“I got to do chin tucks with a bunch of [UFC] fighters,” Zhang said. “It’s very intimidating.” Golf can be intimidating, too, although it wasn’t at first for Zhang.

While women’s MMA has seen many historic moments, a showdown between Valentina Shevchenko and Zhang Weili has all the ingredients to be the biggest fight in the sport’s history.

Mizuho Americas Open Hanging with UFC fighters and seeing their gruesome injuries gave LPGA's Rose Zhang perspective on her own neck issues By Jill Painter Lopez May 06, 2025 ...