When it comes to submission grappling, there are few competitors with the popularity of Garry Tonon. Over the last 2 years, Tonon has ascended from relative anonymity to being one of the biggest stars in the sport and a winner of the illustrious Eddie Bravo Invitational. Last night, Tonon took to his official Facebook page to make two big announcements. Firstly, Tonon has decided to make the cut to featherweight for this years no-gi Worlds and the second, that he plans to take an MMA fight within the next year.
Prior to Tonon's announcement, his coach, Tom DeBlass spoke about his star people's plans to crossover into an MMA career:
"Let's see how athletic he is in his standup.