Li vs Ottow

Who won Li vs Ottow?

Jingliang Li beat Zak Ottow by knockout in the 1st round during the co-main event of UFC Fight Night 122, on Saturday 25th November 2017 at Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai.

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 Ottow stats

Jingliang Li stepped into the octagon with a record of 13 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Zak Ottow made his way to the cage with a record of 15 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 10 by submission.

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 Zak Ottow's came in at 4-4-0.

The stats suggested Li had a large advantage in power over Ottow, boasting a 38% knock out percentage over Ottow's 13%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Ottow had a massive advantage over Li, boasting a 67% submission rate over Li's 31%.

Jingliang Li was the younger man by 1 year, at 37 years old.

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

Li was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 2 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2007, 4 years and 7 months earlier than Ottow, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 18 more professional rounds, 63 to Ottow's 45.

Li vs Ottow form

Jingliang Li had stopped 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Carlos Prates at UFC 305 on 17th August 2024 by knockout in the 2nd round at RAC Arena, Perth, Western Australia.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Daniel Rodriguez at UFC 279 on 10th September 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Going into that 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.

Before that, he had been defeated by Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 267 on 30th October 2021 by submission in the 1st round.

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.

Activity check

Li's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 5 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

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