In the UFC 312 Co-Main event on Saturday evening, Zhang Weili again showed why she might be the greatest stream weight of all time, who dominated Tatiana Suarez.
After her historical defending defense against Yan Xiaonan on UFC 300 in April, Zhang Weili was booked to fight against the unbeaten Tatiana Suarez in the UFC 312 Co-Main event.
In this fight, 'Magnum' was written off by many of the UFC fan base while for the first time since her 2019 fight against Jessica Andrade went into the fight.
Nevertheless, the Chinese superstar dominated the completely dominate Suarez and gave her the first loss of her career.
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Zhang Weili wants to go up to fly to take on Valentina Shevchenko
Suarez is always generally considered a guaranteed future champion and its dominant wrestling is the kind of fighting style that it has taken over in MMA.
Nevertheless, the 35-year-old champion showed her complete well-completedness by dominating the American on the mat, and getting the striking stock markets on the feet better.
In round two, Suarez ran a bizarre injury when she cut her leg against the cage after Weili had tried a Takedown and left a huge cut on her knee.
With Weili who again shows the Golf in the class between itself and the rest of the division, the hair with minimal options in the future shows.
Earlier this week the 35-year-old admitted that if it were up to her, she would go up to fly for her next fight to try to catch a second belt against Valentina Shevchenko.
“Let's talk to Dana later, but I think everything is about timing. If there is a good time for both of us to make this fight happen, it happens, “Repeated Weili during the press conference after the fight.
Dana White open for the idea of Zhang Weili vs Valentina Shevchenko
Although there are no clear options for Zhang at Strawweight, 'Bullet' Shevchenko was apparently in the first place to take number one competition, Manon Fiorot.
UFC Baas, Dana White was, however, very impressed by the UFC 312 performance of Weili, and touched how big she has become a star for the promotion.
“I don't know about you or how you felt, but many people texts me that we said that Weili is losing tonight and that it is over and that she was an underdog, I bet the casino was murdered tonight.
“If you look at Weili, she is one of the best of all time, the best female hunter in sport at the moment … Such a huge, huge star in China for us, she trunk number one four times during Vechtweek , 100m display only on UFC platforms and tonight she was trending number one in all major areas, “he said in the press conference after the fight.
With that in mind, White has hinted that he is open to a champion versus champion fight between Weili and Shevchenko.
“They are waiting for me,” said White about the Weili team.
“I hate answering these questions (with regard to who the female pound-for-pound number one) because I love both of them, maybe we should just find out. It is a possibility. “
Shevchenko is currently number one in the list of pound-for-pound list for women, but the rankings are set to update on Tuesday and the performance of Weili may be enough to hit her from the top.
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