Li Jingliang beat his doping rap and now he has an actual fight on his hands.
The Nevada Athletic Commission (NAC) removed Jingliang's temporary suspension last month when the state attorney general's office decided not to pursue the case, commission executive director Bob Bennett confirmed with MMA Fighting. The Chinese fighter will meet Chad Laprise at UFC 206 on Dec. 10 in Toronto, the UFC announced Friday.
Jingliang failed a drug test in May for clenbuterol, but was found to have no fault by USADA in September due to the prevalence of the drug in contaminated meat in Jingliang's home country of China.