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China’s first male MMA champ mobbed by fans on visit back home

Tang Kai was named the winner by unanimous decision, capturing the belt, and even more significantly, becoming the first male Chinese fighter to win a major MMA title.

ONE Championship featherweight king Tang Kai enjoyed a memorable homecoming as he returned to China for the first time since becoming the country’s first male MMA world champ.

“The KO God” – who is based in Phuket, Thailand, where he trains out of the famed Tiger Muay Thai gym – visited his home city of Shaoyang, in Hunan province, this week, where thousands of people showed up to greet him.

“I’ve got a golden belt, so finally I can go home,” Tang said, in a video posted to ONE’s official Instagram account. “I got home one year ago, but before that I hadn’t been…

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