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UFC 261 went down in front of a sold-out Jacksonville, Florida crowd on Saturday night, and the fans that filled the arena certainly got their money’s worth…
UFC 261 went down in front of a sold-out Jacksonville, Florida crowd on Saturday night, and the fans that filled the arena certainly got their money’s worth…
Kamaru Usman and Rose Namajunas each earned Performance of the Night bonuses for their brilliant knockout victories at Saturday’s UFC 261 pay-per-view…
Kamaru Usman and Rose Namajunas each earned Performance of the Night bonuses for their brilliant knockout victories at Saturday’s UFC 261 pay-per-view…
Now-former strawweight champion Zhang Weili has spoken out on social media for the first time since her devestating knockout loss to Rose Namajunas at UFC 261 on Saturday night. Weili made her first appearance in the octagon since her epic war with Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC 248 last year. Many questioned what the champion would […]
Now-former strawweight champion Zhang Weili has spoken out on social media for the first time since her devestating knockout loss to Rose Namajunas at UFC 261 on Saturday night.
Weili made her first appearance in the octagon since her epic war with Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC 248 last year. Many questioned what the champion would bring to the table in her first fight in a little over a year, and those questions were answered as Namajunas knocked out Weili with a huge head kick just minutes into the first round.
After suffering from the agony of defeat, Weili took to Instagram to reach out to her fans, seeming humble in the process.
“I want to congratulate Rose on her victory,” Weili said in an Instagram post. “She bounced back from her defeat. I believe I will also come back, only beat a great champion, to become a legend, and beat a legend.”
Weili and Namajunas had some uncomfortable moments leading up to their bout, with “Thug Rose” injecting politics into the conversation based on her own experiences with communism; which is prevalent in Weili’s native China. After the fight, it appeared that the two had made amends, with Namajunas showing tremendous respect for the defeated champion.
Namajunas will now begin her second stint as the UFC’s women’s strawweight champion, a title that she hasn’t held since May 2019. Namajunas could conceivably offer Weili an immediate rematch, as she did with Jedrzejczyk during her first reign as strawweight queen; for now that remains unclear.
As for Weili, there are plenty of options and opportunities for her to regain her throne and get the belt back. She could rematch Namajunas or battle Jedrzejczyk in a title eliminator bout and a rematch of their first battle last year.
On top of scoring the big knockout win, Namajunas also earned a Performance of the Night $50,000 bonus from UFC president Dana White following the event.
What was your reaction to Rose Namajunas vs. Zhang Weili? What do you think is next for both fighters?
UFC 261 ended up being one of the most eventful nights in UFC history, with incredible finishes and back-and-forth wars aplenty. There were plenty of incredible performances; including knockouts from Kamaru Usman and Rose Namajunas in their title fights. UFC president Dana White had his work cut out for him afterwards in figuring out who […]
UFC 261 ended up being one of the most eventful nights in UFC history, with incredible finishes and back-and-forth wars aplenty. There were plenty of incredible performances; including knockouts from Kamaru Usman and Rose Namajunas in their title fights.
UFC president Dana White had his work cut out for him afterwards in figuring out who would get bonuses for their efforts; handing out four $50,000 post-fight bonuses.
Performance of the Night: Kamaru Usman
Usman earned a bonus for a sensational knockout victory in Round 2 in his rematch with Jorge Masvidal.
The two fighters went back-and-forth in the first round, with “The Nigerian Nightmare” showing patience on the feet and scoring a big takedown just a couple minutes into the fight. Masvidal showed great prowess with his leg kicks and caught Usman a few times with his signature right hook.
The second round ended up telling a different story. Usman came out of his corner firing on all cylinders in the striking facet and just barely a missed a couple of early big punches. After Masvidal appeared to laugh off Usman’s advance, the welterweight champion threw a massive 1-2 punch combo that sent “Gamebred” to the canvas; knocking him out cold.
Performance of the Night: Rose Namajunas
Former strawweight champion Rose Namajunas looked to regain her throne in her matchup with the always dangerous strawweight queen Zhang Weili.
Weili was making her first title defense since her epic war with Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC 248 last year. Namajunas was coming off a big win against Jessica Andrade in their rematch of an earlier title fight.
The former champ was largely looked at as the underdog against Weili, but shut the conversation down in a hurry in scoring a massive knockout with a first-round head kick. Weili protested the stoppage right after the fight was called, but Namajunas earned the win and the beginning of her second reign as UFC strawweight champion.
Fight of the Night: Jeff Molina vs. Aori Qileng
There were plenty of fights for White to choose from when it came to Fight of the Night, but it ended up going to one of the greatest early-prelim bouts in recent memory between flyweights Jeff Molina and Aori Qileng.
It was a back-and-forth affair over 15 minutes and a tough fight for the judges to call at the end. Molina landed just a little over 200 strikes against Qileng and went home with the unanimous decision win.
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In his postfight interview with Joe Rogan, Molina directly called out White for a bonus, and the boss gave the rising flyweight prospect what he wanted; and deservedly so.
Do you agree with the bonuses handed out by UFC president Dana White following UFC 261?
Dana White doesn’t hate the idea of an immediate rematch for Zhang Weili after losing to Rose Namajunas via first-round TKO at UFC 261. Rose Namajunas made history at UFC 261 by becoming the first woman to become a two-time champion. After losing the s…
Dana White doesn’t hate the idea of an immediate rematch for Zhang Weili after losing to Rose Namajunas via first-round TKO at UFC 261. Rose Namajunas made history at UFC 261 by becoming the first woman to become a two-time champion. After losing the strawweight title in 2019 to Jessica Andrade, Namajunas was able to […]
The UFC 261 main card was marked with a lot of memorable performances, but there was none more violent and explosive than Kamaru Usman’s brutal knockout of Jorge Masvidal to close the show…
The UFC 261 main card was marked with a lot of memorable performances, but there was none more violent and explosive than Kamaru Usman’s brutal knockout of Jorge Masvidal to close the show…
