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While Tonon is best known for his world class grappling, he’s actually shown some decent striking his his first few ONE Championship bouts. In fact, the BJJ player has often begun his fights by striking for a period, perhaps in an attempt to gain experience on the feet. Engelen isn’t sure if Tonon will take this approach this time around. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Looking at his past fights, I see that, that he doesn’t straightaway go for take downs,” he said. “That’s a good question; whether or not he’s going to do it this time as well. I mean, the guy wants to be an MMA fighter, and all fights start standing up, so if he wants to prove himself, he’ll have to bring it striking first. The question is how long will it take for him to go to the floor after he gets punched. That’s the question.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Despite the fact that Tonon has only been striking for a few years, Anthony Engelen feels that the BJJ specialist’s striking is actually quite solid \u2014 if a little unorthodox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I’ve said this before as well, for someone who came into ONE Championship \u2014 any professional organization \u2014 with an 0-0 record in MMA, I think his striking is actually pretty decent actually,” Engelen said. “That being said, it is a little bit unorthodox. He, he likes to throw moves that don’t really make a lot of sense. I think sometimes he just tries to show off. Maybe it’s not even trying to show off, maybe it’s just trying to find his own style. Because what a lot of beginning fighters in general do is they look at people they admire and they try to kind of take a little bit of here, take a little bit of there, and try to make it their own. And I think that’s what he’s trying to do [with his striking].”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
No matter how the action unfolds in Tokyo, Engelen is confident he will leave the cage in triumph and simultaneously slow the rise of his foe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“It’s going to start standing, and I’m going to try punch him in the face,” he said. “He’s going to try to take me down. Let’s see if I can stop that, punch him a few more times, get it done in the first round then sit back in the crowd and enjoy the rest of the fights.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If Anthony Engelen is able to topple Garry Tonon in Tokyo, he believes it will go down as the crowning achievement of his impressive career thus far. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
“If I beat Garry Tonon, without a doubt it’ll be my biggest achievement.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n