Thanh Le

ONe FC featherweight World Champion • 5TH DEGREE TKD BLACK BELT • BJJ Black BElt

Thanh Le is the reigning Featherweight World Champion in the ONE Championship organization, founder of the Fifty/50 Striking Program, and the 10th Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt promoted by Ryan Hall.

Thanh began his martial arts journey as a child, training in Tae Kwon Do under his father’s instruction at Moon College in New Orleans, LA. After years competing up to the national level of TKD, he transitioned to MMA in 2011, working diligently to combine his TKD skillset with traditional boxing in order to create a unique blend of movement-based striking that had at that time been unseen in the MMA world. After a highly successful amateur career, Thanh turned professional, eventually earning a place on The UFC’s “The Ultimate Fighter” reality show in 2015. While competing there, Thanh met and became friends with Ryan Hall, and following the tournament, the two began a symbiotic working relationship, each coaching the other in his area of expertise.

After a period of travel back and forth between New Orleans and Falls Church, Thanh elected to bring his talents to Virginia where he founded the striking program at Fifty/50 Academy. Daily training continued and a run of victories culminated with an interim title reign in the Legacy Fighting Alliance organization.

In the years since, Thanh has returned home to New Orleans to found his own academy inside of Moon College, but he and Ryan have continued supporting one another’s careers fully. In 2019, Thanh signed to ONE Championship, the premier Mixed Martial Arts organization in Asia and one of the “Big 4” promotions worldwide. A stunning string of knockout victories saw him earn a world title shot in 2020, and he made good on the opportunity, continuing his run of dominance on the way to a fourth consecutive knockout victory and a MMA world title. Thanh continues to hold and defend his belt against some of the most dangerous athletes in MMA.

ONE Championship Featherweight Champion

LFA Interim Featherweight Champion

The Ultimate Fighter Season 22 Contestant

Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series Week 2 Winner

Pro MMA Record: 13-2 (12 KOs)
Amateur MMA Record: 14-1