Pakistan captain Shahzaib Rindh slapped India’s skipper Rana Singh ahead of the clash between the two countries in a team event at Karate Combat 45 in Dubai on Saturday.
Rindh slapped Rana while on stage during a press conference on Friday. The video of the incident immediately went viral on social media.
"How was the slap bro?" Rindh said after the clash on stage.
It must be noted that Rindh created history in February earlier this year after he registered the fastest knockout at Karate Combat 44 in Mexico City. The 25-year-old stunned his opponent, Marco Cubas of Peru, with a knockout in 21 seconds during the first round.
The Karate Combat, the world’s premier full-contact karate league, event in Dubai will be hosted by former mixed martial artists Bas Rutten and George St Pierre, YouTuber Mike Majlak and renowned Indian actor Salman Khan.
The fight night will begin with Pit Submission series featuring Craig Jones vs Andre Muniz.
The co-main event will include the Bantamweight title fight between Luiz Rocha vs Myrza-Bek Tebuev.
Meanwhile, Luke Rockhold and Joe Schilling go head-to-head in the main event.
Luke Rockhold vs Joe Schilling
Luiz Rocha vs Myrza-Bek TeBuev
Eddie Farrell vs Raymond Daniels
Vitalii Dubina vs Edgar Skrivers
Yodkaikaew “Y2K” Fairtex vs Saidyokub Kakhramonv
Rana Singh vs Shahzaib Rindh
Himanshu Kaushik vs Faizan Khan
Pawan Gupta vs Rizwan Ali
Adam Noi vs Ali Motamed
Huang Shuai Lu vs Ali Zainfar
Pit Submission Series - Grappling:
Craig Jones vs Rinat Fakhretdinov
Kaynan Duarte vs Pouya Rahmani
Zayed Alkatheeri vs Osamah Almarwai