Garry Tonon has solely misplaced as soon as in 9 MMA matches below the ONE banner. His ONE 165 opponent, Martin Nguyen, has definitely paid shut consideration to the lone blemish in ‘The Lion Killer’s file.
The biggest martial arts group is returning to Japan with a bang on Sunday, January 28, with 11 confirmed bouts at Ariake Area. The stacked card will function a attainable world title eliminator bout at 155 kilos between two of the very best within the division, Tonon and Nguyen.
Whereas each fighters have definitely carried out their due diligence, Nguyen mentioned he picked up just a few pointers from Thanh Le’s sickening one-round knockout of Tonon again in ONE: Lights Out in 2022.
The previous two-division world champion mentioned in an interview with the South China Morning Submit:
“It is positively a blueprint [to beat him]. It is positively one thing that exposes him, you already know. He was on a seven-fight win streak, no matter it was, a six-fight win streak, bought the title struggle, bought uncovered, you already know.”
‘The Situ-Asian’ added:
“By no means has anybody, nobody has hit him as arduous as what Thanh Le did and he positively uncovered him. Nonetheless, he can positively come again from that, as he has. So we’ll see if I can, you already know, the blueprint is there. So we’ll see if I can pull that off.”
Watch the complete interview beneath:
How did Thanh Le finish Garry Tonon’s undefeated file?
After a blazing 6-0 begin to his MMA profession, Tonon challenged the division’s former kingpin Thanh Le for 26 kilos of gold.
The multi-decorated submission specialist as soon as once more relied on his bread and butter, as he dove for Le’s legs and tried ending him with a heel hook.
Nevertheless, Garry Tonon stored his face unguarded throughout his try, and the Vietnamese-American gladly dropped bombs on his head for the highlight-reel knockout.
For certain, Martin Nguyen would like to take a web page from Le’s guide and end Tonon in the identical method.
ONE 165: Superlek vs. Takeru will air reside on Sunday, January 28, by way of international pay-per-view on watch.onefc.com.
Right here’s the replay of Garry Tonon vs. Thanh Le:
