News Tatiana Suarez is fighting Virna Jandiroba at UFC 310. Where does Zhang Weilli fit into this?

[Koala]

Who is Zhang Weilli fighting? Her last fight was at UFC 300, Valentina just fought and, among SWs, she already beat Yan, Andrade, and Lemos
Even Dern, who is ranked #6, has a fight scheduled in December

 

[MigitAs]

Dana posted Virna on Facebook and I commented “he had fucked up eyes. One eye was looking at me, the other was looking at Rick!” and he liked it lmao.

 

[wh4tttt]

Whomever the CCP agrees to.

I wish she fought more often.

 

[svmr_db]

Feels like they will postpone Shevchenko vs Fiorot & do Shevchenko vs Zhang if I had to guess.

 

[ChangeIsComing]

Feels like they will postpone Shevchenko vs Fiorot & do Shevchenko vs Zhang if I had to guess.

Yeah its the biggest fight in WMMA currently, Fiorot deserve the shot however but Val's time is running out she maybe has 1-2 years left in the tank...I am honestly surprised at how good she continue to look at her age.

 

[Dreyga_King of Sherbums]

I really hope they do Zhang vs Shevchenko. That would be sick

 

[Domitian]

Zhang vs Valentina

It's now or never.

 

[Domitian]

Yeah its the biggest fight in WMMA currently, Fiorot deserve the shot however but Val's time is running out she maybe has 1-2 years left in the tank...I am honestly surprised at how good she continue to look at her age.

Valentina is an enigma. She's been fighting pro since 2003 and has had lots of other combat fights outside of MMA. Yet she still looks amazing.

 

[Dreyga_King of Sherbums]

And now I think that’s probably the smart business move to do. Weili is their biggest Chinese and they want to keep her champion for as long as possible. And Tatiana Suarez is highly expected to beat her.

By giving Zhang a title fight at 125 you were able to squeeze out another fight out of her without putting her belts on the line and the possibility of her getting a belt as insurance

And prolonging the amount of time you can promote as a champion in China

Now that said it out loud, I will honestly be surprised if the UFC does not give Zhang the title shot at 125

 

[RockyLockridge]

Feels like they will postpone Shevchenko vs Fiorot & do Shevchenko vs Zhang if I had to guess.

That's a travesty if they go that route

 

[Jon!]

That's a travesty if they go that route

It won't even be a good fight.

Valentina has entered her GSP phase.

 

[RockyLockridge]

It won't even be a good fight.

Valentina has entered her GSP phase.

Rose already beat her like that Shevchenko would do the same thing but easier I'm a huge Shevchenko fan and supporter so I hope it happens for her sake. I don't care for weili she never fights.

 

[Jackonfire]

Grabbed this from another thread. This is from Reddit:

"She was offered to fight Grasso at 306 and accepted, but UFC backtracked and gave it to Valentina. She was then asked to wait and fight the winner, but Valentina wants to wait until August next year, so Weili has decided to do a title defense instead. Should be announced soon. Video if anyone who speaks Chinese wants to confirm."

 

[ChickenBrother]

Grabbed this from another thread. This is from Reddit:

"She was offered to fight Grasso at 306 and accepted, but UFC backtracked and gave it to Valentina. She was then asked to wait and fight the winner, but Valentina wants to wait until August next year, so Weili has decided to do a title defense instead. Should be announced soon. Video if anyone who speaks Chinese wants to confirm."

I'll believe it when I see it, but Suarez finally getting her TS would be great. Female Khabib will spank dat ass.

 

[Chubi]

If she was injury-free, Tatiana would have been a very dominant champ a long time ago.

 

[HolmeZy55]

 

[markys00]

It's kinda stupid since weili has plenty of contenders, but it would be best timing

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

Whomever the CCP agrees to.

I wish she fought more often.

This. In addition to not fighting too often, she also rarely gives interviews, so there's definitely some kind of control thing going on.

 

[fortheo]

That's a travesty if they go that route

if they made Natalia silva vs. Fiorot for an interim belt, I'd be okay with it.......but only because I like natalia and want to see her fight up the rankings

 

[JoeRowe]

Grabbed this from another thread. This is from Reddit:

"She was offered to fight Grasso at 306 and accepted, but UFC backtracked and gave it to Valentina. She was then asked to wait and fight the winner, but Valentina wants to wait until August next year, so Weili has decided to do a title defense instead. Should be announced soon. Video if anyone who speaks Chinese wants to confirm."

I'm still very hopeful Zhang vs Suarez gets made for 310, co-main under Belal/Shavkat.

Shevchenko waiting until August of next year after taking zero damage vs Grasso, after not fighting for an entire year, would be absurd. Have to think there was some miscommunication on that front.