Held for the first time in October 2016, Angel's Fighting Championship (AFC Martial Arts Championship – AFC) is an integrated martial event – MMA periodically held in Korea. Up to now, AFC has successfully organized 25 events with nearly 150 boxers participating.
As of the latest event, AFC 20, Angel's Fighting Championship has never been held outside the Korean territory. Therefore, AFC 21 is not only the first MMA event of this tournament in Vietnam, but also marks the AFC becomes an international tournament with events in Southeast Asia.
AFC 21 was held on October 29 at Grand Ho Tram Strip Hotel, Ba Ria – Vung Tau Province. According to the Organizing Committee's notice, this event includes 7 professional MMA format matches including 2 rounds, 5 minutes each. The main card of the event lasted 3 rounds, each half.
Besides the fascinating matches on MMA, AFC 21 also combines sports organization with social activities. This is a unique feature of this series of events. Earlier, some Vietnamese martial arts clubs also held an event to fund a charity fundraising and created a lot of echoing in the international scope.
In addition to the boxers from Korea, AFC 21 also has the presence of many famous athletes who have just played in Lion Championship such as Aleksei Filonenko, Nguyen Thi Thanh Truc, Le Van Tuan and Ngo Hong Giang. They are all boxers who have qualified, in which, Filonenko and Thanh Truc both have reached the final.
Also according to the information Thethao.vn Noting, AFC 21 is an event that many co -organized units are the Vietnam General Martial Arts Federation (VMMAF) and Cocky Buffalo Club, the training unit of two boxing champions of Vietnam, Nguyen Thi Thu Nhi and Dinh Hong Quan.