Zhang Weili is no longer the UFC Strawweight champion.
In one Blockbuster Little News Announced by Dana White on Thursday, Zhang officially left her 115 pound title and goes up to challenge reigning flying weight Queen Valentina Shevchenko. The top P4P -feminine hunters in the world will be on Saturday, November 15 in the most famous arena in the world, Madison Square Garden, on UFC 322.
After he had conveniently defeated Tatiana Suarez in February, Zhang showed interest in going up and believing that she had achieved everything she had told in the Strawweight division. Now ‘Magnum’ will get her wish when they events Co-Main, one of the largest fighting cards of the year against one of the greatest female hunters the sport has ever seen.
Shevchenko goes into the fight that comes from a stellar show against Manon Fiorot on UFC 315 in May. It was her first defense since starting her second reign as a flight weight champion. ‘Bullet’ recovered the crown at the end of last year and Alexa Grasso defeated in a trilogy in Sphere in Las Vegas.
White announces battle to crown new strom weight champion
Regarding the future of the Stromweight title, fans do not have to wait long to see a new champion stand up.
White also revealed that on October 25, Mackenzie Dern will be confronted with the top-ranged competition-arranger Virna Jandiroba at UFC 321, the winner who leaves as the new face of the 115-pound division.
Dern vs. Jandiroba will serve as a rematch of the collision of the couple in December 2022 at UFC 256. On that night Dern came at the top of a unanimous decision at the top. Since then, Jandiroba has gone 6-1 in the OctagonIncluding explanation victories on Amanda Lemos and Yan Xiaonan.
Dern goes into the fight after he has won two of her last three and Loopy Godinez and most recently defeated Amanda Ribas.
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