On September 20, Mr. Mai Thanh Ba, General Secretary of the MMA Vietnam Federation (VMMAF) shared photos on a business trip in Singapore. There, VMMAF met Chatri Sityodong, President ONE Championship. This may be a signal that VMMAF is on the way to reach international integration.
In addition to meeting and working with the President of One Championship, VMMAF had previously been working with the Gym system of the UFC Khabib Numargomedov. With the cooperation with UFC and ONE Championship, VMMAF can soon organize MMA events at international levels, attracting leading foreign boxers to attend.
Not long after its establishment, VMMAF attracted the Vietnamese martial arts fans with a series of big events. After the Vietnam MMA Cup program, which took place at the end of 2021, VMMAF held the MMA Vietnam Championship in 2022 with the name Lion Championship. Up to now, Lion Championship has played to the quarterfinals.
After closing the qualifying round with the delivery of tickets to call fans to watch, Lion Championship started selling tickets from the quarterfinals. The audience is full of audiences in the 2 countings that took place in the quarterfinals in Rach Mieu Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City is a testament to VMMAF that has really attracted the audience to watch.
Chatri Sityodtong is a billionaire itself. He was born and raised in Thailand, then moved to Singapore to live from 2005 to the present. Chatri Sityodtong is considered as one of the “martial arts billionaires” when he played professional Muay and graduated from Harvard University before becoming an entrepreneur.
Chatri Sityodtong established the ONE Championship martial arts tournament in 2011. Since then, he is the Chairman and CEO (CEO) of the tournament. Under his leadership, One Championship was recognized by Forbes as one of the most thriving sports corporations in Asia.