Jiu-jitsu supremo Garry Tonon thought he got away scot-free following his 25-hour trip home from the Philippines — the scene of his second MMA outing.
However, when he tried to return to the mats of Renzo Gracie’s gym the following morning, his whole body cramped up to the point that he couldn’t even execute a single technique. After the session, Tonon was overwhelmed by a stifling fever. He spent the day upstairs in the gym “shivering under a towel”, and just when he thought he had waited out the storm, his throat started to close up.