Suchika makes history with India's first Asian Games MMA medal

Nagoya, Sept 21 (UNI) India's Suchika Tariyal fought her way into the history books at the Asian Games on Monday, securing the country's first-ever medal in mixed martial arts despite a semi-final defeat to Singapore's Hui Hoon Teo in the women's traditional 60kg category. Suchika went down 0-2 to Teo in the semi-final, ending her hopes of reaching the gold-medal contest but confirming a historic bronze for India in a sport making its Asian Games debut at Aichi-Nagoya. The defeat was particularly painful for the 36-year-old Indian, who had fought her way back into contention during the bout. Suchika responded…