The bar had been set sky-high, yet Zhang Weili again reached for the stars.
Two years after she and fellow former UFC strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk engaged in what many consider the greatest fight in women's MMA history, the two had another classic slugfest at UFC 275 on Saturday in Singapore. This one lasted only 2 minutes, 28 seconds into Round 2 before Zhang used a spinning backfist to knock out Jedrzejczyk, who announced her retirement right afterward.
"I'm very, very happy for this fight," Zhang said through an interpreter. "I told myself I would use all of my aspects to beat my opponent, and I did it.