Tony Ferguson will get back to welterweight without precedent for more than 10 years when he faces Li Jingliang at UFC 279 on Sept. 10 in Las Vegas. UFC president Dana White declared the matchup during the UFC 278 post-battle public interview. While he's presently riding a four-battle long string of failures, Ferguson has been tingling UFC 279 for an opportunity to get back in real life with trusts that he could contend at 170 pounds once more. Ferguson really acquired his UFC contract at welterweight when he asserted The Ultimate Fighter season 13 title back in 2011. Presently "El Cucuy" will return to his old favorite spots after as of late investing some energy preparing with the mentors and warriors at the Jackson-Wink Academy in Albuquerque as he hopes to refocus with his last success returning 2019.
Concerning Li, he'll get back to activity off a noteworthy Performance of the Night with a knockout over Muslim Salikhov in his last trip in July. Generally, Li has gone 2-2 in his last four battles with an extra success over Santiago Ponzinibbio while tumbling to Khamzat Chimaev and Neil Magny. Ferguson versus Li joins a developing setup at UFC 279 with the card featured by a welterweight confrontation among Chimaev and Nate Diaz. Going into the fifth round, Edwards was losing three rounds to one on every one of the three UFC 279 live online adjudicators' score cards prior to handling a passed on high-kick to the head of Kamaru Usman, and guaranteeing the title in the last moment of the battle. In his post-battle interview with Joe Rogan, Edwards belted out "take a gander at me now!" in festival of his most memorable big showdown. A coarse three round challenge between middleweights Luke Rockhold and Paulo Costa guaranteed "Battle of the Night" respects, and they likewise will bring back home an extra $50,000. Each man slugged it out for 15 minutes, exhausting apparently all of their energy in transit to a consistent choice triumph for the Brazilian.
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