Marcelo Garcia will step back onto the mat at ONE 170 on Friday, January 24. The return against Masakazu Imanari is not just a return from a hiatus, but also a life-threatening battle with stomach cancer. The multiple-time ADCC World Champion detailed his diagnosis and road back with ONE Championship ahead of his spectacular return.
Marcelo Garcia’s Early Cancer Detection Saved Him
“I was like, ‘Alright, so now this is a whole new thing that I have no idea what’s gonna happen.’ I was just trying to figure it out. Thank God, things started going more in my way to help me, and we found the cancer early,” Marcelo Garcia stated to ONE.