At the present time, the Organizing Committee of Lion Championship 2022, Vietnam's first martial arts championship (MMA) has announced the schedule and Fight Card in the Central – Central Highlands region. There were 12 pairs taking place on June 18 at Tien Son Sports Palace, Da Nang City.
According to the list of organizers announced, boxer Pham Ba Hoi represents Kickboxing Nguyen Hoang competition at 56kg weight class. The opponent of Hoi is Nguyen Minh Hoa of AWC martial arts club. This is also the penultimate match of the Lion Championship qualifiers in the Central – Central Highlands region.
Pham Ba Hoi is a familiar face to the Vietnamese martial arts fan community. He has been holding the national championship for many years and almost no opponent in 54kg weight. The peak of the Pig is the HCV Kickboxing SEA Games 30 Low Kick 54kg.
At the 31st SEA Games, Pham Ba Hoi is not on the list of members of the Vietnam Kickboxing team attending the home tournament. The reason is that he cannot win the Kickboxing club nationwide 2022, the tournament selected team members to compete at the Southeast Asian Games.
At the National Kickboxing Club Cup 2022, Pham Ba Hoi suddenly lost in the semi -finals, thereby not being able to attend and protect the SEA Games gold medal. When the Lion Championship 2022 martial arts championship officially received an application for registration, Pham Ba Hoi was one of more than 120 fighters attending the tournament.
“Do not expect the enemy to weaken, just hope you are healthy enough to overcome the challenge. Try to improve yourself to the next goals,” Pham Ba Hoi shared on social networks about the decision to encroach on MMA. This fighter also humbly said he had just practiced more knees to prepare for Lion Championship.