ONE Championship: Martin Nguyen signs ‘biggest contract to date’, returns in October
- Former two division champ is eyeing winner of next weekend’s clash between Garry Tonon and Shamil Gasanov in Bangkok
- ‘They both think they’re getting a title shot after this win. But in fact they gotta fight me first,’ Nguyen says after putting pen to paper
Martin Nguyen has re-signed with ONE Championship – and landed his “biggest contract to date”.
The former two-division MMA champ will return in October, and is eyeing the winner of next weekend’s clash between featherweight contenders Garry Tonon and Shamil Gasanov.
“Remind these two humpers that are fighting that I got the winner,” Nguyen told the Post after putting pen to paper on a multi-fight deal on Thursday.
“They both think they’re getting a title shot after this win. But in fact they gotta fight me first. October 14, I’m back baby.”
The 34-year-old Australian Nguyen (15-6) is 2-3 in his last five bouts, a run that started with him surrendering the featherweight title to Thanh Le in October 2020.
He rebounded from a loss to Ilya Freymanov in Singapore last September by beating newcomer Leonardo Casotti at February’s ONE Fight Night 7 in Thailand’s capital.