According to the notice from the Organizing Committee, AFC 21 takes place at 18h October 29 at Grand Ho Tram Strip Hotel, Ba Ria – Vung Tau Province. The event consists of 7 professional MMA format matches including 2 rounds, each 5 minutes. The main card of the event lasted 3 rounds, each half, 1 minute break between each round.
According to information recorded by Thethao.vn, AFC 21 will be the first MMA event in Vietnam to be calculated with professional competition. The information about this event appeared on Sherdog, a website specializing in statistical performance of professional competition of boxers. This is the first time an MMA event in Vietnam has been mentioned in Sherdog.
Before AFC 21, Vietnam had a number of other MMA events. However, these events are not statistics of the achievements of the boxer. The recent martial arts athletes of Vietnam have played a number of matches, but their achievements in the professional MMA arena are still noted as “not yet”.
First held in October 2016, AFC is a periodic martial arts event – MMA periodically held in Korea. Up to now, AFC has successfully organized 25 events with nearly 150 boxers participating. AFC 21 is also the first event to be held outside the Korean territory, thereby turning Angel's Fighting Championship into an international tournament.
The AFC 21 organization units include the Vietnam General Martial Arts Federation (VMMAF) and the Cocky Buffalo Club, the training unit of two boxing champions of Vietnam, Nguyen Thi Thu Nhi and Dinh Hong Quan. Grand Ho Tram Strip Hotel is also the place where 3 latest Boxing events of Cocky Buffalo.
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