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In a battle between two proven finishers in ONE Middleweight World Champion Vitaly Bigdash and Aung La N Sang at ONE: LIGHT OF A NATION this Friday, who will walk away with the belt?
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Aung La N Sang Vs Vitaly Bigdash
A hero returns home on 30 June, as ONE Championship once again ignites
the Thuwunna Indoor Stadium with explosive martial arts action at ONE:
LIGHT OF A NATION!
In the main event of this
thrilling blockbuster, reigning ONE Middleweight World Champion Vitaly
Bigdash will defend his title against a familiar foe in Myanmar’s very
own “Burmese Python” Aung La N Sang. The two elite athletes first met in
January, with Bigdash prevailing after five rounds of non-stop action
via unanimous decision. Will Aung La N Sang avenge that loss, capture
the prestigious belt, and put an end to Bigdash’s undefeated record in
front of his hometown crowd?
Myanmar’s finest
Lethwei warriors will also be showcasing their skills alongside the
biggest international martial arts stars in Asia today, so get your
tickets now, and experience Asia’s grandest Fight Night for yourself to
find out!
The people's champion is now a ONE World Champion. Myanmar, be loud & proud for Aung La Nsang(Burmese Python)!
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Aung La N Sang Is Determined To Improve Professional Sports In Myanmar
The Friday, Aung La N Sang will return to Yangon’s Thuwunna Indoor Stadium in Myanmar to challenge Vitaly Bigdash for the ONE Middleweight World Championship. The highly-anticipated rematch takes place in the main event of ONE: LIGHT OF A NATION.
This will
be the fifth time the “Burmese Python” goes home to the country known
as the “Golden Land” since leaving 14 years ago to pursue a collegiate
education in America, and begin his martial arts career along the way.
Besides
inspiring the nation with his conduct and achievements, the Myanmar
national hero also wants to help the country’s athletes become better.
Over the years he spent overseas, he accumulated a wealth of knowledge
in coaching methods and techniques, and he has made it a personal
mission to share that expertise.
It all started when the “Burmese Python” attended the Yangon International School, where he scored excellent grades, made plenty of friends, and participated on a slew of the school’s sports teams.
However, whenever they went overseas to compete against other international schools, they would often lose.
“When we
played soccer, when we played volleyball, and when we played basketball,
we would lose. We would lose in most sports, and that kind of made me
mad. It was just sad,” he recollects.
“I guess
the coaching was not that good. We did not know anything about strength
or conditioning. There is a big level of difference (when it comes to
coaching) in Myanmar versus elsewhere, and hopefully, in my lifetime, I
can close that gap.”
Aung La N
Sang was determined to educate himself in an effort to rectify that one
day. He secured a place in Andrews University in 2003, an American
university in Berrien Springs, Michigan.
He created a new life for himself in the
United States, earned a Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture Science, and
became an international martial arts superstar. Now, he is using his
superstardom to improve sports for his countrymen.
“Athletics
was not really promoted or taught well, and it just makes me mad,” he
begins. “I cannot change that, but fighting in martial arts now, I train
with some of the best in the world. So the past I cannot change, but
the future I can change, and I can inspire.”
Aung La N
Sang now regularly disperses fitness and training knowledge, which he
has picked up in his 12-year combat sports career, to Myanmar’s athletes
and budding martial artists. This includes ONE athlete and World
Lethwei Championship star Phoe Thaw, whom Aung La N Sang has spent a lot
of time helping in recent years.
Despite
the recent headway he has made, Aung La N Sang knows he is still at the
beginning of this endeavour. Real change takes time, and it is a massive
effort he is willing to undertake. Before he can do that, however, he
needs to focus on the task at hand.
If the
“Burmese Python” can capture the ONE Middleweight World Championship on
30 June, the hero’s ability to inspire will only strengthen, and that is
when he’d be able to really make a difference in his beloved home
nation.
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Why Vitaly Bigdash VS Aung La N Sang II Could Be Fight Of The Year
ONE Championship lead commentator and Fox Sports presenter, Steve Dawson, foresees a thrilling main event in Yangon at ONE: LIGHT OF A NATION.
ONE Championship returns to Myanmar on Friday, 30
June, with a rematch that will surely get the Myanmar fans erupting, but
also entice fight fans around the world.
Hometown hero Aung La N Sang
(19-10, 1 NC) comes home once more in a much-deserved rematch for the
ONE Middleweight World Championship, held by unbeaten Russian Vitaly Bigdash (9-0).
The two fought out the full five rounds this past January in Jakarta at ONE: QUEST FOR POWER.
But the key with them doing it all over again is that the Myanmar
native accepted the contest on desperately short notice, coming to the
event’s rescue with just days to spare after the initial challenger,
Marcin Prachnio, withdrew due to injury.
That the 32-year-old Aung La N Sang went the full 25
minutes with the all-action champion was impressive enough, but to have
done so without a full camp speaks volumes of his remarkable, natural
endurance and ability.
This Friday, in front of an always-wild crowd in
Yangon, the ethnic Kachin gets a far more legitimate chance to show that
he can bring Myanmar to the summit of Asian martial arts, and catapult
himself to the upper echelon of belt holders in the ONE Championship
stable.
Their first 25 minutes sets us up perfectly for part
two. Bigdash, as expected, was just a little bit better in almost every
category the first time. This underscores the notion that with the
preparation Aung La N Sang lacked in that encounter, they could be
almost inseparable should the judges be called upon again.
Bigdash is tremendously big-hearted, but also – from
the perspective of fans baying for excitement – joyously vulnerable. He
took thrilling shots from Igor Svirid in his championship-winning contest in 2015,
dropping to the canvas – as all mortals surely would – but he bounced
back with mythical fortitude to provide the Fight of the Year, and
perhaps any year in ONE Championship history.
With the powerful and super-strong Aung La N Sang as fit as he can be, a similar contest can’t be too far-fetched.
It’s not only a fitter and stronger “Burmese Python”
that we can expect to make a difference. The Myanmar crowd are
exceptionally loud, and although they’ve rocked the Thuwunna National
Indoor Stadium for their hero before, the noise and passion are likely
to be at peak levels with a title on the line.
Myanmar has a rich history in combat sport,
but it’s heavily focused on Lethwei, so true mixed martial artists,
though developing rapidly, are at something of a premium. Aung La N Sang
certainly is a true mixed martial artist and among the best in the
world, so the local fans know that he’s their best chance of a big
celebratory party come 30 June.
Of his 19 wins, 18 have come inside the distance (11
submissions, seven by KO/TKO) and that effectiveness will be far more
obvious in Yangon than it was in Indonesia. Aung La N Sang is the only
man to go the distance with Bigdash, and he has every right to expect
more this time around.
We know that the Myanmar hero has the durability and
submission defence to resist Bigdash for five rounds, even when not at
his fittest. So, I don’t expect Bigdash to stop Aung La N Sang this
time, either. I do expect, however, the “Burmese Python” to hit harder
and provide more extreme torque when looking to stop the fight within
the five rounds.
I also expect Bigdash to be in better shape than he
was for their first fight. The champion, although fighting fit, had been
inactive for 15 months prior to their Jakarta clash, and this time he
should be sharper.
This one will be a sure candidate for Fight of the
Year. I suspect the winner will come out of this with a razor-thin
margin of victory, possibly via split decision, with the edge going to
Bigdash.
Steve Dawson is ONE
Championship’s lead commentator, a Fox Sports presenter and an author of
sporting biographies. He can be found on Twitter & Instagram as
@Gulasahi and on Facebook as Steve Dawson.
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