With the World Health Organization declaring the coronavirus outbreak a global health emergency and hundreds of deaths and thousands of confirmed cases in China, Zhang Weili and her team have decided to change plans.
Zhang is scheduled to defend her UFC strawweight championship against Joanna Jedrzejczyk on March 7 in Las Vegas, and initially chose to stay with her team in Beijing for the final weeks of her camp. With the virus now being detected in the city, Zhang opted to travel to Las Vegas, MMA Fighting has learned.
According to Zhang’s manager Brian Butler, her team is currently working on visas to get the UFC champion out of the country as soon as possible.