MOSCOW, Aug 23 Former Interim Champion of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Tony Ferguson will rise to welterweight, where he will fight against the Chinese Li Jingliang, according to UFC Russia social networks. The fight will take place on September 10 at the 279th numbered league tournament in Las Vegas (USA). At the moment 38-year-old Ferguson (23 wins and five losses) is on a series of four defeats in a row. In May, the US representative lost to compatriot Michael Chandler by knockout in the second round. Jingliang (19 wins, seven losses) is 34 years old. In the last fight, he defeated the Russian Muslim Salikhov by technical knockout in the second round.
