Beijing time on March 18 news, UFC officially announced that on May 8, the women's grassweight world championship battle was determined, Rose against Espazar! Zhang Weili temporarily lost to Rose after losing to Rose twice. For Zhang Weili, she needs to precipitate herself, if she performs well and continues to win, I believe that sooner or later she will get the opportunity to challenge the champion. As for Zhang Weili's next battle and next opponent, there is no official announcement at present, but it is likely to face Joanna.
Zhang Weili is Asia's first UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) world champion, and in August 2019, she won the women's grassweight world championship for the first time.
In April last year, Zhang Weili was KO by Rose in the defending battle, and lost the golden belt, which was Zhang Weili's first defeat in 7 years. In November last year, Zhang Weili ushered in a revenge war, that is, the second war, she wanted to regain the golden belt, but unfortunately, after 5 rounds of bitter fighting, Zhang Weili disagreed and decided to lose.
Now that Rose is the holder of the gold belt, she will face the defending battle, and the opponent is not Zhang Weili, but Espaza! Nicknamed "Cookies", Espaza is the UFC's first women's strawweight champion, and in 2014, Espaza's first champion defeated rose!
Now, UFC officials pointed out, "This pair of top players who have played since the establishment of the grass weedweight will once again meet the championship battle, since the first generation of championship battles in the past 8 years, feng shui has taken turns. ”
That is to say, Zhang Weili temporarily lost the championship battle. As for Zhang Weili's next opponent, there is no clear official announcement, UFC President Bai Dana said, "Zhang Weili's next opponent is likely to be Joanna." ”
This match, there is no official confirmation, there is no definite time, but it is important for Zhang Weili, who previously successfully defended her title on Joanna, and both sides are also former champions. Zhang Weili only has the opportunity to get the gold belt challenge qualification by defeating Joanna, if she loses to Joanna, I am afraid that for a long time, Zhang Weili will not be able to get the championship challenge.