On October 12, besides the Lion Championship 18 event, Vietnamese martial arts fans can focus their attention to another MMA tournament. It was the Happy Elephant MMA Champions League event in Macau China. This event has 8 pairs taking place, including 2 matches with representatives of Vietnam.
In the 52kg weight class, boxer Nguyen Thi Thanh Truc, defending champion Lion Championship will participate in the competition. The opponent of Thanh Truc is Hailai Wusamo, Chinese boxer. This is the match that takes place in 3 rounds, each 5 minutes according to the international professional MMA law.
The opponent of Thanh Truc was born in 2000, very young but owned a record of 7 wins in the professional MMA arena. Hailai Wusamo can also be better and better than the representative of Vietnam. The only strength of Thanh Truc is now the experience of the fighter who used to fight the peak.
Also at the Happy Elephant MMA Champions League event, Vietnam has another representative to compete as Pham Van Nam. The defending champion of Lion Championship 56kg male weight will meet Chinese boxers Hao Wang. In terms of competition, Van Nam (6 wins) is more appreciated than the opponent (2 wins, 1 loss).
According to Tapology, specializing in statistics of the world's leading prestigious martial arts competition, the probability for Thanh Truc to win is only 26%. Meanwhile, the possibility of Van Nam won up to 95%, and 70% is that he will win with a submission.
In 2024, both Thanh Truc and Van Nam have not played any match in Lion Championship. The main reason why Thanh Truc could not compete was thought to be because the weight she played with too few people, and there was no boxer who was eligible for belt. On the contrary, Van Nam is currently calling for competitors, but he has not officially received any match.