"History maker" - Burmese icon Aung La N Sang's inspiring rise to becoming an absolute MMA legend

Burmese MMA legend Aung La N Sang has given ONE Championship fans countless memorable performances since his promotional debut in June 2014. The world's largest martial arts promotion celebrated his biggest achievements in ONE with an Instagram post.

The caption to the post read:

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"History maker 🏆🇲🇲 Can Myanmar icon Aung La N Sang earn another World Title opportunity with a victory over Shamil Erdogan at ONE 168: Denver? @aunglansang"

Check out the post below:

'The Burmese Python' has 15 triumphs in 19 bouts in his decade-long ONE career. 13 have come by way of a finish — four via submission, six by TKO and three by knockout.

Aung La N Sang, who had dethroned then-ONE middleweight MMA world champion Vitaly Bigdash in June 2017, set his sights on two-division dominance in February 2018 by capturing the vacant ONE light heavyweight MMA world championship when he beat Alexandre Machado.

The Kill Cliff FC star turned his dreams into reality in under a minute as he stunned the Brazilian with a head kick en route to the TKO victory.

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Aung La N Sang entirely focused on getting win No. 16 at ONE 168

Aung La N Sang has all the motivation he needs to claim the sixteenth win of his ONE career ahead of his middleweight MMA showdown with Shamil Erdogan at ONE 168: Denver on Sept. 6 inside the Ball Arena.

Speaking with the South China Morning Post, the 39-year-old said:

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"This is a tough test at hand, you know. We really have a tough task at hand, a tough fight, and I'm doing everything in my power, in my training camp, to put on the best show, you know. We got a big fish [Shamil Erdogan] to fry, you know, we can't get ahead of ourselves."

Watch the full interview below:

Watch ONE 168: Denver live inside the Ball Arena on September 6. Tickets are available via Ticketmaster.

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