According to the official announcement of the UFC, Chinese mixed martial artist Zhang Weili will play against her old rival Joanna Yangjechaik in the UFC 275 women's grassweight competition held in Singapore on June 12, Beijing time.
Zhang Weili then posted a video on social media saying: "I personally welcome Joanna's return, after two years to play again, I am very excited, I believe this is a very wonderful game, but also a very meaningful battle." Next Monday I will go to Thailand with the team to train and prepare, for this second battle I will do my best, please wait and see! ”
On March 8, 2020, this holiday that belongs to female friends, Zhang Weili won the battle against Joanna and held aloft the five-star red flag in her face full of blood and tears. The excitement of the competition made many spectators watch it repeatedly after the game, and the competition was named the best game of the year in the UFC.
Since that game, Joanna hasn't played again. Three months after the game, Joanna admitted in an interview: "I was beaten like a zombie at the time, I believed that by posting the photo, no one recognized that it was me. ”
Joanna, who suffered hard here in Zhang Weili, if she easily fell, it would definitely not be worthy of Zhang Weili's evaluation of her "one of the greatest boxers". Joanna said: "I want to prove again with a match that I'm still one of the best boxers, there's a reason I've won the title, I'm still playing at championship level and people want to see a fresh start to the race. I will be back! ”
After two years, she really came back. With a heart that wants to justify himself, with some sense of mystery, he will stand opposite Zhang Weili.
Zhang Weili is also different from the past. Defeating Joanna allowed her to successfully defend her title as grassweight world champion in the golden belt, but the two confrontations with Rose made her lose her title and then fail to challenge.
Just as Joanna wants to find the feeling of winning in front of Zhang Weili, Zhang Weili needs to "renew the frontier" with Rose. She has revealed that losing to Rose twice in a row has brought herself a lot of psychological blows.
On the way back to the top, Zhang Weili needs several games to find her feelings and advance to meet the strongest opponent. Joanna, who also lost to Rose twice, is also her former defeat, and Joanna is the most suitable starting point.
Partial photo: UFC Ultimate Fighting Championship Weibo
Source: Five Star Sports Interactive
Editors: Xie Wenyun, Bao Qinna
Review: Lu Jiaqi