Recently, Zhang Weili, who has not seen new news for a long time, has once again gathered the attention of everyone, not only because of herself, but also because her career "bitter lord" Ross Namajunas finally officially announced her opponent, so that the audience who loves UFC events boiled up again.
According to official sources, gold belt winner Ross Namajunas is in a defending battle against Espazar, her second match after two victories over Zhang Weili, which will be held on May 8.
For Rose, Espazar is a special opponent, and in 14 years, Espaza beat Rose to win the first career title. Espazar, known as "Cookies", was the UFC's first women's strawweight champion.
With the official announcement of Ross's opponent, Zhang Weili's desire to start a three-time battle with Rose as soon as possible failed, and in the face of Rose's first defeat, Zhang Weili desperately wanted to get rid of the haze and defeat Rose, who hit her hard, but Zhang Weili, who insisted on 5 rounds of the second war, still failed, even if Zhang Weili came to the United States in advance to prepare for the battle with Sehudo, almost as hard as possible to eliminate interference, and failed to regain the golden belt, Ross is still Zhang Weili's career rival.
Now, Zhang Weili has lost the qualification to directly challenge Rose, according to the official president of the UFC, Bai Dana, if Zhang Weili wants to fight with Rose three times, she must win several tournaments to qualify for the challenge, and Zhang Weili's next opponent has not yet been officially announced, but according to Bai Dana, the "established opponent" should be Joanna.
Joanna is the former overlord of the women's grassweight, once fought with Zhang Weili in March 2020, the two after 5 rounds of wonderful confrontation, and finally Joanna lost, when the scene was particularly fierce, Joanna suffered a critical blow from Zhang Weili, once by the audience enthusiastic reaction, after learning the result, Joanna also had dissatisfaction, and then Joanna chose to rest for a while, and never reappeared on the field, resulting in her now no longer in the grassweight rankings.
After Joanna announced her comeback, she repeatedly expressed her desire to fight with Zhang Weili twice, and also bluntly said that she was willing to wait for Zhang Weili, and this duel was recognized by UFC President Bai Dana, so it is very likely to be finalized.
There is news that Joanna even hung her portrait of being hit by Zhang Weili on the wall of her home in order to defeat Zhang Weili, with the intention of lying down and tasting courage, and her desire to win was very eager, and even a few days ago, Joanna took the initiative to Aite Zhang Weili after receiving the trophy of the best competition in 20 years.
In the face of Joanna, who is eager to fight, Zhang Weili is more calm, after all, she is the winner, now, Zhang Weili needs to duel with the master, and use the victory of a tournament to mobilize confidence, although Zhang Weili hopes to fight with "cookie" Espaza before, but now Espaza has become Rose's opponent, Zhang Weili's situation is becoming more and more difficult, Joanna is obviously a good choice, if the official announcement will be a fierce battle.