Tang vs Abdullaev

Who won Tang vs Abdullaev?

Akbar Abdullaev beat Kai Tang by knockout in the 5th round during the main event of ONE Fight Night 27, on Friday 10th January 2025 at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

This contest was for the One Championship Featherweight championship.

Tang vs Abdullaev stats

Kai Tang stepped into the octagon with a record of 18 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 14 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Akbar Abdullaev made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 10 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

This was Kai Tang's 9th fight in the One Championship, having made his debut for the promotion in 2019. Akbar Abdullaev marked his 4th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2023.

Kai Tang's One Championship record stood at 8-1-0, while Akbar Abdullaev's came in at 4-0-0.

The stats suggested Abdullaev had an advantage in power over Tang, with a 90% knock out percentage over Tang's 78%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Abdullaev had a slight advantage over Tang, with a 10% submission rate over Tang's 0%.

Kai Tang was the older man by 29 years, at 29 years old.

Tang had a height advantage of 1 inch over Abdullaev.

Tang was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 10 more fights, and made his debut in 2016, 4 years and 5 months earlier than Abdullaev, whose first professional fight was in 2020. He had fought 30 more professional rounds, 49 to Abdullaev's 19.

Tang vs Abdullaev form

Tang had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 3 opponents and going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Thanh Le at ONE Championship 160 on 26th August 2022 by unanimous decision in their ONE Featherweight championship fight at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Previous to that, he had beaten Jae Woong Kim at ONE Championship – One X on 26th March 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Chang Min Yoon at ONE Championship – Blockbuster on 12th November 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

Before that, he was victorious against Ryogo Takahashi at ONE Championship – Fists of Fury 2 on 5th March 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

He had won against Keanu Subba at ONE Championship – Reign of Dynasties 2 on 16th October 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

Activity check

Tang's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 5 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

Abdullaev's last 3 fights had come over a period of 2 years and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.3 rounds on average.

What time did Tang vs Abdullaev start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 3:25 AM UTC , which was 10:25 PM EST or 7:25 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 3:25 AM GMT in the UK.

What were the odds on Tang vs Abdullaev?

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