“To be honest, pressure is something that I put on my own shoulders,” she said. “It also becomes my motivation to fulfil my dream to be a great fighter.”
Weili Zhang showed up to UFC 227 in Los Angeles with not only a 16-1 pro MMA record, but the high expectations that come with such a stellar slate. But she wasn’t rattled, not in the slightest.
“To be honest, pressure is something that I put on my own shoulders,” she said. “It also becomes my motivation to fulfil my dream to be a great fighter.”
That doesn’t mean it was all sunshine and rainbows for Zhang, who had some hurdles to go through to get to STAPLES Center and her fight with Danielle Taylor.