Weili Zhang was knocked out fair and square by Rose Namajunas at UFC 261, but Zhang ‘felt wronged’ by the stoppage, protesting to the referee that the fight was stopped too early.
Zhang had a hard time accepting the result because of all the hard work she had put into training only to be knocked out less than two minutes into the opening round.
The former UFC strawweight champion opened up about what was running through her mind at the time of the KO, and admits that the loss still stings to this day.
“Regarding the stoppage, when the referee pulled me away, I really couldn’t accept the fact,” Weili said during a live stream (h/t Doug Murray of MMA News).