Jingliang Li will be back in action on December 12th. The Chinese welterweight is widely reported to have accepted a bout against Dwight Grant at UFC 256.
The event is likely to take place at the APEX Centre in Las Vegas. It had been set to be headlined by a welterweight title bout between Kamaru Usman and Gilbert Burns but the champion had to withdraw
Jingliang (23-6) lost to Neil Magny at UFC 248 earlier this year. The loss snapped a three fight winning streak for the former Legend FC welterweight champion who is a veteran of 13 UFC fights.
Grant (10-3) was in action more recently and is coming off a loss at UFC Vegas 7. He has won two out of four fights for the UFC since earning a contract with a win at Dana White’s Contender Series.
The event will be headlined by a featherweight title fight. Amanda Nunes (20-4) is defending her belt against Megan Anderson (10-4).
UFC 257, TBD, December 12th
Amanda Nunes (c) vs. Megan Anderson (For featherweight title)
Mackenzie Dern vs. Virna Jandiroba (Strawweight)
Marvin Vettori vs. Omari Akhmedov (Middleweight)
Dwight Grant vs. Jingliang Li (Welterweight)
