Garry Tonon will rematch Shamil Gasanov in the co-main event of ONE Fight Night 34 on August 1st.
Tonon appeared on Bowks Talking Bouts and covered multiple topics like: -leading that lifestyle of a martial artist in the context of if there's a certain something to having a defined date and opponent locked in after being eighteen months away from competition
-Gasanov collecting four wins since losing to Tonon and the new permutations of both fighters heading into this sequel clash
-the win over number five ranked Martin Nguyen last time out, beating Gasanov before who is now the number three ranked contender, and if a win here could net Tonon another title shot
-wanting a Thanh Le rematch but being unsure of his future
-the road heading into this return referencing a post from September of last year about wanting to share a lot with MMA media about his ONE Championship experiences and what has changed from that juncture to where things are sitting now
-many people who follow the MMA news landscape putting Tonon's prior contract issue situation into a similar context of names like Buchecha, Mikey Musumeci, and Reinier de Ridder who have been dissatisfied with certain treatment from ONE Championship
-an article last August that intimated there was some interest in Tonon to go to the UFC and if there was any meaningful discourse about a pivot from the ONE Circle to fighting in the UFC octagon
-other people speculating on his contractual situation with ONE and the Karate Combat president intimating that the Asian promotion was taking him to litigation late-last year
-the perceptions that there has been a phasing out of the focus on MMA within ONE Championship's multi-pronged presentation
-the discourse around Craig Jones saying he was going to phase himself out of the BJJ world, Gordon Ryan responding to that announcement with some trash talk, and Tonon's thoughts on CJI as well as Jones specifically, in the context of historically having tight bonds with Ryan
-the ADCC methodology versus the CJI blueprint and how both serve the eco system of submission grappling competitors globally
-what UFC BJJ can potentially do within the global landscape of competitive jiu jitsu federations