an MMA league, and MMA Matrix, a chain of gyms across India.

Their goal is to make MMA a real job for fighters.

They started with a gym combining fitness and martial arts, inspired by Tiger's interest in fitness and Krishna's love of MMA.

The MFN league has been running since 2019, giving opportunities for fighters.

The business has increased fighter pay, and now streams their events on JioHotstar.

Key facts

Business Owners
Tiger Shroff, Ayesha Shroff, Krishna Shroff
Business Type
MMA League & Training Facilities
MMA League Name
Matrix Fight Night (MFN)
Gym Name
MMA Matrix
Number of Gyms
16
Starting fighter salary
$2,000
Title Fight Payout
$10,000
Streaming Platform
JioHotstar

Quotes

Ayesha Shroff

Actor Tiger Shroff's mother

“Krishna had been a fan of MMA for a long time, and she was also very familiar with a lot of Indian and international fighters, so that’s her strong point.”
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“Now we have involved some partners as well, and we choose between franchising or partnering up with someone, based on the kind of money they can put in.”
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Krishna Shroff

Actor Tiger Shroff's sister

“Our gym is basically a passion project that my mother, brother, and I came together for.”
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“There is no one better than Tiger to represent something like fitness; he is the epitome of it.”
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Krishna

Actor Tiger Shroff's sister

“We are in the process of changing the whole revenue model, because a lot of these fighters didn’t have any kind of recognition before MFN, and now they have massive followings in their hometowns and villages.”
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