{"id":179613,"date":"2025-09-30T08:38:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T08:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/179613\/"},"modified":"2025-09-30T08:38:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T08:38:13","slug":"one-championship-myanmar-icon-aung-la-n-sang-to-call-it-a-day-after-fight-night-36","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/179613\/","title":{"rendered":"ONE Championship: Myanmar icon Aung La N Sang to call it a day after Fight Night 36"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Aung La N Sang, the 40-year-old former double champion in mixed martial arts, has confirmed that his clash with Zebaztian Kadestam at ONE Fight Night 36 next month will be his last fight, marking the end of an era for one of Asia\u2019s most beloved fighters.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The Myanmar icon, who has held both the middleweight and light heavyweight world titles in ONE Championship, said that after almost two decades in the sport, it was time to close the book on competition.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cYou can\u2019t fight forever,\u201d Aung La told the Post. \u201cI need to move on, take care of my family, and start giving back to martial arts. This feels like the right time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Known as \u201cThe Burmese Python\u201d, Aung La rose to superstardom by capturing two world titles and headlining historic shows in Yangon, where thousands of fans filled arenas to watch him fight. He is almost certain to be enshrined as one of the first inductees in ONE\u2019s Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">When pressed to pick one career highlight, Aung La pointed to the night he won his first world title. \u201cThat\u2019s probably my biggest moment, and my biggest accomplishment in life,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Aung La N Sang finishes off Brazil\u2019s Gilberto Galvao at ONE Fight Night 6 in 2023. Photo: Handout\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/875700c4-4988-45f8-80dd-8027915b17bb_d8cac2a8.jpg\" title=\"Aung La N Sang finishes off Brazil\u2019s Gilberto Galvao at ONE Fight Night 6 in 2023. Photo: Handout\"\/>Aung La N Sang finishes off Brazil\u2019s Gilberto Galvao at ONE Fight Night 6 in 2023. Photo: Handout<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Kadestam, Aung La\u2019s final opponent on October 4 at Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, is himself a former welterweight champion known for his knockout power. But for Aung La, the match-up carried an added layer of meaning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aung La N Sang, the 40-year-old former double champion in mixed martial arts, has confirmed that his clash&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":179614,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[1724,64,99544,63,786,2755,115693,115695,785,55469,2843,73646,115694,17829,1793,85,115697,115698,115696,109684],"class_list":{"0":"post-179613","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-asia","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-aung-la-n-sang","11":"tag-australia","12":"tag-fighting","13":"tag-florida","14":"tag-jason-jackson","15":"tag-kill-cliff-fc","16":"tag-mma","17":"tag-myanmar","18":"tag-one-championship","19":"tag-one-fight-night-36","20":"tag-python-mma-usa","21":"tag-reinier-de-ridder","22":"tag-retirement","23":"tag-sports","24":"tag-the-burmese-python","25":"tag-vicente-luque","26":"tag-yangon","27":"tag-zebaztian-kadestam"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179613\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}