| Tang Kai 唐凯 | |
| Birth Date: | 10 January 1996 |
| Birth Place: | Shaoyang, Hunan, China |
| Height: | [1] |
| Weight: | 155lb[2] |
| Weight Class: | Featherweight (2016–2019) Lightweight (2019–present) |
| Reach: | 72.4 in |
| Style: | Wrestling, boxing |
| Fighting Out Of: | Phuket, Thailand |
| Team: | Sunkin International Fight Club Dragon Warrior Gym Tiger Muay Thai |
| Years Active: | 2016–present |
| Mma Kowin: | 15 |
| Mma Decwin: | 4 |
| Mma Decloss: | 2 |
| Sherdog: | 228701 |
Tang Kai (January 10, 1996) is a Chinese professional mixed martial artist who currently competes in the Featherweight division for ONE Championship. He is the current ONE Featherweight World Champion.[3]
Tang was born in Shaoyang, Hunan province. He signed up for wrestling training at a provincial sports school in 2008 at the age of 12 where he dreamt of becoming an Olympian after the 2008 Summer Olympics. At the same time, he was still working part-time, and was admitted to Wuhan Institute of Physical Education with excellent results. After seeing the difficult odds of making it into the national team, Tang became interested in entering MMA as a career.[4] [5]
Tang started his professional MMA career in 2016 and fought primarily in China. Amassed a record of 10–2 prior to his joined with ONE Championship.[6]
Tang his promotional debut against Sung Jong Lee at ONE: Hero's Ascent on January 25, 2019. He won the fight via head kick knockout in the second round.[7]
Tang faced Edward Kelly at ONE: Age Of Dragons on November 16, 2019. He won the fight via unanimous decision.[8]
Tang faced Keanu Subba at ONE: Reign of Dynasties 2 on October 9, 2020, and aired on October 16, 2020.[9] He won the fight via unanimous decision.[10]
Tang faced Ryogo Takahashi at ONE: Fists Of Fury 2 on February 26, 2021, and aired on March 5, 2021. He won the fight via TKO in the first round.[11]
Tang faced Yoon Chang Min at ONE: NextGen 2 on October 29, 2021, and aired on November 12, 2021.[12] He won the fight via TKO in the first round.[13]
Tang was scheduled to face Kim Jae Woong on January 28, 2022, at .[14] However, Kim forced to withdraw before the event due to undisclosed medical issue.[15] The pair was rescheduled to meet at on March 26, 2022. He won the fight via knockout in the first round.[16] This win earned him the Performance of the Night award.[17]
Tang faced Thanh Le for the ONE Featherweight World Championship at ONE 160 on August 26, 2022.[18] He won the bout via unanimous decision and capture the ONE Featherweight Championship.[19]
The rematch between Tang and Le for the ONE Featherweight World Championship was scheduled on July 15, 2023, at ONE Fight Night 12.[20] However, Tang withdraw from the bout due to knee injury.[21] After Le won the interim champion at ONE Fight Night 15, the fight was rescheduled in a unification bout on March 1, 2024, at ONE 166.[22] He retained the title via technical knockout in round three.[23] This win earned the $50,000 Performance of the Night awards.[24]
In the second title defense, Tang is scheduled to face Akbar Abdullaev on January 11, 2025, at ONE Fight Night 27.[25]
|-|Win|align=center|19–2|Thanh Le|TKO (punches)|ONE 166||align=center|3|align=center|4:48|Lusail, Qatar||-| Win| align=center| 18–2| Thanh Le | Decision (unanimous)| ONE 160| | align=center| 5| align=center| 5:00| Kallang, Singapore | |-| Win| align=center| 17–2| Kim Jae-woong | KO (punches)| | | align=center| 1| align=center| 2:07| Kallang, Singapore | |-| Win| align=center| 16–2| Yoon Chang-min| TKO (punches)| ONE: NextGen 2| | align=center| 1| align=center| 4:03| Kallang, Singapore||-| Win| align=center| 15–2| Ryogo Takahashi | TKO (punches)| ONE: Fists of Fury 2 | | align=center| 1| align=center| 1:59| Kallang, Singapore ||-| Win| align=center| 14–2| Keanu Subba| Decision (unanimous)| ONE: Reign of Dynasties 2| | align=center| 3| align=center| 5:00| Kallang, Singapore||-| Win| align=center| 13–2| Edward Kelly| Decision (unanimous)| ONE: Age of Dragons| | align=center| 3| align=center| 5:00| Beijing, China||-| Win| align=center| 12–2| Lee Sung-jong| KO (head kick)| ONE: Hero's Ascent| | align=center| 2| align=center| 1:14| Pasay, Philippines| |-| Win| align=center| 11–2| Nikolay Kondratuk| TKO (punches)| Rebel FC 8: A Warrior's Return| | align=center| 1| align=center| 1:41| Guangzhou, China||-| Win| align=center| 10–2| Mario Sismundo| TKO (punches)| Rebel FC 7: Fight for Honour| | align=center| 2| align=center| 1:05| Shanghai, China||-| Win| align=center| 9–2| Batjargal| TKO (punches)| The Legend King Championship 4| | align=center| 2| align=center| 3:20| Yantai, China| |-| Win| align=center| 8–2| Mark Gregory Valerio| KO (head kick)| Rebel FC 6: China vs. The World| | align=center| 2| align=center| 3:48| Shenzhen, China||-| Loss| align=center| 7–2| Asikeerbai Jinensibieke| Decision (unanimous)| Kunlun Fight MMA 10 | | align=center| 3| align=center| 5:00| Beijing, China||-| Loss| align=center| 7–1| Bekhruz Zukhurov| Decision (unanimous)| WBK 21: Honor | | align=center| 3| align=center| 5:00| Ningbo, China||-| Win| align=center| 7–0| Asror Olimshoev| TKO (retirement)| rowspan=2|WBK 19: The Battle of Proof | rowspan=2|| align=center| 2| align=center| 5:00| rowspan=2| Ningbo, China| |-| Win| align=center| 6–0| Avliyohon Hamidov| TKO (punches)| align=center| 2| align=center| 4:39| |-| Win| align=center| 5–0| Hadi Purnomo| TKO (punches)| WBK 16: Day 2| | align=center| 2| align=center| 0:29| Ningbo, China||-| Win| align=center| 4–0| Artur Kascheev| TKO (punches)| WBK 15: Ningbo| | align=center| 1| align=center| N/A| Ningbo, China||-| Win| align=center| 3–0| Jose Francisco Vinuelas| KO (punch)| WBK 14| | align=center| 1| align=center| 3:31| Taizhou, China| |-| Win| align=center| 2–0| Ahmet Yazjanov| TKO (elbows)| WBK 13| | align=center| 1| align=center| 3:01| Ningbo, China| |-| Win| align=center| 1–0| Yang Shuo| Decision (unanimous)| WBK 12: Qingdao| | align=center| 1| align=center| N/A| Qingdao, China| |-