Tang Kai will compete for the first time since winning the ONE Featherweight MMA World Championship at ONE 166: Qatar on Friday, March 1. Standing across from him will be the man whom he beat for ONE Championship gold, Thanh Le. However, the road to this rematch was different from the traditional route.
After taking the throne, Tang fell out of action with an injury. Unable to defend the title, Le defeated Ilya Freymanov for the interim crown. After working tirelessly to reach the mountaintop, Tang finds himself in the same position.