Featherweight contender Shamil Gasanov has deservedly generated a huge amount of hype for a man with one fight to his name in ONE Championship.
“The Cobra” has a chance to show once again why he is so highly regarded when he takes on former ONE featherweight world title challenger Garry Tonon at ONE Fight Night 12: Superlek v Khalilov on Saturday.
Before the blockbuster event at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, get to know the man from the mountains of Dagestan.
Gasanov grew up in a remote village in the Russian Republic of Dagestan, a hotbed for MMA talent that has produced some of the sport’s top athletes.
Following in his father’s footsteps, he started…
