{"id":248552,"date":"2017-09-05T11:08:23","date_gmt":"2017-09-05T18:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=248552"},"modified":"2019-02-21T13:28:10","modified_gmt":"2019-02-21T21:28:10","slug":"wwe-star-jinder-mahal-to-walk-debuting-fighter-to-the-octagon-at-ufc-215","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/arjan-bhullar\/wwe-star-jinder-mahal-to-walk-debuting-fighter-to-the-octagon-at-ufc-215\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE star Jinder Mahal to walk debuting fighter to the Octagon at UFC 215"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend, on the undercard of <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-215\/video-countdown-ufc-215-full-episode\/\">UFC 215<\/a>, undefeated heavyweight prospect Arjan Bhullar will make his anticipated debut in the Octagon opposite Brazil&#8217;s Luis Henrique. Bhullar&#8217;s debut will be a historic one, as he&#8217;ll be the first Indo-Canadian fighter to step foot into the Octagon. According to a recent report from Chamatkar Sandhu, Bhullar will be <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/reebok\/ufc-debuting-new-reebok-fight-kits-ufc-215-theyre-massive-improvement\/\">walked to the cage<\/a> by another Indo-Canadian sports star in WWE Champion Jinder Mahal.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just spoke to Arjan Bhullar (@theone_asb) who told me it&#39;s 100% confirmed. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JinderMahal?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JinderMahal<\/a> will walk him out to the Octagon at UFC 215.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chamatkar Sandhu (@SandhuMMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SandhuMMA\/status\/903708845888999424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 1, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Earlier today, on the <a href=\"http:\/\/iphone.tsn.ca\/tsnpodcasts\/CHUMAM-48k-pl-2138.m4a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TSN MMA Show,<\/a>&nbsp;Bhullar explained how this awesome arrangement came to be.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cWe\u2019ve known each other about 10 or 12 years,\u201d he said (h\/t <a href=\"http:\/\/mmauno.com\/14359-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAUno.com<\/a>). \u201cSo I was wrestling in university at Simon Fraser here in BC and he was on the regional scene trying to break into pro for wrestling\u2013that\u2019s when we first hooked up.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt\u2019s cool man,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;We\u2019ve kinda kept in touch ever since and now I\u2019m up in the UFC and he\u2019s a champ up there [WWE]. It was just a natural fit with the crossover appeal and everything that\u2019s happening in the sport right now. I thought why not. He\u2019s a native Albertan, born and raised in Calgary.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The debuting Arjan Bhullar also discussed his relationship with Jinder Mahal in a recent Instagram post:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BXqwKIMlPpY\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:500px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BXqwKIMlPpY\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; width:100%;\" target=\"_blank\"> <\/p>\n<div style=\" display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; 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