After the lowest year of her professional fighting career, Zhang Weili needed to get back on track in 2022. The China-born strawweight who entered 2021 with the UFC title around her waist, not only dropped the belt, but went 0-2 in back-to-back bouts against now-former champ Rose Namajunas. The first loss was a highlight knockout, but in the second, Weili pushed her opponent to the limit, and won over a judge in the split decision result. Even though she lost a close battle, her performance proved that she belonged at the top of the division, and perhaps, Namajunas just had her number
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