‘Dragon Leg’ Tial Thang pushes through pain barrier of broken rib to beat Kim Woon-kyoum at One Championship’s Mark of Greatness card in Kuala Lumpur.

Once a refugee picking up trash from the streets in Malaysia, Tial Thang returns to fight with One Championship titleholders Aung La N Sang and Martin Nguyen in his corner.

‘I got something for him,’ says Aung La N Sang, who reveals timetable for injury return after surgery on his right thumb with middleweight title defence up next.

‘The Burmese Python’ Aung La N Sang, who will defend his middleweight title next, has a 10-fight deal with One and says ‘I might fight all 10 of them next year’.

‘The Burmese Python’ gets second-round TKO in Century Part 2 main event, defending his light heavyweight title against the heavyweight champion.

Aung La N Sang beats Brandon Vera, Angela Lee wins rematch against Xiong Jingnan and Demetrious Johnson wins flyweight grand prix in Tokyo.

Two will slug it out in Tokyo main event but build-up all about respect – ‘I’m Mr Aung La N Sang’s friend now, after our match and forever,’ Brandon Vera says.

The ‘Burmese Python’ beats out UFC champions Khabib Nurmagomedov, Kamaru Usman and Israel Adesanya to the prize at World MMA Awards.

Brandon Vera gets into the cage to challenge the ‘Burmese Python’ – who agrees to fight the Filipino heavyweight champion in Tokyo in October.