Sharing on his personal page, Tang Kai said he had a injury during training. This caused Chinese boxers forced to withdraw from the protection of the One Championship belt against Thanh Le. This is information that is beneficial for Tang Kai. In the opposite direction, Thanh Le may not be happy to know this news.
As a champion, Tang Kai can be reserved to completely recover, before heading to another belt match in the near future. As for Thanh Le, he will have to find another opponent. It could be Ilya Freymanov, Shamil Gasanov, or 2 former generals: Garry Tonon and Martin Nguyen.
At the age of 38, Thanh Le had 10 years of professional MMA competition. He attended the Friendly MMA competition event between McGregor and Faber teams in 2015. Not long after that, Thanh Le also attended UFC fighter selection event. He defeated rival Lazar Stojadinovic but was not signed by Dana White.
After not having the chance to join UFC, Thanh Le played in the professional MMA Legacy Fighting Championship (LFA) before coming to One Championship. Thanh Le's professional MMA competition has 16 matches, including 13 victories (12 no, 1 submission) and 3 times received defeat.
In the One Championship arena, Thanh Le defeated two rivals Martin Nguyen and Garry Tonon to dominate the MMA Championship Weight Featherweight. However, he unexpectedly received a defeat before Kai Tang in August last year. This defeat also caused Thanh Le to lose the championship into the hands of Chinese opponents.