World muay champion Nguyen Tran Duy Nhat will take part in the MMA Lion Championship, which begins on June 10. (Photo: VNA)The 2022 Vietnam Lion Championship , a mixed martial arts (MMA) tournament, will lure the participation of local competitors as well as international fighters over the next six months, becoming the first professional MMA competition ever held in Vietnam. "More than 120 competitors have registered to participate in the championship," Mai Thanh Ba, general secretary of the Vietnam Mixed Martial Arts Federation (VMMAF), said at a press on June 3 in Hanoi. Among them is eight-time world muay champion Nguyen Tran Duy Nhat and Warriors For Charity winner Tran Quang Loc, who is the first Vietnamese martial artist invited to compete in the prestigious ONE Championship. "I will target the highest position in my category and hope MMA will strongly develop in Vietnam .

Source: Viet Nam News June 06, 2022 23:23 UTC