Back on the evening of April 22, 2023, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt (BJJ) Robson de Oliveira Soares and Coco Championship Tran Ngoc Luong confronted the Lion Championship 05 event.
However, the result of this match was criticized quite heavily, when the public said that it did not accurately assess the story of winning and losing.
Although Robson Oliveira has successfully takedown Ngoc Luong, plus the time of control of the match is also too much better, the referees still arbitrarily give Ngoc Luong victory by calculating the disagreement point, with the score from the assessment of 29-28, 28-29 and 29-28 respectively.
The next developments continued to push the drama to the climax, when Robson de Oliveira Soares clearly showed an urgent attitude, left early, did not receive the reward. And Ngoc Luong spoke in the way of protecting himself, that he fought hard, devoted a beautiful match. The decision of the match does not belong to him, but the referee.
So the comment from the event followed the boiling event. Continuously have the comments on the scoring work of the referee, defending the Brazilian boxer, or more extreme than demanding Ngoc Luong “knowing the face of the face and returning the bonus”.
Robson de Oliveira Soares vs. Tran Ngoc Luong, who is righteous, who is antagonist?
The Vietnam General Martial Arts Federation (VMMAF) held a meeting right after Lion Championship 05 ended. VMMAF issued a notice “There was a mistake in identifying the match results”, but confirmed that this mistake was not negative, but due to the professional qualifications and the individual's individual error.
In addition, the match between Robson de Oliveira Soares and Tran Ngoc Luong did not cancel the results, still recorded as a defined match by calculating the unanimous point on the international achievement table.
This announcement is clear enough for some viewers, but not convincing others. It has been acknowledged that the score “has significant deviations with the actual development of the match” that, why did he know wrongly and could not cancel the results? Or people biased the landlord? After finishing the referee, why not always treat the martial artist, or more than that is to make compensation for the losing side?
The problem is, even when compared to other tournaments in the world, using the IMMAF law, or even major tournaments in the world such as UFC, One Championship, with the MMA law, there are differences at certain points; then the decision “does not cancel the results of the game Robson de Oliveira Soares vs. Tran Ngoc Luong” of VMMAF cannot be said to be wrong.
Concepts “No Contest” – a match that has no results, or “disqualification” – disqualifying the competition – of MMA, basically getting pregnant from similar concepts in boxing.
In it, MMA's “No Contest” occurs when a boxer cannot continue due to an unintentional injury, and the match time is not enough to determine the winner on the transcript. And “disqualification” occurs when a boxer made intentionally, intentionally violating the law many times, or without hearing the referee's command. In the case of determining the competition, the default boxer is a loser.
Considering the above definitions, the case of “wrongdoing due to grading” of Robson de Oliveira Soares, although later was the righteous VMMAF, did not suit the conditions to cancel the result. Similarly, it is not possible to apply “disqualification” to handle Ngoc Luong, when Ngoc Luong did not make an error, nor did he break the law in this match.
The audience ever accepted the “stubborn” boxers in front of the media?
Hau Lion Championship 05, right at the comment section, the article announced the decision of VMMAF, the number of ideas wanted the organizers to give a clearer explanation, which was small, but the number of comments “reclaimed justice” for Robson de Oliveira Soares was overwhelming.
Not to mention, in the midst of the public, the public was boiling to defend the Brazilian boxer, saying “(deciding the match results) was the duty of the referee and the inspection board” that Tran Ngoc Luong told the press was no different from the oil.
“It is important that I survived the attacks when standing in an unfavorable position, not letting the opponent attack the damage. It was my success,” Ngoc Luong said.
Whoever rubs, victory but not the right spirit of martial arts will not do anything, people say that. Ngoc Luong said this before the media was too stubborn, too wild, too brave. There is no biased assessment board, whoever gives it? International friends people look at, embarrassed instead!
This is not necessarily something strange, when readers read similar comments in other matches in the category of antagonistic sports. The psychology of “martial arts”, “public righteousness”, “must be humble, know people who know us” are always very typical features of the martial arts fan community, not only in Vietnam but also in East Asia in general.
With the quite intense reaction trend of antagonistic fans, it is not strange that once the public opinion has an angry direction; Then the criticism, murder, comments like “I am afraid for the image of the country” appearing in the debate topics, instead of the reasonable perspectives, truly evaluated based on the match.
In addition, the view of Vo Bien “looking at this hand actively pressing on fighting, attacking more, so it must be more points” also made many viewers make incorrect comments.
In the case of Ngoc Luong, it is necessary to distinguish very clearly that Robson de Oliveira Soares should be marked thanks to factors such as the technique of creating tightening situations, the ability to control the opponent from above, the number of Takdown times, the number of effective attacks, … Instead of the comment “Robson chasing the amount of running” is so simple. From a different perspective, the technical analysis will always have their value, rather than just to justify the victory.
So the audience is more aware that they are watching a sports match, where there is a clear law, where decisions related to the match should be assessed by the competition law and the tournament rules; Instead of watching a “martial arts stadium” in the middle of the Wanderer? This is still an open question for the martial arts fans in the future.