Considered to be a candidate to win the Lion Championship in the future, both Tran Ngoc Luong and Robson Oliveira both attracted attention before the day of the match. They constantly share personal opinions, even attack each other to assert that they will win quickly against the opponent.
On the side of Tran Ngoc Luong, he admitted that Robson Oliveira was a very strong boxer in Jujitsu. The opponent of the Luong has twice won the Jujitsu championship in Brazil, as well as ascending the Jujitsu World Championship in 2017. Robson Oliveira is very strong in objects and locking, which is a specialty of modern MMA.
Earlier, at the Korean MMA Angel's Fighting Championship, Robson Oliveira also participated in. He won against a Korean boxer, thereby having the first victory since walking on the professional MMA floor. This shows the power of Robson Oliveira and his fighting skills.
Even so, Tran Ngoc Luong was still very confident. He said: “Robson Oliveira is just Jujitsu boxer, not a MMA boxer. His practice and competition only has one color, too many holes.” Tran Ngoc Luong also did not mind revealing that he would use the weaknesses in Robson Oliveira's standing to attack.
The match between Tran Ngoc Luong and Robson Oliveira is one of the 10 pairs of Group B in the Lion Championship 5 event. But with the level of both fighters even though they just attended the tournament, the organizers decided to bring this match as one of the two events of the event (Co-Main Event).