After back-to-back “Female Fighter of the Year” wins for Amanda Nunes in MMA Junkie’s annual awards, the No. 1 women’s pound-for-pound fighter on the planet took some time off in 2020 to start a family, opening the door for another name to ascend to the top of the sport for the past calendar year. And while stalwarts such as Bellator women’s featherweight champ Cris Cyborg and UFC women’s flyweight titleholder Valentina Shevchenko each made real bids for that honor, MMA Junkie ultimately went in a different direction. The Far East. Chinese strawweight Zhang Weili (21-1 MMA, 5-0 UFC) fought just once in 2020, but it also happened to be MMA Junkie’s “Fight of the Year.” It’s the first time a women’s fight has earned that award, and the bout is widely regarded as one of the greatest UFC title fights of all time
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