Kairo Isaac

Kairo Issac is an Indian mixed martial artist, fighting in the featherweight division. He is best known as the male winner of the SFL Challengers.

Background
From a very tender age, Kario developed a passion for sports and fitness.

It was at the age of seven that he had his first initiation to Karate when he joined a school in Mumbai for a brief period.

He got in touch with Daniel Isaac, the pioneer of MMA in India who invited him to their gym in Mumbai. Kario was on flight duty when he first visited the MMA gym.

SFL Challengers
Issac advacned to the semi finals of SFL Challengers when he defeated Siddesh Shirgaonkar in the quarter finals of the show.

He then defeated Rajinder Singh Meena in the semi finals via rear naked choke to move on to the finals.

Issac was then suppose to face Sandeep Yadav in the finals, but due to personal issues Yadav pulled out of the competition, allowing Andrew Canday to replace him. Issac won the competition after getting a unanimous decision win over Canday.

Super Fight League
Issac will make his MMA debut when he faces Mahmoud Ashour in the main event of SFL 12.

Personal life
Issac was born to the late Loly Ashikho and PF Nisa of Karong village, Senapati district.

He is the second child of his family, with one older sister and three younger brothers.

He attended primary school in Mumbai.

He completed High School from St Joseph School, Tadubi and graduated in B Com with honours from St Joseph's College, Jakhama, Nagaland.

Before he decided to go on to SFL Challengers, he used to be an employee of Jet Airways.

Some time after winning the show, Kairo was felicitated by Information Centre for Hill Areas (ICHAM) at Eco Park, Luwangsangbam.