Local and international MMA fighters to compete at AFC 21 in Bà Rịa VÅ©ng Tà u
The famed South Korean mixed martial arts (MMA) organisation Angel's Fighting Championship (AFC) will be held in Việt Nam for the first time on Saturday.
AFC 21 will be the first to be held outside of South Korea. It will also be the first MMA event in Việt Nam to count towards fighters' professional records.
The event at the Grand Hồ Tràm Strip Hotel in Bà Rịa VÅ©ng Tàu will have six fights of two five-minute rounds, while the fight of the night will be three five-minute rounds.
“I am really excited because the tournament will finally happen. It is also good news that managers of the AFC and the VNMMAF, who all agreed to develop this event in Việt Nam,” said Kim Sang Bum of Cocky Buffalo. Kim is also an AFC representative in Việt Nam.
The card features fighters from Việt Nam, South Korea and Brazil.
The main event was supposed to be a bout between Russian Aleksei Filonenko and Sang Wook Kim, but Filonenko was forced to pull out on Friday due to injury. He has been replaced with Lê Văn Thế Anh, who scored the fastest knockout at last weekend’s Lion Championship.
The undercard bouts are; Lê Văn Tuần vs Chang Bin Park; Nguyá»…n Tiến Long vs Han Kil Choi; Võ Thanh Tùng vs Dong Jo Joo; Ngô Hồng Giang vs Yun Seong Jang; Jin Min Kim vs Brazilian Martins; and Nguyá»…n Thị Thanh Trúc vs Seong Un Choi which is the only match of female fighters.
