Last month, UFC president Dana White announced the company’s plans of booking Weili Zhang’s second title defense in Asia. Singapore was the intended venue for an event planned to take place in April.
Around that time, the UFC was picking between ex-titleholders Rose Namajunas and Carla Esparza as the next possible challenger. On Friday evening, ESPN’s Ariel Helwani provided some answers, reporting that it will happen in Las Vegas instead.
As announced earlier this week, UFC 261 will feature another women’s title fight between flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko and Jessica Andrade.