Rose Namajunas made headlines recently for her statements declaring that Zhang Weili “is red” and she “represents” communism for simply being Chinese. The UFC strawweight champion’s coach has since responded to these “lies” that were brought up.
While the conclusions based on Zhang’s nationality alone were problematic at best, Ruben Payan Jr. says the team hasn’t really cared much about this “soap opera” that Namajunas started.
“To be honest with you we haven’t been paying attention,” Zhang’s strength and conditioning coach, Payan told John Hyon Ko of SCMP. “This is the soap opera that’s happening but [we’re] not really engaging in it because we’re just so focused on the fight.