Has Zhang Weili won the UFC championship?

Zhang Weili won the UFC championship.

On August 31, in the UFC Fight Night match between Andrade and Zhang Weili held at the Shenzhen Universiade Center, the 30-year-old Chinese female fighter Zhang Weili took 42 seconds to hit the opponent with her right fist. With a knee, TKO of current UFC female strawweight champion Jessica Andrade became China's first UFC champion.

She created history that belongs to China and Asians. This is the first time that UFC holds a gold belt match in Asia, and Zhang Weili is also the first to challenge the UFC’s world gold belt and tie it around her waist. people in between. Zhang Weili's career is full of ups and downs. She is the daughter of a coal miner. She practiced martial arts in her early years, and later joined the Sanda team and won the Hebei Provincial Championship. However, she had no choice but to retire due to injury.

Zhang Weili’s experience

When she moved to Beijing eight years ago, she was a kindergarten teacher and security guard. After that, she also worked as a hotel receptionist, gym salesperson and supermarket cashier. She stopped training twice due to injuries, but none of these could stop Zhang Weili's success. "I regard all competitions as my first competition. I risk my life to practice, hoping for good results." This is Zhang Weili's full commitment and dedication to mixed martial arts.

The gold content of Zhang Weili’s gold belt is the highest in the world’s women’s fighting world, and it is unprecedented in Chinese history. In the world, the highest palace of men's professional fighting is professional boxing, while the highest peak of women's fighting is UFC. If players in kickboxing and women's boxing want to prove that they are the king of the world, they have to enter the UFC cage to gain recognition.