Robson Oliveira wins classy knockout at MMA AFC 25 event

The professional mixed martial arts event Angel's Fighting Championship 25 (AFC 25) officially took place on the evening of June 10, at The Grand Ho Tram Strip Resort ( Ba Ria - Vung Tau ). This event was organized by Cocky Buffalo - a martial arts training company and professional martial arts event organizer in Vietnam - in collaboration with AFC and was broadcast exclusively on VTVcab.

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Six epic matches at AFC 25 event on the night of June 10

The highlight match of the AFC 25 event is the fly-weight championship match between famous Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) champion Robson Oliveira and Rene Catalan Jr., a Filipino fighter who is in extremely good form with 9 wins in only 10 times on the floor. Rene Catalan Jr. is the son of famous martial arts legend Rene Catalan, and Robson Oliveira once "stirred up" the Vietnamese MMA scene with a controversial loss to Tran Ngoc Luong.

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Robson Oliveira (left) faces Rene Catalan Jr.

At the beginning of the match, Rene Catalan Jr. launched two powerful high kicks in succession. Robson Oliveira dodged the attack very quickly and then rushed in to close the distance. At close range, the two fighters continuously exchanged blows with fiery punches. In the middle of the second round, Robson Oliveira knocked Rene Catalan Jr. to the floor and launched an extremely classy armlock using both calves. Although Rene Catalan Jr. escaped this extremely dangerous attack, he could not escape the control of the Brazilian jiu-jitsu master.

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Robson Oliveira pinned Rene Catalan Jr. to the floor and continued to strike

Robson Oliveira held onto Rene Catalan Jr.’s arm before unleashing a series of right punches to his opponent’s face. Realizing that Rene Catalan Jr. was no longer able to defend, the referee immediately stopped the fight, giving the Brazilian a classy technical knockout victory with more than 2 minutes left in the first round.

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Robson Oliveira is a 3-time BJJ champion in Brazil, currently living and training in Ho Chi Minh City.

Earlier, in the opening match, two experienced boxers with 24 professional appearances, Rodrigo Caporal (Brazil) and Burenzorig Batmunkh (Mongolia), gave a fierce match in the light-weight category (46kg). With extremely heavy sweeping blows that caused Rodrigo Caporal to seriously injure his leg, Burenzorig Batmunkh broke the Brazilian opponent's intention to approach before launching a left kick that made Caporal fall to the floor and won with less than 1 minute left in the second round. This result helped Batmunkh earn the 4th technical knockout victory of his career.

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Burenzorig Batmunkh (red pants) strikes against Rodrigo Caporal

27-year-old Korean boxer Jang Bum-seok caused excitement when he won by knockout after just over 2 minutes of competition in the middle-weight category (72kg) against 10-year professional boxer Nosherwan Khanzada (Hong Kong - China). Khanzada proactively approached and knocked his opponent to the floor, but Jang Bum-seok was the boxer who gained a more favorable position to continuously launch "rice pounding" punches to end this match early.

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Nosherwan Khanzada (left) could not hold out against Jang Bum-seok.

In the match between two Vietnamese boxers Phan Huy Hoang and Ta Quang Hai in the bantamweight category (featherweight, 53kg), it was thought that Quang Hai could make a surprise when he launched a dangerous armlock right at the beginning of the first round. However, with the experience of reaching the semi-finals of the Vietnam professional MMA tournament LION Championship 2022 (losing to Nguyen Tran Duy Nhat), Huy Hoang escaped and launched extremely heavy punches to win by knockout right in the first half of the first round.

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Phan Huy Hoang (green gloves)...

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... declared knockout winner

The interim light-eight title fight between Mhar John Manahan (Philippines) and Kim Eui-jong (South Korea) also ended in the first round. This was an exciting match as the two fighters had many situations where they approached each other and threw fiery knee strikes. Although John Manahan had extremely effective punches, Kim Eui-jong had impressive wrestling skills to lock John Manahan's arms and launched a series of powerful punches, thereby gaining a technical victory. Overwhelmed with emotion at the victory, Kim Eui-jong burst into tears on the ring.

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Kim Eui-jong (blue gloves) takes a hit and counterattacks

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... burst into tears when receiving the championship belt

In the remaining match in the bantamweight category, Robson Oliveira's teammate Felipe Negochadle had a spectacular points victory over the representative of the famous Korean Zombie martial arts school, Choi Han Gil (Korea).

Along with the fierce competitions, the MMA AFC 25 event delighted the audience with a party of extremely top-notch music and lighting, including performances by singers from Korea, especially the famous "male god" Lee Dae Won.

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