India, Sept. 21 -- India MMA fighter Varun Sanyal on Monday described his decision to attempt a weight cut alone before his Asian Games debut as "quite foolish", but said he had little choice in the circumstances and questioned why he was left without support staff.

Sanyal, who was scheduled to compete in the men's traditional 77kg category, was forced to withdraw from the Games on Sunday after passing out during a sauna session while cutting weight. He was subsequently declared medically unfit to compete.

"I came here on two weeks' notice, I found out relatively late. I obviously had a bunch of accommodation issues, and then I was all by myself on a weight cut. In retrospect, that was quite foolish of me to do," Sanyal, son of Prime Mi...