Zhang Weili is as vicious as they come when the Octagon doors shut. Her demeanor outside it, however, is almost like that of a different person. The reigning UFC strawweight champion had every ...

Zhang Weili and Dricus Du Plessis made competing at the highest level of MMA look easy at UFC 312, as they turned the last two fights of the night into one-sided affairs. First, Zhang dominated ...

Valentina Shevchenko is willing to give Zhang Weili a chance to become double champ if she gets past Manon Fiorot at UFC 315.

Tatiana Suarez has spoken out following the only blemish on her spotless pro record - a dominating decision loss to champion Zhang Weili in the main event of UFC 312. The strawweight title fight ...

While everyone expected the fighters to answer the questions asked by the media, UFC welterweight Li Jingliang made the surprise appearance to ask Zhang Weili and Tatiana Suarez a question or two.

Zhang postured up and unloaded with nasty ground strikes before threatening with her own choke attempt during an emphatic bounce back round. The champion continued to show why she’s arguably the ...

Zhang Weili is still champion after UFC 312. In the co-main event Saturday at Qudos Bank Center in Sydney, Weili (26-3 MMA, 10-2 UFC) largely shut down first-time challenger Tatiana Suarez and ...

UFC Strawweight Champion Zhang Weili is targeting glory in another division — and the queen directly above her has given the green light.

The victory notched title defense number four for the two-time champion, her resume including names like Jessica Andrade, Carla Espara, and a couple of W's over Jedrzejczyk, who was rooting for ...

Weili Zhang's win against Tatiana Suarez was arguably her most impressive to date. Impressive enough, in fact, that it caught the attention of UFC CEO Dana White, who was in attendance at UFC 312 ...

Brett Okamoto has reported on mixed martial arts and boxing at ESPN since 2010. He has covered all of the biggest events in combat sports during that time, including in-depth interviews and ...