Grappling ace Garry Tonon wins MMA debut with strikes, drops 'The People's Elbow'

Garry Tonon’s anticipated MMA debut proved that the grappling standout is taking his new sport seriously.

Tonon (1-0) today met Richard Corminal (4-4) in a lightweight bout at ONE Championship 70, which took place at Impact Arena in Bangkok, Thailand, and it streamed as an online pay-per-view in North America.

Although his world-class grappling allowed Tonon to establish mount position and finish Corminal with elbows for the second-round TKO, his striking stood out throughout the bout.

Tonon not only dropped Corminal with a right hand in the opening frame, but a flurry of vicious elbows eventually forced the referee to stop the action at the 3:40 mark of Round 2. Afterward, Tonon celebrated with a move from Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s playbook (via Twitter).

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