On November 7, Beijing time, the UFC Grassweight World Championship Was Held in Madison Garden Plaza in New York, USA, and Chinese UFC mixed martial artist Zhang Weili against American Rose, which is also a second battle between the two.
In the gold belt defense battle in Las Vegas in April this year, Zhang Weili played against Rose for the first time, when she was defeated by Rose's high leg sweep TKO. After losing this game at that time, Zhang Weili wept bitterly on the spot, very sorry in her heart, and expressed her dissatisfaction with the referee in an interview, bluntly saying that "I still have consciousness and was blown to stop, too fast, I can still do it." At the same time, she also said that she "hopes to fight a second war with Rose as soon as possible."
In the second battle on the 7th, there is no doubt that Zhang Weili came with the confidence of revenge and victory, and the fight between the two was also very sticky. In the first two rounds, the two sides mainly tried each other, until the third round, the two sides did not distinguish between high and low, the fourth round Zhang Weili held the advantage, but the turning point appeared in the fifth round, Zhang Weili was thrown down by Rose, although she tried to get out, but helpless at this time the physical decline was serious, Rose always maintained a state of suppression.
In the end, the three referees gave 48-47, 47-48, 49-46 scores respectively, Rose won by differences in the decision, successfully defended the golden belt, zhang Weili lost with a slight disadvantage.
After losing to Rose, Zhang Weili also generously hugged her opponent to express congratulations and thanks, although she failed to win back the golden belt, Zhang Weili's performance this time was obviously more mature, she also bluntly said that this time she really tried her best, although she failed to win, but the difficulty can not defeat her, she will continue to work hard.
This game attracted the attention of many insiders and outsiders, and many sports entertainment stars such as Bao Chunlai, Deng Ziqi and others also cheered for Zhang Weili on social media platforms before the game. After Zhang Weili was judged to have lost the game, former NBA star Jeremy Lin of CBA Beijing Shougang posted on social media to express doubts about the referee's penalty, believing that Zhang Weili should be the winner of this game.
Although she failed to defeat her opponent, looking back on her previous experience, there is no doubt that Zhang Weili is already the pride of China!
Born in 1990 in Handan, Hebei Province, zhang Weili was fascinated by martial arts when she was a child, and at the age of 9 she began to contact sanda and boxing, after which she went to a martial arts school to study and won the Sanda championship in Hebei Province. However, long-term training also scarred her, and at the age of 17, she chose to retire and then went to Beijing to start a "North Drift" life.
When she was in Beijing, she worked as a kindergarten teacher, a hotel front desk, a bodyguard, a gym salesman... She had suffered a lot, but during this period, the dream of martial arts had been buried deep in her heart. Later, under the introduction of others, Zhang Weili began to receive professional training in martial arts, and gradually moved from domestic competitions to the international stage.
In August 2019, all the hard work finally paid off, and Zhang Weili defeated world champion Andrade in 42 seconds to win the UFC Grassweight World Gold Belt, becoming the first UFC world champion in Asia.
In March 2020, when the country was shrouded in the shadow of the epidemic, Zhang Weili defeated Joanna to successfully defend the UFC grassweight gold belt, giving great spiritual encouragement to Chinese people at home and abroad, and Zhang Weili also fulfilled her promise - to send victory to the motherland and compatriots, and to support people who are fighting in the forefront of the fight against the epidemic in her own way.
Although she lost to her opponents in two matches with Rose this year, Zhang Weili has proved her strength to everyone and shown the world another side of Chinese women. I believe that in the future, Zhang Weili can release more energy inside and outside the field, let us wait and see, Zhang Weili will definitely be able to return to the king!