Despite being in the main event of the UFC’s return to China, Zhang Mingyang still has a long way to go before he is compared to some of the all-time great Chinese fighters. A win would mark ...

The regional MMA scene in China is unlike most. Although Asia has a built-in cultural element of martial arts, China has been one of the countries on the continent that has been slower to emerge as a ...

Zhang Mingyang made history in 2022 by earning his UFC contract with a brutal first-round knockout victory. The Chinese fighter first came to prominence when he appeared as a contestant on the Road to ...

Li said his success and changing perceptions of the sport in China were already forging new fans. Chinese mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Li Jingliang trains at a gym in Beijing p pulse Follow The ...

Chinese MMA star Jingliang Li, aka “The Leech,” makes his acting debut in '8 Limbed Dragon,' a Muay Thai fight film inspired by his own rise from wrestling to the UFC. By Patrick Brzeski Asia Bureau ...