On Tuesday, January 2, ONE Championship introduced the third title tilt for ONE 166: Qatar. ONE Featherweight MMA World Champion Tang Kai returns to unify the gold with ONE Interim Featherweight MMA World Champion Thanh Le. The bout marks a rematch of their August 2022 bout that made Tang China’s first-ever male MMA World Champion.
Le ascended to the highest of the division as a wrecking ball with three consecutive knockouts. He then captured the title from Martin Nguyen together with his fourth straight KO and defended it towards Garry Tonon together with his sixth. Nonetheless, that streak got here to a halt in a five-round firefight together with his Chinese language rival.
Tang made his run towards the title with a 6-0 promotional document, with 4 wins coming by knockout. In his title-winning efficiency, Tang bought to point out off his skill to sport plan by shutting down Le and scoring sufficient to win a unanimous determination. Within the wake of the win, Tang suffered accidents that put him on the shelf.
Because the newly minted king was rehabbing his accidents, Le returned to his throne. At ONE Combat Night time 15, Le submitted Ilya Freymanov by submission in 62 seconds. Instantly after the match, Le known as out Tang for a rematch in order that he might try to even the rating.
The unification conflict is now set. 5 rounds weren’t sufficient. If the previous predicts the long run, followers ought to count on a rare battle between two hard-hitting featherweights at ONE 166.
ONE 166: Qatar airs stay from Lusail Sports activities Area on Friday, March 1. The occasion is headlined by ONE Middleweight MMA World Champion Reinier De Ridder battling Anatoly Malykhin because the Russian seeks three-division glory. Keep tuned at MMASucka.com for extra bout bulletins within the weeks to come back.
