The Chinese Zhang Mingyang will start its first UFC head event on Saturday.
The #14-ranging UFC Light Heavyweight has quickly made a name for himself in the most important MMA promotion in the world, where he won his first three fights by knockout.
'Mountain Tiger' Zhang Mingyang introduced himself to the American fans in April when he left a former title -elder Anthony Smith in a pool of his own blood for his pension fight. This was Mingyang's American debut and the 19th career finish.
Now the 27-year-old Zhang will compete against #13-ranged competitor Johnny Walker in the headliner of UFC Shanghai.
Prior to the enormous opportunity, Zhang revealed for whom people sometimes confuse him.
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Zhang Mingyang says that Yao Ming is his famous Lookalike
Lives in China, Zhang admits that he does not get much attention yet, but if he does, it will come by someone else.
Despite the fact that he is 6'2 ″, Zhang says that people have confused him for 7'6 ″ NBA legend Yao Ming.
'Sometimes people [think] I'm Yao Ming, “Zhang told the Home of Fight.
From 2002 to 2011, Yao played for the Houston Rockets for nine seasons.
Their Countryman Zhang will try to get more global recognition with his 20th career finish in the five-round main event of UFC Shanghai against Johnny Walker.
The chance has changed dramatically for UFC Shanghai Co-Main event
The opportunities for Brian Ortega vs. Aljamain Sterling are much different than earlier this week.
Ortega's view of Friday's weights was probably the fault of the opportunities that Sterling's advantage in the UFC Shanghai Co-Main event in the UFC Shanghai.
Ortega was supposed to weigh on Friday at featherweight, but the UFC called a last-minute audible, with the fight that instead a catch of 153 pounds.
Ortega looked on the scale and the duplicate title Challenger is now like a three-on-one underdog against the former Bantam weight champion Sterling.
Sterling is as high as a -500 favorite on some sports books from this writing.