Unlike most MMA Vietnamese boxers, Dao Hong Son is specially released to A Lion Championship right in the first time attending. He will encounter Pham Ngoc Canh (Lien Phong dojo) on June 15. This is also chosen as the focal match of the Lion Championship event 14.
Dao Hong Son played with a leading boxer of Group A, instead of going up from Group B has caused a lot of controversy. Here are the assumptions of iThethao.vn Regarding the reason for Dao Hong Son, it is characterized straight up A, based on the opinions of experts in the MMA Vietnam.
Differences
After registering to attend Lion Championship, the boxers will go through a number of training sessions, as well as the training for the referees and coaches of the professional assessment. They are scored through some criteria such as striking, grappling skills, tactical techniques in reality.
At this point, Dao Hong Son fully meets the requirements of a A -class boxer. He has won the National Jujitsu for many years in Newaza categories (simple locks) as well as Fighting or Full Contact, where the competition form is relatively similar to MMA.
Before full -time attachment with Jujitsu, Dao Hong Son used to play in some other martial arts such as things, Judo and traditional martial arts. In addition, the boxer born in 1997 shared photos of boxing practice, as well as MMA, the subject “is not just fighting striking and learning more things”.
Can't find the opponent
The 56kg male weight is considered one of the most fierce battlefields of Lion Championship. This is also the most weight class, both in Group A and Group B. However, with the difference of Dao Hong Son as mentioned above, very rare boxers in Group B are ready to encounter him.
In case Group B has no rivals, Dao Hong Son will be able to be promoted to Group A, where he appreciates his strength. In fact, Lion Championship in 2023 witnessed a number of champions starting from Group B such as Robson Oliveira or Felipe Negochadle.
The fact that one (a few) boxers gave up because the opponent was too strong was not never appearing at Lion Championship. In the first season, the opponent of Nguyen Tran Duy Nhat in the Northern region of the Northern region gave up right after the draw results, causing the organizers to find a replacement.