"The King's back" - Martin Nguyen, fans pumped up for Aung La N Sang's return against Shamil Erdogan at ONE 168

Former two-division MMA world champion Aung La N Sang is back. He's set to take on undefeated Turkish contender Shamil Erdogan in a middleweight MMA contest at ONE 168: Denver on September 6 at Ball Arena.

ONE Championship recently looked back at Aung La's best finishes in the promotion with an Instagram video:

"Aung La N Sang is BACK 👊 Who's excited for 'The Burmese Python' to collide with Shamil Erdogan on September 6 at ONE 168: Denver? 👀 @aunglansang"

In the short clip, ONE highlighted the best moments of 'The Burmese Python' and his dominance against other top stars on the roster.

Fans and other athletes expressed their excitement to see him compete again, as users @chrisyoung43377, former ONE featherweight and lightweight MMA world champion Martin Nguyen (@martinnguyenmma), @raycol84, and @bruce_aung commented:

"The King's back ... Let's Go Cham 👏🔥"

"😤😤😤 ready!!!!!"

"The best of the best champion 👏"

"The legend is back! He put Myanmar on the map of martial arts. The legend, the first World Champion of any sport from Myanmar and one of the very few two division Champions in ONE. I just hope Aung gets another title shot and win it one last time just for his glory which he very much deserves. 🔥🔥🇲🇲🇲🇲"

Screenshot of fans' comments

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Aung La says that he is ready for Shamil Erdogan's wrestling-heavy approach in their fight in Denver

Before he gets his hands on the Turkish MMA star, the Kill Cliff FC athlete caught up with Cageside Press for an interview, and he shared that he is fully ready for the grappling-heavy style of Erdogan.

The former ONE middleweight and light heavyweight MMA world champion is even excited to showcase their fight plan on fight night, as he stated:

"For sure, for sure. We did our homework. We know what he is capable of, we know how good he is in terms of wrestling. But we're prepared for that. And that's why I'm excited for this fight."

See the full interview below:

ONE 168: Denver will emanate from the Ball Arena in U.S. primetime on Sept. 6. Tickets for the event are available on Ticketmaster.