Rose Namajunas And Zhang Weili
The womens strawweight title bout was the UFC 268.
Rose namajunas and zhang weili. The womens strawweight title bout was the UFC 268 co-main event at Madison Square Garden in New York. Zhang in August 2019. JACKSONVILLE FL - APRIL 24.
Roses rounds 4 and 5 were more decisive in her favor and judges typically favor the fighter that gets those decisive rounds because all it takes is thinking one of those close Weili rounds went to Rose for Rose to get the win. However before that Weili won the Strawweight title at UFC Fight Night. The 29-year-old did just that knocking out Weili Zhang in 78 seconds to become a two-time womens strawweight titlist.
Rose Namajunas defended her strawweight championship against Zhang Weili via split decision in a competitive fight a rematch of their last fight that ended in a knockout. Rose Namajunas and Zhang Weili are unarguably two of the best womens strawweight fighters in the world. She didnt return for 14 months and avenged the loss to Andrade at UFC 251 to earn the opportunity to regain the title.
The rivalry between Zhang Weili and Rose Namajunas has come to an end for the time being. Rose Namajunas did enough over 25 minutes to convince two of the three judges that she outworked Zhang Weili to retain her championship status. Zhang with a takedown but Namajunas is right back up to her feet.
Rose Namajunas and Zhang Weili squared off in the UFC 268 co-main event live from Madison Square Garden in New York on Saturday November 6 which made it Sunday November 7 in the UK and Australia. Saturdays rematch however was a much different fight than the first. The contest featured two-time and current strawweight champion defending her belt in the immediate rematch against former titleholder.
Rose Namajunas defeated Weili Zhang via split decision 47-48 48-47 49-46 at UFC 268 on Saturday Nov. Rose Namajunas attempts to press forward but eats a jab. Namajunas 11-4 and Zhang 21-3 met in the co-main event of UFC 268 on November 6 in New York City.