LION Championship 05: Tran Ngoc Luong wins unbelievable, Lien Phong Dojo shines

The highlight of the LION Championship 05 event taking place at Rach Mieu Stadium on Saturday night April 22 is 6 matches in the evening, where most of the A-listers are present.

Indeed, both Tran Ngoc Luong and Robson Oliveira have provided the audience with quality grappling situations and otherwise because this is the first season for both of them to attend the LION Championship, they would have to start from the B-class format (3 rounds each). 3 minutes), then maybe 3 rounds of 5 minutes will satisfy the fans' thirst.

In fact, from the words to the performance in the octagonal cage of Tran Ngoc Luong before Robson Oliveira is still... quite a distance. After 3 rounds with a total of 9 minutes, Tran Ngoc Luong was taken-down many times and proved to be inferior in grappling situations, although the Brazilian boxer did not have a significant lock phase.

Tran Ngoc Luong's striking skill in this match did not leave a clear mark except for a few low-kick situations. And it's easy to overshadow the all-round performance of Robson Oliveira and the Brazilian third-degree black belt in juggling (BJJ) who showed a slight edge in efficiency in two-thirds of the round.

With 2/3 of the referee scoring the win (29-28), Tran Ngoc Luong had an "unbelievable" victory on the launch day of the LION Championship. And if this 30-year-old boxer does not perform better in the next matches, it will be even more difficult to believe that he can challenge and take the belt from Nguyen Tran Duy Nhat.

Also at the LION Championship 05 event, the match that is considered the main event is the competition between Nguyen Thanh Do and Pham Ngoc Canh in the 56 kg category. These are the two boxers with the highest rankings last season in the series of A-class matches taking place at this event.

With heavy backhands, jabs and round punches from Chengdu, Ngoc Canh's face and ears were bleeding.

The boxer from Lien Phong martial arts school was determined to find a knock-out situation in the last round, but Thanh Do was alert enough, experienced and stubborn when he adhered to the strategy of keeping the distance to end the match with a winning score.

But despite Ngoc Canh's defeat, the A-series match at LION Championship 05 was still a great shining evening for Lien Phong Dojo, Johnny Tri Nguyen and Tran Quang Loc. Because before that, all three boxers Lien Phong won by knockout.

Nguyen Hoang Thach (56 kg) opened the evening event with a left foot head-kick that hit Nguyen Phu Quy's face, thereby winning the knockout after only 28 seconds.

Next, Bui Truong Sinh (60 kg) despite being "strangled by Nguyen Tran Duy Nhat", boxer Le Van Tuan overwhelmed in the first half, he had a powerful body-kick that hit the ribs and abdomen, causing the opponent to collapse. fell at the end of the second half, thereby marking the second knockout victory for Lien Phong.

And finally, the technical knockout victory of 34-year-old boxer Minh Nhut against Trung Hai was also in the 60 kg weight category in the last seconds of the second half.