The good news came to Tang Kai and Thanh Le, when Chinese boxers were able to play in the near future. One Championship officially confirmed Tang Kai, the MMA champion of weight Featherweight, will play at the One 166 event in Qatar in March. His opponent is Thanh Le, who challenges the championship.
Tang Kai entered the match against Thanh Le with a record of 18 wins, 2 losses, including 11 consecutive victories. In the last time the competition, Tang Kai defeated Thanh Le in 2022. Two boxers were scheduled to rematch last year, but this plan could not come true due to Tang Kai injury.
In fact, Tang Kai had a very serious knee injury and had surgery. That made him take longer than expected. During the time of Tang Kai recovery, Thanh Le won the temporary championship with the victory over Ilya Freymanov in October.
Besides the match between Tang Kai and Thanh Le, One 166 in Qatar also has a number of other attractive belt matches. Anatoly Malykhin will squeeze the Middleweight weight to match Reinier de Ridder. This may be Malykhin's third MMA championship at One Championship, when he is holding Light Heavyweight and Heavyweight belts.
Here are some matches at One 166 that the Organizing Committee of ONE Championship officially announced:
– Reinier de Ridder vs Anatoly Malykhin (MMA belt weight Middleweight)
– Tang Kai vs Thanh Le (MMA stretching Featherweight)
– Jarred Brooks vs Joshua Pacio (Strawweight MMA belt)
– Amir Aliakbari vs Arjan Bhullar (MMA weighted Heavyweight)
– Osamah Almarwai vs Cleber Sousa (martial arts, Flyweight)