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.

Garry Tonon's One Championship record stood at 8-1-0, while Martin Nguyen's came in at 12-6-0.

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 32 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 31 less professional rounds, 16 to Nguyen's 47.

Tonon vs Nguyen form

Garry Tonon had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Shamil Gasanov at ONE Fight Night 12 on 14th July 2023 by submission in the 2nd round at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand.

Previous to that, he had beaten Johnny Nunez at ONE on Prime Video 6 on 13th January 2023 by submission in the 1st round at Impact Arena, Bangkok.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Thanh Le at ONE Championship on 11th March 2022 by knockout in the 1st round in their ONE Featherweight championship fight at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore, Singapore.

Before that, he had defeated Koyomi Matsushima at ONE Championship – Big Bang on 4th December 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

He was victorious against Rahul Raju at ONE Championship – Reign of Kings on 27th July 2018 by submission in the 3rd round at Mall of Asia Arena, Manila, Philippines.

Nguyen had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Leonardo Casotti at ONE on Prime Video 7 on 24th February 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Jakarta Convention Center, Jakarta, Indonesia.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Ilya Freymanov at ONE on Prime Video 2 on 30th September 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Kiril Gorobets at ONE Championship on 11th March 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Before that, he had been defeated by Jae Woong Kim at ONE Championship – 10 Year Anniversary 2 on 24th September 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

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.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Martin Nguyen had been fighting more than Garry Tonon.

Going to this contest, Garry Tonon had last fought 9 months and 25 days ago, while Martin Nguyen's last outing had been 1 year, 2 months and 15 days ago.

Tonon's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 9 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

Nguyen's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 6 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 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.