Shamil “Cobra” Gasanov, the ONE featherweight MMA prospect has replied to recent taunts by Garry Tonon claiming that he can rip Tonon’s head off. Both fighters are on the ONE FC roster, and a match between them looks more and more like reality rather than wishful thinking
Coming off a Convincing submission win over Kim Jae Woong at ONE on Prime Video 3, Shamil Gasanov called out #2 ranked featherweight Garry Tonon immediately. The Russian is hungry and determined, plus he seems to have a personal beef with Tonon.
Gasanov called Tonon out in his ONE on Prime Video 3 post-fight interview. to which , Tonon tweeted in response to Shamil calling him out by saying:
“[Shamil Cobra] says I don’t last 5 minutes with him. Do I succumb to the Russian mixed martial arts invasion, or do I break his leg off, use it to fly our flag, and make Ronald Reagan and the American people proud?”
Shamil has not taken this lightly, threatening to rip Tonon’s head off:
“[Tonon] is nothing more than an American trash talker. If he thinks he can break off my leg, I can rip his head off and mail it back to the States after the fight.”
Tonon lost to Than Le in their March 2022 title fight, getting his first loss on his now 6-1 professional MMA record. Since then, he faced Tye Ruotolo in ONE submission grappling, losing to the young phenom via a Darce choke in under 2 minutes.
The way Fasanov sees it is that he is doing “shelved” Tonon a favor by calling him out publically:
“He should be grateful people are talking about him now. He should thank me. ONE has put him on the shelf, forgot about him already. If he wants to come back, I will help him retire.”
Gasanov currently holds a 13-0 professional MMA record and is the #5 ranked featherweight in ONE FC.
