Aung La N Sang hopes Leandro Ataides comes to fight: ‘My last couple of fights felt like a grappling match’
Aung La N Sang didn’t get to show much at all in his most recent setbacks.
Frustrated from getting heavily out-grappled in his two straight losses to Reinier de Ridder, former dual-champion N Sang (26-12-1) hopes he gets to bang it out with Leandro Ataides (11-4) when they square off in the co-main event of ONE Championship: Battleground, which takes place July 30 at Singapore Indoor Stadium.
“This is one of the ones that it’s not gonna go to a decision,” N Sang told MMA Junkie Radio. “He’s explosive, and I hope he comes to fight because last couple of fights felt like a grappling match, but this one is gonna be different. I’ve been working on things to negate it and also he likes to throw down to hopefully the judges won’t be involved in this fight.”
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N Sang had no answer for de Ridder’s wrestling but remains undeterred despite the lopsided loss. History has shown N Sang’s ability to bounce back strong from losses and that’s exactly what he plans on doing starting with Ataides.
“That fire in me is still there and it’s burning deep,” N Sang said. “Stylistically with a taller guy you have to close distance and this is a one-trick pony who’s a high-level grappler, and so I had issues there and he was tall. But you always gotta learn from your losses, and I like to learn and grow from my losses and every time I’ve had a loss, I’ve always come back and gotten into a good winning streak, and hopefully, that happens again. It really doesn’t matter to me, I just want to go out there and put on a show for the fans and put on an exciting finish.”
Watch the full interview with N Sang in the video above.
