Garry Tonon will run it back with Shamil Gasanov in yet another co-main event bout, this time at ONE Fight Night 34 on August 1st, but foresees a bit more resistance in this rematch. Tonon appeared on Bowks Talking Bouts and covered several subjects ahead of his return after eighteen months outside of competition. While Gasanov lost to Tonon fairly emphatically the first time out, the former has since gone on to accrue a four-fight winning streak since the setback to the latter.
Considering the winning stretch for Gasanov (plus, the year and a half off for Tonon that involved rehabbing of injuries as well as further technique refinement within his still relatively young MMA career), when asked if we would see new permutations of both fighters heading into this sequel clash whereby the first fight’s outcome does not play a huge role in this sophomore meeting, Garry Tonon said,
“Yeah, I would say so.