By The Numbers: Kai Tang

Kai Tang may have his work cut out for him against a promotional thoroughbred, but the risk seems more than worth the potential reward.

The Dragon Warrior Gym representative will challenge Thanh Le for the One Championship featherweight title in the One 160 co-main event on Aug. 26 at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore. Tang heads into his most significant match to date on a nine-fight winning streak. He last competed at One “One X,” where he wiped out Jae Woong Kim with punches a little more than two minutes into their March 26 pairing.

As Tang makes final preparations in advance of his showdown with Le at 155 pounds, a look at some of the numbers that have accompanied him to this point:

26: Years of age for Tang, who was born on Jan. 10, 1996 in Shaoyang, China.

12: Tang victories by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for 86% of his career total (14). His list of One Championship victims: Kim, Yoon Chang Min, Ryogo Takahashi and Sung Jong Lee. Tang holds two other victories by decision (14%), having outpointed Keanu Subba and Edward Kelly in back-to-back appearances.

19: Rounds completed by Tang as a professional mixed martial artist. He has gone the distance on four different occasions and carries a 2-2 record in those bouts.

119: Seconds needed for Tang to cut down the aforementioned Takahashi with punches at One “Fists of Fury 2” on Feb. 26, 2021. It ranks as the fastest of his six first-round finishes.

7: Consecutive calendar years in which Tang has fought at least once. In addition to his 1-0 mark in 2022, he went 5-1 in 2016, 1-1 in 2017, 2-0 in 2018, 2-0 in 2019, 1-0 in 2020 and 2-0 in 2021.

1,968: Days since Tang last experienced a setback. Nine straight wins, seven of them via stoppage, have followed his unanimous decision loss to Asikeerbai Jinensibieke in April 2017.

4: Organizations for which Tang has plied his mixed martial arts trade. He has gone 6-0 in One Championship, 5-1 in WBK, 3-0 in Rebel Fighting Championship and 0-1 in Kunlun Fight.

.768: Cumulative winning percentage between the two opponents—Jinensibieke and Bekhruz Zugurov—who have defeated Tang. They own a combined record of 53-16.