One Championship’s Aung La Nsang wins international fighter of the year at World MMA Awards
- The ‘Burmese Python’ beats out UFC champions Khabib Nurmagomedov, Kamaru Usman and Israel Adesanya to World MMA Awards honour
- ‘There are 60 million Burmese people – thank you for voting for me, at least three or four times,’ Nsang jokes
One Championship’s Aung La Nsang fought off stiff competition to be crowned international fighter of the year at the World MMA Awards on Wednesday night in Las Vegas.
The “Burmese Python” beat out UFC champions Khabib Nurmagomedov, Kamaru Usman and Israel Adesanya, as well as former Bellator middleweight champion Gegard Mousasi, to claim the top honour at the ceremony, which is presented by Fighters Only magazine.
“There are 60 million Burmese people in the world – thank you for voting for me, at least three or four times,” Nsang joked as he accepted his award.
“This is a dream come true. Thank you to One Championship for giving me this platform to showcase what I do, and that’s fight. There’s going to be many more great fights coming up.”
Nsang became a two-weight One world champion in 2018, and most recently defended his middleweight title at One’s blockbuster “A New Era” card in Tokyo at the end of March, defeating Ken Hasegawa by fourth round TKO.
He will defend his light heavyweight title at the same Ryogoku Sumo Hall on October 13 against heavyweight champion Brandon Vera.