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.

Jingliang Li's UFC record stood at 11-6-0, 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 36 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 22 more professional rounds, 61 to Abe's 39.

Li vs Abe form

Li had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against 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.

Previous to that, he had lost to 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.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Elizeu Zaleski at UFC on ESPN+ 15 on 31st August 2019 by knockout in the 3rd round at Universiade Sports Centre, Shenzhen, China.

Before that, he had defeated David Zawada at UFC Fight Night 141 on 24th November 2018 by knockout in the 3rd round at Cadillac Arena, Beijing.

He was victorious against Daichi Abe at UFC Fight Night 132 on 23rd June 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Activity check

Li's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 1 month and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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