Author: Zhao Jian
In the early morning of October 31, Beijing time, in the UFC 267 held in Abu Dhabi, China's Li Jingliang played against the "werewolf" Chimayev, and suffered a throat lock in the first round, regrettably losing. (The Paper, October 31, 2021)
Li Jingliang's defeat was actually not unexpected by the public, and on the boxing fan prediction website, Chimayev's support rate was as high as a staggering 93%. The main reason is the strength of the opponent and the age gap between Li Jingliang and the opponent. First of all, let's take a look at Li Jingliang's opponent in this battle - Chimayev, the "wolf king" from Chechnya, Russia, who has been in the league for less than three months, he has defeated three powerful players in sixty-six consecutive days, winning eight games in his career, and the statistics in all aspects are ahead of Li Jingliang, plus the two have a six-year age gap.
However, li Jingliang, who failed, is still a hero who "knows that there are tigers in the mountains and prefers to go to the tigers and mountains". Although in the octagonal cage, he was thrown by the opponent to seize the opportunity to throw a punch, and then was naked and lost, but before the game, the twelfth ranked Li Jingliang actually took the initiative to fight against the wolf king who was unwilling to fight the top ten players, and this courage, this "bright sword" spirit, is worth learning from each of us. Perhaps this is the real charm of sports competition.
In addition to these, we were touched by many things: the look of not admitting defeat when locked throats, the respect of not forgetting to applaud our opponents even after the game... This long-prepared confrontation did not win, Li Jingliang's heart was unwilling and frustrated, but he still showed the excellent professionalism and personal character of a professional player.
"Since ancient times, the wind and clouds are changeable, and heroes are not judged by success or failure." History is like this, so is the arena, this veteran who aspires to go thousands of miles will definitely experience more battles in the future, but whether he succeeds or not, he is a real hero!