ONE Fight Night 10: Aung La N Sang Plans To Use Fan Rong As Stepping Stone To Middleweight Title Shot

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Having once ruled ONE Championship's middleweight division, Aung La N Sang is looking to smash all comers en route back up the mountaintop.

"The Burmese Python" rides a two-fight winning streak since returning to action and will be planning to extend his fortunes when he meets China's Fan Rong at ONE Fight Night 10: Johnson vs. Moraes III at Colorado's 1stBank Center on Saturday, 6 May.

Last seen this past January, the middleweight titan triumphantly scored his second consecutive first-round knockout against Gilberto Galvao at ONE Fight Night 6.

Now with Aung La N Sang's matchup against Fan locked in for ONE's sold-out U.S. debut, he wants to add another name to his resume in assertive fashion.

"Honestly, I'm looking for a grand finish," the former two-division king said. "If the submission is there, I'll take it, but I'm not going to force anything. I'm just going to look to break him, outwork him. I'll just break him."

En route to a potential World Title shot, Aung La N Sang has no qualms about taking on whoever stands in his way. While the reputation of a gatekeeper usually has negative connotations in the world of fighting, "The Burmese Python" wants to use the divisional moniker as a way to prove he's still as good now as he ever was.

"I want to keep the gate before I storm back into my castle," the 44-fight veteran said. "I want to beat everybody, and I want to get my title back. Being a gatekeeper, people think you're washed up. People think you should hang it up. I want to show that it's not."

He can't become too focused on gold, though. Chinese pulveriser Fan awaits him, ready to steal his lightning and make his own ascension up the middleweight mountaintop.

"King Kong Warrior" has amassed an impressive 19-3 record over the course of his career and has showcased his stopping power in ONE already.

But with two highlight-reel victories inside the opening frame against Galvao and MMA legend Yushin Okami, Aung La N Sang feels victory in Colorado will be enough to warrant another opportunity at championship glory.

"It puts me right at the front door. It puts me right in that title shot," the Kill Cliff FC product said. "I lost my belt, [then] I defended it, I believe, three or four times, which is the most that any middleweight champion has done."