A few days after the Lion Championship 5 event ended, the Vietnam General Vo Federation (VMMAF) had a notice of discipline with the referees on duty, specifically as follows:
– Referee Ngo Quoc Thang: Stop the arbitration work at the end of the Lion Championship 2023 season
– Referee Tran Trung Nghia: Stop the arbitration work at the end of the Lion Championship 2023 season
– Arbitration Nguyen Dang Khoa: Stop the arbitration work in the next 3 events of Lion Championship 2023
Among the three arbitrators, referee Nguyen Dang Khoa was the only one who marked Robson Oliveira to win. This seems to be the reason why Mr. Nguyen Dang Khoa has to receive a lighter discipline than the remaining referees. However, this ruling does not make everyone satisfied, especially the referee Dang Khoa.
Sharing on his personal page, referee Nguyen Dang Khoa wants Lion Championship's future matches to announce the transcript of the referees. This is also what is deployed in martial arts tournaments such as Boxing and Muay, in order to openly and transparently the grading of those who hold the balance.
In fact, the public transcript has been carried out by UFC for a long time. After each event, UFC often quickly announced the transcript of the referees and assessments on duty. The public transcript is also applied even with early matches. But that could not limit all the matches with controversial scores.
At the end of 2022, UFC held an event with a championship match between two boxers Jan Blachowicz and Magomed Ankalaev. At the end of the 5 rounds, the final result was 2 Hoa Hoa boxers who did not agree (1 win, 1 draw, 1 loss). This made many fans show dissatisfied because most of the victory for Ankalaev.