Garry Tonon’s anticipated MMA debut proved that the grappling standout is taking his new sport seriously.
Tonon (1-0) today met Richard Corminal (4-4) in a lightweight bout at ONE Championship 70, which took place at Impact Arena in Bangkok, Thailand, and it streamed as an online pay-per-view in North America.
Although his world-class grappling allowed Tonon to establish mount position and finish Corminal with elbows for the second-round TKO, his striking stood out throughout the bout.
Tonon not only dropped Corminal with a right hand in the opening frame, but a flurry of vicious elbows eventually forced the referee to stop the action at the 3:40 mark of Round 2. Afterward, Tonon celebrated with a move from Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s playbook (via Twitter).
Following his win, Tonon took to social media and gave some insight into his feelings about the fight (via Twitter):
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