This August, Vietnam’s first professional mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter will make his debut.
According to Zing, Dong Nai native Tran Quang Loc will go head-to-head with Malaysian fighter Marc Marcellinus at the ONE Championship: Kings and Conquerors event in Macau on August 5.
Though this will be the 28-year-old’s first professional fight, Loc has been practicing martial arts since age 10. The 65-kilogram fighter drew attention last year for his victory at the amateur Warrior for Charity tournament in Malaysia, making him the first Vietnamese MMA fighter to win a foreign competition. More impressive is the fact that Loc managed to clinch the victory after dropping five kilograms in a single day due to a misunderstanding about his weight class.
In addition to Loc, Vietnamese-Australian fighter Martin Nguyen is also scheduled to fight at the ONE Championship event.
[Photo via Facebook user Liên Phong Training Center]
