'The Great Khali' seeks revenge as second fight to be held in Dehradun today

New Delhi: Former WWE star Dalip Singh Rana, popularly known as 'The Great Khali', will continue with the second fight scheduled to be held in Dehradun on Sunday.

A BJP spokesperson in Uttarakhand has criticised Khali for holding such a show and called the event as a facade and said that it was a fixed match carried out to advertise the ‘CM for Youth’ programme.

The 43-year-old Khali was seen performing Puja in Dehradun ahead of his wrestling match on February 28. Despite all this, the fight is expected to take place on Sunday and fans will hope Khali wins in the revenge game.

ANI posted a photo on Twitter.

The Great Khali performs Puja in Dehradun (Uttarakhand) ahead of his wrestling match on February 28 pic.twitter.com/G2IH0YT3F4

— ANI (@ANI_news) February 27, 2016

Khali was discharged on Friday from the hospital in Haldwani and vowed to take revenge for the embarrassment he had to go through after getting badly injured in the opening fight of the event, which is named after the great wrestler.

Although the doctors have advised him against fighting on Sunday, Khali has vowed to go into the ring for his fans.

Earlier on Wednesday night, Khali had suffered head and chest injuries during the Continental Wrestling Entertainment show at Haldwani and was subsequently airlifted the next morning to a speciality hospital in Dehradun.

The fight had to be stopped mid way after his opponents, Mike Knox and Brody Steel, beat up Khali with chairs. Despite getting injured,

Khali has vowed to make a comeback in the second show of 'The Great Khali Returns Series' "It will be blood for blood and chair for chair," said Khali after being discharged from the hospital. 

(With Agency reports)