Before the information returning to play in the first 3 months of 2023, Martin Nguyen was finally arranged to compete in One Championship. According to information from the Organizing Committee, he will face Shamil Gasanov, Russian boxers have just appeared in the One Arena recently.
Information on Sherdog shows that Gasanov is nicknamed The Cobra (cobra). He has participated in many MMA awards in Eastern Europe before signing a contract with ONE Championship. Shamil Gasanov's professional MMA competition, recorded as 9 wins, including 7 victories with Submission.
The very high win rate is equal to the Submission show that Gasanov is a martial artist who is like many objects like many other athletes from Eastern Europe. Interestingly, Gasanov from the Dagestan Autonomous Republic of the Russian Federation, similar to many UFC champions such as Khabib or Islam Makhachev.
Gasanov played the first match in One Championship in October 2022. He encountered Kim Jae Woong, who defeated Martin Nguyen before. Before a rival confirmed the name in One, Gasanov took only 2 minutes to defeat Kim at the first half with a submission.
For that reason, the confrontation of Gasanov is considered a fierce match with Martin Nguyen. However, this overseas Vietnamese boxer has just gone through the peak training time with Aung La Nsang. That gives him more or less confident in the match next month.
Martin Nguyen was born on March 5, 1989, an Australian MMA boxer of Vietnamese. His professional MMA competition is 20 matches, including 14 victories and 6 defeats. In the One Championship arena, Martin Nguyen won the championship in two different weight classes.