Dana White Thinks Weili Zhang Is Training Hard While Joanna Jedrzejczyk Is At The Beach

UFC president Dana White believes Weili Zhang and Joanna Jedrzejczyk are taking two different approaches leading to UFC 248. This Saturday night (March 7), Zhang will put her UFC strawweight championship on the line against Jedrzejczyk. The title bout …

UFC president Dana White believes Weili Zhang and Joanna Jedrzejczyk are taking two different approaches leading to UFC 248. This Saturday night (March 7), Zhang will put her UFC strawweight championship on the line against Jedrzejczyk. The title bout will serve as the co-main event of UFC 248. It’ll be the first time Zhang puts […]

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Dana White Explains What Makes Israel Adesanya & Weili Zhang Stars

Dana WhiteUFC president Dana White says middleweight and strawweight champion, Israel Adesanya and Weili Zhang are stars. They are both fighting at UFC 248 where Adesanya is looking to defend his middleweight strap against Yoel Romero in the main event. Zhang, meanwhile, is taking on Joanna Jedrzejczyk in the co-main event. For White, he says what […]

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UFC president Dana White says middleweight and strawweight champion, Israel Adesanya and Weili Zhang are stars.

They are both fighting at UFC 248 where Adesanya is looking to defend his middleweight strap against Yoel Romero in the main event. Zhang, meanwhile, is taking on Joanna Jedrzejczyk in the co-main event.

For White, he says what makes Adesanya a star is the fact he has a good personality and can fight.

“He’s a good-looking kid, he speaks very well, he can dance,” White said to the media (via BJPENN.com). “He’s got a lot of personality. But at the end of the day, the thing that matters is he can fight. This Romero fight makes him even more interesting. He could be sitting around waiting right now for [Paulo] Costa to get ready—and that’s the fight that should happen. He wants to fight Romero because he feels like his legacy won’t be complete without this Romero fight, which is a very dangerous fight. Nobody wants to fight Romero.”

As for Weili Zhang, Dana White believes being the first UFC Chinese champion and her fighting style has made her into a star.

“You can take all of the things that make her special—first Chinese champion, female, which people love right now—but at the end of the day, she is a gangster,” White said. “She is focused on being the best. I just love this fight. I love this fight with her and Joanna so much. I literally can’t wait for Saturday for this fight. When these two start walking in, I’m going to be going crazy like a giddy little fan. I’m telling you I can’t wait for this fight.”

In order for both of them to remain stars and increase their star power they will need to defend their belts on Saturday.

Do you agree with Dana White’s explanation of why Israel Adesanya and Weili Zhang are stars?

Weili Zhang ‘Irritated’ With Joanna Jedrzejczyk For Coronavirus Jokes

Weili ZhangWeili Zhang is still angry and irritated with Joanna Jedrzejczyk for her comments towards the Coronavirus and the jokes she made. Back in January, the former champ posted a photo of her wearing a mask and made fun of the Coronavirus. Immediately, Zhang and many took offense to it and now two months later, the […]

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Weili Zhang is still angry and irritated with Joanna Jedrzejczyk for her comments towards the Coronavirus and the jokes she made.

Back in January, the former champ posted a photo of her wearing a mask and made fun of the Coronavirus. Immediately, Zhang and many took offense to it and now two months later, the Chinese champion is still angry.

“I was really angry about that, especially since she’s making jokes about the outbreak, and making jokes about our nation, our country,” Zhang said to the media (via BJPENN.com). “Because a lot of died from this coronavirus, a lot of families lost their members around the world, lots of kids lost their parents and became orphans. It’s a very tragic moment for all the Chinese people, but not only the Chinese people but all the people around the world. And she’s making jokes on that? It really, really made me irritated

“It’s probably because of the cultural difference. In Chinese culture, we don’t laugh at people who are suffering,” she continued. “We help them, we help them up, we build them up. But I don’t know about her. I’m just really angry about it.”

On Saturday night, in the co-main event of UFC 248, Zhang will look to defend her title against Jedrzejczyk. It is an interesting fight where the champion is a slight favorite.

Zhang is riding a very impressive 20-fight winning streak but is just 4-0 inside the Octagon and coming off a shocking first-round knockout win over Jessica Andrade to win the title.

Jedrzejczyk, meanwhile, returned to the strawweight division with a very impressive decision win over Michelle Waterson last time out. Before that, she suffered a decision loss to Valentina Shevchenko for the vacant flyweight belt.

This is no doubt an interesting fight and whether or not Zhang’s emotions will play into the fight is to be seen.

Who do you think will win between Weili Zhang and Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC 248?

Weili Zhang Worried About Joanna J?drzejczyk Missing Weight Due To “Plastic Surgery”

Weili Zhang worried about plastic sugery causing weight miss Joanna JedrzecyckUFC strawweight champion Weili Zhang is concerned her opponent Joanna Jędrzejczyk won’t hit the 115lb mark this weekend. The pair are set to square off in the co-main event at UFC 248 on Saturday. Zhang will be making her first defence of the title she won in August 2019. Jędrzejczyk on the other hand will […]

Weili Zhang worried about plastic sugery causing weight miss Joanna Jedrzecyck

UFC strawweight champion Weili Zhang is concerned her opponent Joanna J?drzejczyk won’t hit the 115lb mark this weekend.

The pair are set to square off in the co-main event at UFC 248 on Saturday. Zhang will be making her first defence of the title she won in August 2019. J?drzejczyk on the other hand will be looking to regain the title she impressively held for two years between 2015 and 2017 before losing to Rose Namajunas at UFC 217.

However, J?drzejczyk might not even get another shot at title if Zhang’s suspicions are to be believed. The first ever Chinese UFC champion is growing increasingly concerned that her Polish challenger will miss weight due to her “plastic surgery”.

Reporter Adam Hill revealed the concerns on social media after speaking with the champion he said. “Zhang Weili says she is concerned with Joanna Jedrzejczyk making weight because of her “plastic surgery” #ufc248

Zhang is of course talking about the breast implants J?drzejczyk had done last year. Since her surgery J?drzejczyk has successfully made the strawweight limit in her last fight against Michelle Waterson.

At the time though it was reported the former champion was struggling to make weight and had proposed a catch-weight bout which was ultimately turned down by Waterson. She was also considering taking on different opponents as ‘Karate Hottie’ refused to negotiate on the issue according to Combate.

Despite the pre-fight drama J?drzejczyk made the 116 limit and won the fight in impressive fashion. The Polish striker dominated top contender Waterson over five rounds in the UFC Tampa main event.

The champion will be making her first title defence since she spectuarly captured UFC goal in August 2019. In front of her home fans Zhang starched Jessica Andrade in just 42 seconds to end the Brazilian’s brief reign as queen.

Do you agree with Weili Zhang about “plastic surgery” being an issue during Joanna J?drzejczyk’s weight cut?

Weili Zhang Worried About Joanna J?drzejczyk Missing Weight Due To “Plastic Surgery”

Weili Zhang worried about plastic sugery causing weight miss Joanna JedrzecyckUFC strawweight champion Weili Zhang is concerned her opponent Joanna Jędrzejczyk won’t hit the 115lb mark this weekend. The pair are set to square off in the co-main event at UFC 248 on Saturday. Zhang will be making her first defence of the title she won in August 2019. Jędrzejczyk on the other hand will […]

Weili Zhang worried about plastic sugery causing weight miss Joanna Jedrzecyck

UFC strawweight champion Weili Zhang is concerned her opponent Joanna J?drzejczyk won’t hit the 115lb mark this weekend.

The pair are set to square off in the co-main event at UFC 248 on Saturday. Zhang will be making her first defence of the title she won in August 2019. J?drzejczyk on the other hand will be looking to regain the title she impressively held for two years between 2015 and 2017 before losing to Rose Namajunas at UFC 217.

However, J?drzejczyk might not even get another shot at title if Zhang’s suspicions are to be believed. The first ever Chinese UFC champion is growing increasingly concerned that her Polish challenger will miss weight due to her “plastic surgery”.

Reporter Adam Hill revealed the concerns on social media after speaking with the champion he said. “Zhang Weili says she is concerned with Joanna Jedrzejczyk making weight because of her “plastic surgery” #ufc248

Zhang is of course talking about the breast implants J?drzejczyk had done last year. Since her surgery J?drzejczyk has successfully made the strawweight limit in her last fight against Michelle Waterson.

At the time though it was reported the former champion was struggling to make weight and had proposed a catch-weight bout which was ultimately turned down by Waterson. She was also considering taking on different opponents as ‘Karate Hottie’ refused to negotiate on the issue according to Combate.

Despite the pre-fight drama J?drzejczyk made the 116 limit and won the fight in impressive fashion. The Polish striker dominated top contender Waterson over five rounds in the UFC Tampa main event.

The champion will be making her first title defence since she spectuarly captured UFC goal in August 2019. In front of her home fans Zhang starched Jessica Andrade in just 42 seconds to end the Brazilian’s brief reign as queen.

Do you agree with Weili Zhang about “plastic surgery” being an issue during Joanna J?drzejczyk’s weight cut?

Weili Zhang Feels Joanna Jedrzejczyk Can’t Threaten Her At UFC 248

Weili Zhang doesn’t see Joanna Jedrzejczyk posing much of a threat to her. This Saturday night (March 7), Zhang will put her UFC strawweight championship on the line against Jedrzejczyk. The 115-pound title bout is set to serve as the co-main eve…

Weili Zhang doesn’t see Joanna Jedrzejczyk posing much of a threat to her. This Saturday night (March 7), Zhang will put her UFC strawweight championship on the line against Jedrzejczyk. The 115-pound title bout is set to serve as the co-main event of UFC 248. The action will be held inside the T-Mobile Arena in […]

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