On November 13, UFC 281 ended in the United States, and China's Zhang Weili defeated Carla Espazza to regain the gold belt. After 5 belt battles so far in 2019, Zhang Weili is now more mature and worth looking forward to. "I am the beauty of the world." She said.
The girl from a small county town in Hebei once again proved herself, and in last year's two belt battles with Ross, Zhang Weili was at a disadvantage as a whole, and the 21-game winning streak was ended. Especially in the rematch, Zhang Weili, who was fully prepared, still lost to Ross.
Born into a family of coal miners (and my fellow Fengfeng villager) in Fengfeng Mining District, Handan City, Hebei Province, Zhang Weili began to contact sanda and boxing at the age of 9. At the age of 12, Zhang Weili entered the martial arts school and began her own sanda studies.
On December 19, 2015, in the Kunlun final, Zhang Weili TKO of France's Gene François won. This is also Zhang Weili's first KO. Just when Zhang Weili's career was rising, an accident made her pause her fighting. At the age of 17, due to serious injuries, she had to choose to retire to Beijing to seek a living, and Zhang Weili worked as a kindergarten teacher, hotel front desk, bodyguard, gym sales, etc., but she never gave up her fighting career, and it was her dream that brought her back to the ring.
In a UFC fight night Shenzhen event that ended on August 31, 2019, Beijing time, China's highest-ranked Zhang Weili challenged defending champion Jessica Andrade of Brazil to become China's first UFC world champion by TKO (technical knockout) in just 42 seconds. It was also faith that allowed Zhang Weili to emerge from injury and become the first Chinese UFC World Champion at the time.