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Tran Ngoc Luong: "I can beat Duy Nhat and Robson Oliveira on their own"

Published:2023-04-20 By Lâm Gia(Meta Sports) Comments

Tran Ngoc Luong's confidence was shown right before the launch of the MMA floor of the LION Championship 05 event in Ho Chi Minh City.

Having won the National Jujitsu Championship for 3 years in a row, competed in the National Tactics and Vovinam disciplines, won the Coco Championship in 2017 and is currently practicing at Saigon Sports Club, good foundations make Tran Ngoc Luong became the very expected name of the Vietnamese MMA village.

However, since 2020 after amateur matches, it was not until the LION Championship 05 event on April 22 that Ngoc Luong returned to the MMA floor in a match with Brazilian boxer Robson Oliveira in the 60kg weight class of the tournament. Robson Oliveira is known as a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ), who won gold at the Brazilian BJJ Championship and is currently training in Vietnam.

In fact, in three years of focusing on Jujitsu, Luong has become the "leading" name in the -62kg weight class in the domestic arena. This is also the reason for his confidence before the next match in a talk with Webthethao.vn.

"The time spent focusing on Jujitsu helped me to be rubbed at many different levels, having the honor of bringing achievements to the unit and the country. Jujitsu is also one of the most important foundations of MMA, so the experience This experience will help me a lot in the next match."

"Training in a professional environment, I have been given good conditions and fortunate to have the opportunity to practice with quality friends as well as highly qualified coaches. Those are factors that will help me a lot. However, in sports and especially in combat sports, nothing is certain and absolutely cannot be subjective. For me personally, at what level the boxers will face, No matter what the next challenge is, I need to focus

"My next opponent is a fighter with a strong grappling background, but I'm prepared for this factor as well. Even I'm confident I can finish Oliveira with a rear-naked- choke)."

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In addition to the competition with Robson Oliveira, Tran Ngoc Luong was also noticed when he appeared in a video before the final of the LION Championship 2022, when he announced that he was ready to compete for the title with Nguyen Tran Duy Nhat in the 60kg category. Starting to compete in LION in the 2023 season, the boxer born in 1993 continued to show his goal of dethroning the man.

"Of course, as a fighter, I always aim for the highest goal of winning the belt, so if Duy Nhat is still competing this year, I will still consider him a milestone to conquer. I am confident that I can win. Unique in his own strength." - Tran Ngoc Luong replied when asked about standing skills with Muay Thai background and Traditional Martial Arts, the impregnable weapon of Nguyen Tran Duy Nhat. "I also think that if he is a champion, Duy Nhat needs to defend the title at least once before he should switch to ONE Championship, then he can show the bravery of the champion."

Starting in the B bracket, Tran Ngoc Luong needs to have very good performances to be able to move up to Class A before winning the chance to compete for the championship. That is also what the boxer who is training with the 56kg champion Pham Van Nam of the LION Championship believes he can do in 2023.

The match between Tran Ngoc Luong and Robson Oliveira will take place at LION Championship 05 evening on April 22 at Rach Mieu Gymnasium, City. Ho Chi Minh. The competition in the 60kg weight category was specially moved to the main match (Co-Main Event) of the competition day.

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