On May 12, the General Department of Sports and Sports issued Official Letter No. 883 to announce the stopping of MMA activities in 2023. According to this Official Letter, the National MMA Championship 2023, as well as the National MMA referee training course, were canceled. In particular, the referee training course was canceled 9 days before taking place according to the original schedule.
In addition, the National MMA referee training course 2023 is canceled in the context of MMA Vietnam is in need of competent referees to do duty in big matches. Earlier, at the Lion Championship 5 event, the MMA Vietnam Federation (VMMAF) had to receive criticism because the match between the two boxers Tran Ngoc Luong and Robson Oliveira had the results contrary to the comments of the majority of fans.
Shortly after the event was closed, VMMAF held a professional meeting, and admitted to making errors in grading. On that basis, VMMAF has launched a discipline with three referees on duty. If the referee Nguyen Dang Khoa was asked to stop the work of 3 consecutive events, the two referees Ngo Quoc Thang and Tran Trung Nghia were “horned” until the end of this year.
More notably, all three referees mentioned above are considered experienced people in the arrest of the radio, as well as the grading. The fact that they were “horned” was merely from the perception, not negative. However, it is undeniable that the three referees Ngo Quoc Thang, Tran Trung Nghia and Nguyen Dang Khoa were hanged with a whistle affecting the arbitration work in the coming time.
Besides, after 2 events taking place earlier this year, Lion Championship will enter a really “hot” stage with championship battles. At the Lion Championship 6 event preparing to take place in early June, BTC decided to recreate the battle between the two boxers Tran Quang Loc and Nguyen Van Kamil. They are all the fighters weighing, making the match can take place in a balanced lump.
The appearance of many matches such as Quang Loc and Kamil in the coming time requires MMA Vietnam to have more good referees, both in terms of mind and range. But with the referee training course, MMA Vietnam has lost an additional opportunity to foster and improve the expertise for those who hold the balance in the moment they are most in need.