Like iThethao.vn Informed, in the announcement No. 883 issued on 12/5, the General Department of Sports and Sports issued a notice of stopping a number of MMA activities in 2023. More specifically, the National MMA Championship 2023 (scheduled in September) and the National MMA referee training course 2023 (expected in May) will not be organized according to the original plan anymore.
Sharing about the training course of the referee MMA Vietnam, coach Ly Gia Phat (Ho Chi Minh City) said: “We received a dispatch to open an arbitration training course. About 8 days before the training day, the representative still confirmed that we will definitely open the class.
According to coach Ly Gia Phat, the representative unit organized a training course for the National MMA referee 2023 also did not say anything more to the referees and coaches after the class was canceled. Coach Phan Thanh Loc, one of the people who stick with MMA Vietnam from the first days, shared more on his personal page about the time before the referee training was canceled as follows:
“On 8/5, we were still informed that the referee training course was certainly held. As of May 11, many coaches and referees still asked for a dispatch to go on business trips, but on May 12, there was a decision to stop class.
More notably, in order to prepare for the National MMA referee training course in Da Nang, 15 referees have booked flights and hotel rooms before. The training course was canceled, causing them to be reluctant to continue making the trip, in the context of leave for leave with the manager.