Zhang Weili once again proved that she’s the best women’s strawweight in the world with a unanimous decision win over Amanda Lemos in the co-main event from UFC 292 at the TD Garden in Boston.
In the co-main event of UFC 292, Chinese Weilli Zhang defended her strawweight title against Amanda Lemos. The champion won the decision.
Round 1: From the start, the champion puts pressure on Lemos by taking a favorable position on the ground. On the back, the Brazilian suffers the ground & pound of Weilli Zhang. The latter insists with nudges, but fails to be trapped in Arce choke by the challenger. Following this fright, the Chinese takes revenge with blows on the ground.
The sound of that punch from Zhang…
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As mentioned, Weili is beginning her second reign on top of the strawweight division. The last time we saw her was back in November at UFC 281 when she took on Carla Esparza. On the heels of her second win over Joanna Jedrzejczyk, Weili got a crack at Esparza. Despite being the challenger, Weili was the huge favorite and she looked the part by submitting Esparza to regain the title.
Amanda Lemos lost her UFC debut, but then she went on a five-fight winning streak which earned her a main event against Jessica Andrade. Lemos lost that fight, but bounced back strong with back-to-back finishes over Michelle Waterson-Gomez and Marina Rodriguez. Tonight, she got her shot at strawweight gold.
