Weili Zhang scored one of the fastest finishes of her entire MMA career in her biggest fight to date in Shenzhen, China, and her team says she’s only getting started.
Zhang stopped Jessica Andrade to claim the UFC strawweight gold in the main event of UFC Shenzhen on Saturday, knocking out “Bate Estaca” in just 42 seconds. One of her longtime coaches Pedro Jordao, who has been working on her jiu-jitsu for almost five years, didn’t predict such a quick win, but wasn’t surprised either.
According to Jordao, the game plan wasn’t to trade openly with Andrade early in the title bout, but to land on the feet and make sure to avoid getting her back against the fence.