Garry Lee Tonon was born on September 12,1991 and is an American submission grappler and mixed martial artist.
30 Facts About Garry Tonon
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Garry Tonon is a five-time Eddie Bravo Invitational champion, and has won titles at ADCC submission wrestling championship, IBJJF World and Pan American championships.
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Garry Tonon is known for his use of leglocks in submission-only grappling matches, and is a former member of the Danaher Death Squad, a grappling team that was led by John Danaher at Renzo Gracie Academy.
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Garry Tonon had his first introduction to grappling when he joined the wrestling team at his school in 5th grade.
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Garry Tonon continued to wrestle for several more years, through his freshman year of high school.
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Garry Tonon would be later diagnosed with alopecia areata, a non-life threatening condition in which hair is lost from some or all areas of the body.
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Garry Tonon attended Lacey Township High School in Lacey Township, New Jersey, where he later graduated in 2009.
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Garry Tonon soon began taking classes at his friend's jiu-jitsu academy, but lost interest after several months due to the school's focus on mixed martial arts, as opposed to jiu-jitsu.
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Shortly after leaving that school, Garry Tonon found an advertisement for Tom DeBlass' academy, Ocean County Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and decided to continue his training there.
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In 2008, after about a year of consistent jiu-jitsu training with DeBlass and Almeida, Garry Tonon won his first title at the IBJJF World Championships in the Blue Belt Juvenile Division.
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Garry Tonon was awarded his black belt by Tom DeBlass and Ricardo Almeida in September 2013.
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One month later, Garry Tonon went on to compete for the first time in the ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship in Beijing, China, where he had matches with Kron Gracie, Marcus Almeida, Roberto "Cyborg" Abreu, and Satoru Kitaoka.
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Garry Tonon was booked to compete against Tye Ruotolo at ONE 157 on May 20,2022 in a submission grappling match.
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Garry Tonon was submitted with a D'arce choke and lost the match.
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Garry Tonon lost on points to Sam McNally in the opening round and was eliminated from the tournament.
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Garry Tonon was submitted by Mateusz Szczecinski in the opening round.
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In March 2018, Garry Tonon made his professional mixed martial arts debut against Richard Corminal at ONE Championship: Iron Will, in Bangkok, Thailand.
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Garry Tonon had his second professional fight against Rahul Raju at ONE Championship: Reign of Kings on July 27,2018.
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Garry Tonon won the fight via rear naked choke in the third round.
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In November 2018, Garry Tonon went on to fight Sung Jong Lee at ONE Championship: Heart of the Lion.
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On March 31,2019, Garry Tonon continued his winning streak and fought Anthony Engelen at ONE Championship: A New Era.
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Garry Tonon was scheduled to face Koyomi Matsushima at ONE Championship: Inside the Matrix 4 on November 20,2020.
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Garry Tonon was unable to finish as Matsushima defended his submissions, but secured the unanimous decision victory to earn the first decision win of his mixed martial arts career.
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Garry Tonon was scheduled to face reigning champion Thanh Le for the ONE Featherweight Championship at ONE: X on December 5,2021.
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Garry Tonon's title fight with Le was rebooked for ONE: Lights Out on March 11,2022.
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Garry Tonon faced Johnny Nunez on January 14,2023, at ONE Fight Night 6.
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Garry Tonon won the fight via a kimura submission in the first round.
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Garry Tonon faced Shamil Gasanov on July 15,2023, at ONE Fight Night 12.
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Garry Tonon faced Martin Nguyen on January 28,2024, at ONE 165.
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Garry Tonon won the match by rear-naked submission in the first round and earned a $50,000 'Performance of the Night' bonus.