During the contract extension date with ONE Championship, Martin said he wanted to fight the winner in the match between Tonon and Gasanov. Tonon also challenged Martin after lowering Gasanov and was approved. The match between Martin Nguyen and Garry Tonon may be a temporary Belt One Championship matches in the weight class.
Martin Nguyen is 34 years old. He owns a professional MMA competition 21 matches, including 15 victories (10 no, 3 submisison) and 6 defeats. Martin Nguyen is one of the rare boxers of One Championship who held two weight championships Featherweight and Lightweight.
In the past, Martin Nguyen had hoped to hold the Bantamweight One Championship, but failed. He lost to Bibiano Fernandes in 2018. Not long after that, Martin Nguyen took turns to lose the championship belts, and he was on the journey to find the old glory.
On the side of Garry Tonon, this boxer possesses a professional 9 -match MMA match, including 8 wins (2 no, 5 submisison). Tonon is considered as one of the key players of ONE Championship. He used to have the opportunity to compete for Featherweight, but lost to Thanh Le in March 2022.
The match between Martin Nguyen and Garry Tonon is likely to take place in October. The winner can be promoted to the official championship match. In the Featherweight's weight class, Tang Kai has not been able to protect the belt because he was injured just before the match against Thanh Le.