On Sunday morning Beijing time, the UFC261, the most luxurious lineup, the highest overall gold content and the most concerned by Chinese audiences, will be held in Las Vegas, USA.
The vast number of domestic audiences will not only witness the three Chinese players who have just entered the UFC in this tournament - Liang Na, Ao RiQileng and Rong Lord, make their octagonal cage debuts, but also in the finale drama behind, witness the leader of the Chinese Legion, the current grassweight champion, "Little Fat" Zhang Weili, and the former champion, the terminator of the "Joanna Dynasty", "Mob Rose" Rose, in the joint main match of the night, staged a "fatalistic showdown" that can affect the women's grass weight level and even the future trend of all women's levels. 。
For global fans, the three consecutive "aces to aces" and "per capita belt holders" focus championship battles on the same day will make this "peak match of kings" become the "key night" with the highest audience discussion and the most far-reaching future influence in the history of the UFC. Below, let's take a look at it in advance, this is full of glory and hope, but also full of crisis and risk - "the king's feast", today we will focus on the female fly scale battlefield.
Women's Flyweight Championship
Valentina Shepchenko (C) VS. Jessica Andrade (#1)
As one of the most dominant champions in today's octagonal cage, "Bullet" Shepchenko has defended her title with one crush after another in recent years, easily establishing her flyweight supremacy, but at the same time, she has inadvertently pushed herself into a slightly awkward position.
After judging that she defeated Joanna, the "grass weeweight queen" who lost her belt and upgraded to the championship, and successfully won the flyweight, the "bullet" that got her wish and ascended to the throne never ushered in her own "brilliant era", not because she was not strong enough, but because, in the flyweight under her rule, there was really no "champion-level opponent" who was enough to match her in terms of personal strength and reputation.
Therefore, when the double crown and the "lioness" Nunez, who constantly refreshed history, and Zhang Weili, the "little fat" who played a shocking battle last year and redefined the women's game, respectively, led the development direction of the women's MMA movement in their own ways, Shepchenko, who defended the title most easily and had the strongest level of dominance, could only become the "front row viewer" of this great era in one "data accumulation" after another.
Even if everyone now recognizes her strength and respects her achievements, in the long history of the women's MMA, the super-powerful and near-perfect "bullet" is at any time facing the risk of being drowned by time - she obviously has the most comprehensive technology and the top strength, but she has never stood at the top of the industry.
Therefore, when the former grassweight champion and "piledriver" Andrade chooses to upgrade the challenge and compete for the women's flyweight belt, Shepchenko should not feel offended, on the contrary, Andrade's well-known and good state of "former king" is the "champion-level opponent" she is most looking forward to, in fact, only with the help of the outstanding strength and reputation of the top opponent, "Bullet" can further prove its value, enhance its influence, and become the future women's champion "super battle plan". The link with the most possibilities , and Andrade , is her first step on the "road to superstardom".
As for Jessica Andrade, after losing to Rose in the second battle, the grassweight today's "four kings", the "Brazilian fierce woman" with the strongest absolute strength and relatively rough technology, has suffered defeats in the hands of Zhang Weili, Rose, and Joanna, and has basically lost the "game qualification" to continue to compete for the throne, choosing to upgrade and compete for the championship, not so much because of her ambition, but rather, this is the only feasible way for her to recover now.
However, after being promoted to the flyweight and the previous strength advantage, which has been significantly weakened, in the face of Shepchenko, who has the most comprehensive technology in the entire women's MMA field and does not have any shortcomings, Andrade may really need "the help of fate" if he wants to create a miracle and become a "resurrection champion" who has won the championship again after losing the throne.
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