Sharing on his personal Facebook page, Mr. Bui Cao Nhan, representative of Thanh Binh Club MMA shared about the “rafter” incident of boxer Rafael Raimond (Thanh Binh MMA) at Lion Championship 14 recently. Accordingly, this boxer has shown a cheating and unprofessional act in martial arts.
Mr. Bui Cao Nhan wrote: “Rafael Raimond has received funding from the club in recent months to fight at Lion Championship. Every month, our club sponsored Raimond 10 million, full and on time. However, when preparing to play, Raimond suddenly disappeared.”
The Raimond support process at Lion Championship of Thanh Binh MMA is still fine, until the two parties are preparing to sign a competition. Initially, Raimond did not agree to sign, because he thought that Jovidon Khojaev would not be able to squeeze from 84kg to 70kg. However, Jovidon finally tried to force weight as prescribed.
Knowing Jovidon successfully pressed, Raimond quietly disappeared. This boxer blocks all contact with the parties involved, and temporarily locks his personal facebook page. Raimond's pair with Jovidon was therefore canceled, according to the notice from the organizers of the Vietnam MMA Lion Championship.
The Thanh Binh MMA Club confirmed that they would ask Raimond to return all his sponsorships, and apologize to partners for missing a “backpack”. This boxer also has difficulty to continue to stay in Vietnam to practice in the future, both on the position of the martial artist and the coach for the martial arts clubs.