At UFC 248 strawweight champion Zhang Weili beat — and bruised — former champion Joanna Jedzejczyk. That win was the Chinese fighter’s first title defense and it moved her pro record to 21-1.
The fight with Joanna was an instant classic and ‘Magnum’ likely has more epic battles ahead of her. But let’s take a look back at a fight that happened when UFC gold and international MMA stardom was a long ways off.
On December 19th, 2015 a 25-year-old Zhang took her 2-1 record into Kunlun Fight (KFL), one of China’s premier MMA and kickboxing promotions.