Tonon vs Nguyen

Who won Tonon vs Nguyen?

Garry Tonon beat Martin Nguyen by submission in the 1st round during the main card of ONE 165, on Sunday 28th January 2024 at Ariake Arena in Tokyo.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Tonon vs Nguyen stats

Garry Tonon stepped into the octagon with a record of 8 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Martin Nguyen made his way to the cage with a record of 15 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Martin Nguyen marked his 20th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2014.

Garry Tonon's One Championship record stood at 8-1-0, while Martin Nguyen's came in at 12-8-0.

The stats suggested Nguyen had a massive power advantage over Tonon, boasting a 67% knock out percentage over Tonon's 25%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Tonon had a massive advantage over Nguyen, boasting a 63% submission rate over Nguyen's 20%.

Garry Tonon was the younger man by 3 years, at 33 years old.

Tonon had a height advantage of 2 inches over Nguyen.

Tonon was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 12 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2018, 5 years and 7 months later than Nguyen, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 35 less professional rounds, 16 to Nguyen's 51.

Tonon vs Nguyen form

Nguyen had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Thanh Le at ONE Championship – Inside the Matrix on 30th October 2020 by knockout in the 3rd round in their ONE Featherweight championship fight at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Previous to that, he had won against Koyomi Matsushima at ONE Championship – Dawn of Heroes on 2nd August 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round in their ONE Featherweight championship fight at Mall of Asia Arena, Manila, Philippines.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Narantungalag Jadambaa at ONE Championship – Roots of Honor on 12th April 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round in their ONE Featherweight championship fight at Mall of Asia Arena, Manila.

Before that, he had been beaten by Kevin Belingon at ONE Championship – Reign of Kings on 27th July 2018 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Mall of Asia Arena, Manila.

He had defeated Christian Lee at ONE Championship – Unstoppable Dreams on 18th May 2018 by split decision in their ONE Featherweight championship fight at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Activity check

Nguyen's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 10 months and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Tonon vs Nguyen?

Garry Tonon was a 2/5 (-250) favourite going into the contest, while Martin Nguyen made his way into the ring at 7/4 (+180) with oddsmakers.