Li vs Abe

Who won Li vs Abe?

Jingliang Li beat Daichi Abe by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC Fight Night 132, on Saturday 23rd June 2018 at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Jingliang Li.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Li vs Abe stats

Jingliang Li stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Daichi Abe made his way to the cage with a record of 6 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Jingliang Li's 18th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2014.

Jingliang Li's UFC record stood at 11-7-0, while Daichi Abe's came in at 1-2-0.

The stats suggested Abe had a large advantage in power over Li, boasting a 67% knock out percentage over Li's 43%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Li had a large advantage over Abe, boasting a 29% submission rate over Abe's 0%.

Jingliang Li was the older man by 4 years, at 37 years old.

Li had a height advantage of 1 inch over Abe. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Li was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 12 more fights, and made his debut in 2007, 8 years and 7 months earlier than Abe, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 24 more professional rounds, 63 to Abe's 39.

Li vs Abe form

Jingliang Li had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Muslim Salikhov at UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. Rodriguez on 16th July 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at UBS Arena, Long Island, New York, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 267 on 30th October 2021 by submission in the 1st round.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Santiago Ponzinibbio at UFC on ABC 1 on 16th January 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Before that, he had been beaten by Neil Magny at UFC 248 on 7th March 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

He had defeated Elizeu Zaleski at UFC on ESPN+ 15 on 31st August 2019 by knockout in the 3rd round at Universiade Sports Centre, Shenzhen, China.

Activity check

Li's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 6 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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