5 Defining Moments: Jingliang Li

Having already surpassed even the most optimistic projections for his Ultimate Fighting Championship career, Jingliang Li still has designs on joining the welterweight elite.

“The Leech” will toe the line against Tony Ferguson in the UFC 279 co-headliner on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Li, 34, has alternated wins and losses in each of his past four appearances. He last competed at UFC on ABC 3, where he dispatched Russian sanda stylist Muslim Salikhov with punches and elbows in the second round of their July 16 pairing and improved to 11-5 inside the Octagon.

As Li makes final preparations for his forthcoming clash with Ferguson at 170 pounds, a look at five of the many moments…