Li vs Zaleski

Who won Li vs Zaleski?

Jingliang Li beat Elizeu Zaleski by during the co-main event of UFC on ESPN+ 15, on Saturday 31st August 2019 at Universiade Sports Centre in Shenzhen.

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 Zaleski stats

Jingliang Li stepped into the octagon with a record of 16 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Elizeu Zaleski made his way to the cage with a record of 21 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 14 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Jingliang Li's UFC record stood at 11-6-0, while Elizeu Zaleski's came in at 10-3-1.

The stats suggested Zaleski had a large advantage in power over Li, boasting a 67% knock out percentage over Li's 44%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Li had an advantage over Zaleski, with a 25% submission rate over Zaleski's 14%.

Jingliang Li was the younger man by 1 year, at 36 years old.

Li had a height advantage of 1 inch over Zaleski. Despite this, Zaleski had 1-inch reach advantage.

Li was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 5 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2007, 2 years and 1 month earlier than Zaleski, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 8 less professional rounds, 61 to Zaleski's 69.

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Li's last 4 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 4 months and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 7 months and 7 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

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