Weili Zhang made history during her latest fight. The Chinese MMA star outpointed Amanda Lemos over five rounds to at UFC 292 retain her strawweight title courtesy of 50-43, 50-44, and 49-45 scorec…
Zhang looked like the champion for most of round one but was caught in a D’Arce choke that had Joe Rogan and Daniel Cormier thinking her title reign was over.
The 34-year-old impressively defended the submission and proceeded to make Lemos pay with a series of ground strikes that threatened to end the fight.Lemos had sporadic success with her punches in the second stanza, but Zhang dominated for the most part with her effective wrestling and relentless punch output.Joe Rogan worries about Chris Weidman’s leg dismissed by Conor McGregor and fight doctor
The strawweight queen took her dominance to the next level in round three and put her latest challenger in defence mode for the entirety of the five-minute frame. Lemos enjoyed her best round of the fight in round four after her corner rightly pointed out that Zhang was tired after 15 minutes of wrestling attacks.Zhang scored a heavy knockdown early before proceeding to go hunting for a finish on the floor until the horn sounded and her latest fight went to the scorecards.
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