ONE Championship debuts in U.S. on May 5 with ATT’s Adriano Moraes, Kill Cliff’s Aung La Nsang
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ONE Fight Night 10: Johnson vs. Moraes III is Friday at the 1stBank Center in Broomfield, Colorado.
It marks the first ONE Championship show in the United States and will be broadcast 8 p.m. on Amazon Prime Video (free to Amazon Prime Video subscribers in North America).
The card features fights in an array of different martial arts disciplines — MMA, muay thai and submission grappling.
South Florida will be well represented.
Former ONE champion Adriano “Mikinho/Black Diamond” Moraes of American Top Team is in the main event. Former ONE two-division champ “The Burmese Python” Aung La Nsang of Kill Cliff FC is on the main card.
ONE Fight Night 10
Adriano “Mikinho/Black Diamond” Moraes (20-4) of ATT in Coconut Creek challenges Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson (24-4-1) for the flyweight championship in this trilogy bout. Moraes won the first fight, and Johnson avenged that loss in fight two, setting the stage for the tiebreaker.
Former ONE two-division champion “The Burmese Python” Aung La Nsang of Kill Cliff FC in Deerfield Beach is on the main card, and Alyse Anderson of MMA Masters in Miami is also part of the historic show.
Plus, see the long awaited return of “Super” Sage Northcutt and the U.S. debut of Roberto Soldic.
Based in Singapore, ONE Championship wants to conduct more shows in the United States.
More about Moraes and Aung La
Moraes vs. Johnson is a trilogy fight with Moraes as champ winning their first encounter; Johnson winning the second to become the new champ; and now three times the charm, the tiebreaker, again a main event for the title.
Originally from Brasilia, Federal District, Brazil, Moraes began training at American Top Team in 2016. As a member of Constrictor Team prior, he shined as a submission specialist. He developed his skills and competed in jiu-jitsu tournaments before transitioning into MMA.
On November 15 2013, Moraes made his ONE Championship debut at ONE FC: Warrior Spirit. He lost a split decision to Yusup Saadulaev. After back-to-back wins, Moraes beat Geje Eustaquio for the vacant ONE flyweight championship. It marked his first world championship in MMA, winning by second-round guillotine choke on September 12, 2014 at ONE FC: Age of Champions.
Moraes is a three-time ONE Championship champion, successfully defending the title seven times. Of his four defeats, he avenged two of them, looking to make it three. In 2021, he earned the Upset of the Year award for beating “Mighty Mouse” Johnson in their first encounter.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/adrianomkmoraes
Aung La brings it strong with very strong kicks and an aggressive fight game, fast-paced. Blink and you might miss it. Aung La (29-13, 1 NC) competes in MMA and is a former two division world champion (middleweight and light heavyweight) simultaneously for ONE Championship.
He readies for middleweight battle on May 5 against Chinese fighter Fan Rong (19-3). Rong lost his last fight to Russian fighter Vitaly Bigdash, a former ONE middlweight champ who is 2-1 against Aung La.
Originally from Burma, Aung La lives in South Florida and trains at Kill Cliff FC (formerly Sanford MMA and Hard Knocks 365) under the direction of Henri Hooft and Greg Jones.
Aung La is on a two-fight win streak. As a two-division champion, he had three successful title defenses as a middleweight and one as a light heavyweight. He was awarded International Fighter of the Year in 2018.
Aung La is a national hero in Myanmar. There is a bronze statue of him at Kachin National Manau Park in his hometown of Myitkyina. During the opening ceremony of the statue in 2018, a huge crowd of thousands fans gathered to pay tribute to him.
Aung La has committed himself to several charity projects, using his reach and fame to try and help the people of Myanmar. He has given his backing to educational charities such as Street School Initiative and Global Citizen, as well as other causes in his native Kachin state.
Aung La is also a passionate advocate for Myanmar’s wildlife, and he is a big supporter of Voices for momos, a campaign against illegal wildlife trade, since its launch in November 2017.
In November 2018, Aung La was appointed as ambassador of Fighting Wildlife Crime by World Wide Fund for Nature, Myanmar.
Aung La attended high school at International School Yangon. In 2003, he moved to the United States to study Agriculture Science at Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Michigan. He graduated in 2007 and worked as a migratory beekeeper while continuing his MMA training.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AungLANsang
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This story was originally published May 1, 2023 at 12:45 PM.
