Daichi Abe’s greatest accomplishment over three rounds with Li Jingliang may have been simply staying upright and conscious despite all the heavy leather coming his way.

Unfortunately for Abe (6-2 MMA, 1-2 UFC), that wasn’t enough to make a good impression with the judges, all three of whom saw the fight for the hard-hitting Jingliang (15-5 MMA, 7-3 UFC), who did his best to put Abe away but had to settle for a unanimous-decision victory instead.

The welterweight bout opened up the main card of today’s UFC Fight Night 132 event at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore. The entire card streamed on UFC Fight Pass.

The story of this fight was told almost entirely by Jingliang’s powerful right hand, with a little help from his leg kicks in a supporting role. After a fairly competitive first round that saw both men wobble each other with hard rights, Jingliang really took over in the second and never looked back.

Still, no matter how he battered Abe with heavy punches and chewed up his legs with kicks, Jingliang couldn’t put his resilient opponent away. Abe was visibly hurt at times, and even found himself getting spun around by the force of Jingliang’s blows at others, but he hung tough and lasted the full three rounds.

That alone didn’t make the judges’ job difficult, however, as all three saw it as a clean sweep for Jingliang, giving him the win with scores of 30-27, 30-26 and 30-27.

Jingliang’s win is his first since losing a unanimous decision to Jake Matthews in February. Abe has now lost two straight.

“There is no pressure; I just want to take my time,” Jingliang said. “I just use my family and team to help that. I hope the fans liked my fight and the fans remember me.

“I’ll take anyone in the welterweight division who will fight me, and I hope I can be on the Beijing fight card next.”

Up-to-the-minute UFC Fight Night 132 results include:

Li Jingliang def. Daichi Abe via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-27, 30-27) Petr Yan def. Teruto Ishihara via KO (punches) – Round 1, 3:28

For more on UFC Fight Night 132, check out the UFC Events section of the site.