Once a Jujitsu Brazilian champion, Robson Oliveira was considered as one of the candidates to win the Lion Championship in the future. His opponent on the launch day of the tournament, at the Lion Championship 5 event, was also an excellent boxer. It was Tran Ngoc Luong, who was compared to the unknown of MMA Vietnam.
Before Lion Championship 5, Tran Ngoc Luong caught the attention of the attacks aimed at Robson Oliveira. He affirmed that the Brazilian boxer had a set of MMA competition skills. In response to that, Robson Oliveira did not hesitate to criticize opponents in many aspects.
One of the limitations of Tran Ngoc Luong was swirled deep by Robson Oliveira. Brazilian boxer said: “In the process of training and competition, I used to encounter the big opponents, weighed much more weighing than me. Ngoc Luong has good expertise but weighs only 60kg, quite small. I believe I will beat him.”
Before encroaching on the MMA arena, Tran Ngoc Luong used to practice many martial arts such as Vovinam, Can, Boxing. He used to play a professional boxing and his first victory. At the present time, Tran Ngoc Luong is also the most powerful Jujitsu Vietnam boxer in the weight of 60kg male, just won the gold medal in the national sports festival.
The match between Tran Ngoc Luong and Robson Oliveira is one of the 10 pairs of Group B in the Lion Championship 5 event. But with the level of both fighters even though they just attended the tournament, the organizers decided to bring this match as one of the two events of the event (Co-Main Event).