Loc wins MMA event in Malaysia
Tran Quang Loc of Vietnam won the Mixed Martial Arts’s Grand Prix Warriors FC on July 31 in Malaysia.
Mixed martial artist Tran Quang Loc raises his fist in triumpth. He won the Mixed Martial Arts’s Grand Prix Warriors FC on July 31 in Malaysia. (Source: webthethao.vn)Hanoi (VNA) – Tran Quang Loc of Vietnam won the Mixed Martial Arts’s Grand Prix Warriors FC on July 31 in Malaysia.
Loc, who is the first Vietnamese competing in an international MMA event, knocked out Farid Arif of Malaysia in the final match of the featherweight category.
The 27-year-old from Dong Nai Province earlier defeated Shareh Nasrullah, another Malaysian, while Arif beat Nursultan Amangeldiev of Kazakhstan.
Loc started competing in the MMA four years ago and has dominated in the national championship for the past three years.-VNA
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