Erdogan vs Sang

Who won Erdogan vs Sang?

Shamil Erdogan beat Aung La Nsang by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of ONE 171, on Thursday 20th February 2025 at Lusail Sports Arena in Lusail.

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).

Erdogan vs Sang stats

Shamil Erdogan stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 10 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Aung La Nsang made his way to the cage with a record of 30 wins, 14 losses and 0 draws, 15 of those wins coming by knock out and 13 by submission.

This was Shamil Erdogan's 4th fight in the One Championship, having made his debut for the promotion in 2023. Aung La Nsang marked his 21st fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2014.

Shamil Erdogan's One Championship record stood at 4-0-0, while Aung La Nsang's came in at 15-6-0.

The stats suggested that Erdogan and Nsang have similar power, both with a 50% knock out percentage.

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 10%.

Shamil Erdogan was the younger man by 5 years, at 34 years old.

Erdogan had a height advantage of 1 inch over Nsang.

Erdogan was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 34 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 7 years and 6 months later than Nsang, whose first professional fight was in 2005. He had fought 58 less professional rounds, 24 to Nsang's 82.

Erdogan vs Sang form

Nsang had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Shamil Erdogan at ONE 168 on 6th September 2024 by knockout in the 2nd round at Ball Arena, Denver, United States.

Previous to that, 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.

Going into that contest, 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.

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

He had been beaten by Vitaly Bigdash at ONE Championship 163 on 25th February 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest.

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Nsang's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

What time did Erdogan vs Sang start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 4:40 PM UTC , which was 11:40 AM EST or 8:40 AM PST on the West Coast of America, or 4:40 PM GMT in the UK.

What were the odds on Erdogan vs Sang?

Shamil Erdogan was a 1/16 (-1700) favourite going into the contest, while Aung La Nsang made his way into the ring at 7/1 (+700) with oddsmakers.