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PASIGHAT, 1 Sep<\/strong>: The semifinals of the featherweight grand prix at Aturto 3.2 here in East Siang district ended with two contrasting outcomes, setting the stage for a much-anticipated final in December.<\/p>\n Arunachal Pradesh’ Kon Jarbin advanced after a tough battle with Manipur’s Lakhan Laisram, finishing the contest in the third round via rear-naked choke submission. In the other semifinal, Nagaland’s Neitso Angami was disqualified at the weigh-in for exceeding the featherweight limit by 400 grams, allowing Nilesh Chaudhary of Rajasthan to progress directly to the final.<\/p>\n Jarbin and Chaudhary will now meet in Itanagar later this year, where the winner will be crowned the inaugural grand prix champion and receive a prize of Rs 5 lakh.<\/p>\n The rest of the fight card produced notable performances. In the main event, Mizoram’s Nazareth Lalthazuala earned a unanimous decision victory over Himachal Pradesh’ Saurabh Negi. Local favourite Tor Perme made a successful flyweight debut, submitting Ajay Sharma in the opening round.<\/p>\n In kickboxing action, Bameron Daniel defeated Atokivi Chisi in a flyweight K1 contest.<\/p>\n \u00a0The semi-pro bouts added further excitement, with Rayan Gogoi securing the first knockout of the night, while Asum Tamut impressed with a unanimous decision win.<\/p>\n Two women’s strawweight clashes also drew attention, highlighting the growing presence of female fighters in the competition.<\/p>\n With a mix of drama, decisive finishes, and a controversial weigh-in, Aturto 3.2 kept fans engaged throughout, while setting up a featherweight final that promises to be closely contested.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" PASIGHAT, 1 Sep: The semifinals of the featherweight grand prix at Aturto 3.2 here in East Siang district ended with two contrasting outcomes, setting the stage for a much-anticipated final in December. Arunachal Pradesh’ Kon Jarbin advanced after a tough battle with Manipur’s Lakhan Laisram, finishing the contest in the third round via rear-naked choke […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":269971,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-269953","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269953\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/269971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}