UFC president Dana White has said that former strawweight champion Rose Namajunas doesn’t want to fight Weili Zhang for the title next, so Carla Esparza could get the next title shot instead.
Zhang (21-1) made the first defense of her strawweight title in March winning a decision against Joanna Ju0119drzejczyk in arguably the greatest fight in women’s MMA history and a frontrunner for 2020’s Fight of the Year. The champion’s next potential opponent and the division’s first ever champion Esparza (17-6) has won her last four fights, all by decision.
Talking recently to BT Sport, White told Caroline Pearce that Esparza will be next in line for Zhang.