China’s Li Jingliang celebrates his win over Bobby Nash in the welterweight division at UFC Fight Night in 2017 in Denver, Colorado. Photo: Getty Images China’s Li Jingliang celebrates his win over Bobby Nash in the welterweight division at UFC Fight Night in 2017 in Denver, Colorado. Photo: Getty Images
China’s Li Jingliang celebrates his win over Bobby Nash in the welterweight division at UFC Fight Night in 2017 in Denver, Colorado. Photo: Getty Images
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The Takedown by Jonathan White

UFC and China: make Conor McGregor v Li ‘The Leech’ Jingliang happen to break market

  • Chinese women such as strawweight champion Zhang Weili are at elite level, but men are not holding up their end of the bargain
  • Irishman has shown his willingness to promote a gimmick for money so why not take on China’s best fighter?

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Jonathan White

Updated: 10:29am, 11 Feb, 2021

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China’s Li Jingliang celebrates his win over Bobby Nash in the welterweight division at UFC Fight Night in 2017 in Denver, Colorado. Photo: Getty Images China’s Li Jingliang celebrates his win over Bobby Nash in the welterweight division at UFC Fight Night in 2017 in Denver, Colorado. Photo: Getty Images
China’s Li Jingliang celebrates his win over Bobby Nash in the welterweight division at UFC Fight Night in 2017 in Denver, Colorado. Photo: Getty Images
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Jonathan White

Jonathan White

Jonathan White joined the Post in 2017 after a decade reporting on sport from China. He originally moved to Beijing to coach football in 2007 and later spent two years in Shanghai.