Boxer Robson Oliveira makes an impressive comeback at Lion Championship 08
Oliveira was once sentenced to a controversial loss to Tran Ngoc Luong at LION Championship 05 in April 2023. This Brazilian boxer then fought a number of other MMA tournaments and only returned to Lion Championship 08 yesterday, with a fight with Huy Hoang in the men's 60kg category.
Immediately after the referee's start signal, the two boxers immediately launched many attacks. Oliveira dodged the high kick and immediately circled back and controlled Huy Hoang's back. When the opportunity came, the Brazilian boxer performed the following strangulation technique, locking Huy Hoang, causing the Vietnamese boxer to signal his defeat. The referee recognized the submission victory for Oliveira after only 2 minutes and 22 seconds of the first half.
In the 56kg belt defense match, Pham Van Nam competed with Dinh Van Huong. After entering the game, Van Huong moved widely and used many foot attacks, this is a tactic that helps him limit the approach of the opponent's attack. On the opposite side, Van Nam also actively closed the gap, but his catch situations have not really brought the desired results.
In the second half, from a foot attack, Van Nam successfully knocked down and got a position to control the mount, but very quickly Van Huong escaped and counterattacked with consecutive punches. At the beginning of the 3rd half, Van Nam had an unsuccessful situation to break his leg, then the match was maintained in the half-guard position before Van Nam successfully controlled his back and ended the match with a strangulation technique. after Rear naked choke at 3 minutes 59 seconds in the third round. Thanks to that, Van Nam successfully defended the 56kg championship belt.
In the 60kg category, Le Van Tuan met Duong Thanh Hung. Both enter cautiously with many single moves used. In the middle of the first half, Van Tuan got a position to control the mount after a successful knock. After that, he repeatedly tried to find a position to end the match with Ground and Pound, but failed.
In the second half, Van Tuan slipped behind and successfully controlled the opponent's back in the first minute, then tried to perform the Darce choke strangulation technique. However, Thanh Hung successfully defended, the match was continued in a standing position. In the final round, Van Tuan was again in a favorable position to perform the side-control technique, but was once again unable to execute the Darce choke.
It was not until the last minute that Van Tuan could turn around to control his back and perform punches. The referee must stop the match and judge Van Tuan to win by knockout when the clock strikes 4 minutes 42 seconds in the third round.
