SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – FEBRUARY 09: Zhang Weili of China prepares to face Tatiana Suarez within the UFC strawweight championship battle through the UFC 312 occasion at Qudos Financial institution Area on February 09, 2025 in Sydney, Australia. (Picture by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)
“Magnum” Zhang earned a one-sided unanimous determination win over Tatiana Suarez within the co-main occasion of UFC 312, extending her second reign because the promotion’s strawweight champ. Shevchenko is likewise in her personal second reign as champion, in her case at flyweight. Each have all however cleared out their respective divisions.
Zhang has 4 title defenses between her reigns, Shevchenko seven. Each will at some point land within the UFC Corridor of Fame. Each are among the many sport’s greatest stars.
Whereas White has been hesitant to guide champ versus champ fights at instances, it seems he’s come round to the concept of Zhang vs. Shevchenko. Requested who he picked as the ladies’s P4P #1, White admitted that “I f*cking hate answering these questions, because I love them both,” earlier than including that “maybe we’ll just have to find out.”
Requested flat out if he’d guide the super-fight, “it’s a possibility” stated White.
For Dana White, it seemingly comes right down to the truth that Zhang (and presumably Shevchenko as nicely) has earned it.
“She looked absolutely dominant tonight. She looked great. As far as I know she ‘s healthy and came out of that fight with zero injuries, so yes. The answer is yes,” White stated, requested about whether or not he’d hold Zhang busy in 2025. Noting that the champ and her crew had been ready for him within the hallway, he added “We’ll see what she wants. She’s at a point in her career right now and everything she’s accomplished that whatever she has to ask me in the hallway back here, I’m probably going to say yes.”
There’s an excellent likelihood that Valentina Shevchenko is precisely what Weili Zhang is asking for.
