Sang vs Erdogan

Who won Sang vs Erdogan?

Shamil Erdogan beat Aung La Nsang by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of ONE 168, on Friday 6th September 2024 at Ball Arena in Denver.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 205 pounds (14.6 stone or 93 KG).

Sang vs Erdogan stats

Aung La Nsang stepped into the octagon with a record of 30 wins, 13 losses and 0 draws, 15 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 13 by submission.

Shamil Erdogan made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 9 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

This was Aung La Nsang's 20th fight in the One Championship, having made his debut for the promotion in 2014. Shamil Erdogan marked his 2nd fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2023.

Aung La Nsang's One Championship record stood at 15-5-0, while Shamil Erdogan's came in at 2-0-0.

The stats suggested Nsang had a slight advantage in power over Erdogan, with a 50% knock out percentage over Erdogan's 44%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Nsang had a massive advantage over Erdogan, boasting a 43% submission rate over Erdogan's 11%.

Aung La Nsang was the older man by 5 years, at 39 years old.

Erdogan had a height advantage of 1 inch over Nsang.

Nsang was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 34 more fights, and made his debut in 2005, 7 years and 6 months earlier than Erdogan, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 59 more professional rounds, 81 to Erdogan's 22.

Sang vs Erdogan form

Nsang had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Rong Fan at ONE on Prime Video 10 on 5th May 2023 by submission in the 2nd round at 1stBank Center, Broomfield, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Gilberto Galv o at ONE on Prime Video 6 on 13th January 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Impact Arena, Bangkok, Thailand.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Yushin Okami at ONE Championship 163 on 19th November 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Before that, he had lost to Vitaly Bigdash at ONE Championship 163 on 25th February 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest.

He was victorious against Leandro Ataides at ONE Championship – Battleground on 30th July 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Activity check

Nsang's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 1 month and 20 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.6 rounds on average.

What time did Sang vs Erdogan start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 2:40 AM UTC , which was 10:40 PM EST or 7:40 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 3:40 AM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Sang vs Erdogan?

Aung La Nsang was a 7/2 (+350) underdog going into the contest, while Shamil Erdogan made his way into the ring at 2/11 (-560) with oddsmakers.