Garry Tonon on Thanh Le title bid, Jiu Jitsu-MMA transition, and Kombucha

Garry Tonon challenges Thanh Le for the featherweight title at ONE: Lights Out. This goes down on March 11th from Singapore Indoor Stadium.

I spoke with Tonon ahead of this bout and we covered multiple topics like: -The great work had at Renzo Gracie Gracie Austin

-The training had with UFC fighter Andre Fili

-If John Danaher is going to be able to get out there and corner Tonon for this fight

-Adaptations that Tonon may have had to make in transitioning from jiu jitsu to mixed martial arts

-How teaching jiu jitsu technique bolsters Tonon’s understanding of it in a live competition context

-This fight having multiple reschedulings and if there’s a utility to taking the foot off the gas certain times with game-planning amid that

-The friendly rapport with Thanh Le leading into this bout

-Tonon getting a bit more into kombucha as of late

-Music that Tonon predominantly trains to/ generally listens to