Jason Parillo welcomes Zhang Weili as Mackenzie Dern's first title defense. Dern (16-5 MMA, 11-5 UFC) claimed the vacant strawweight title by defeating Virna Jandiroba at UFC 321 last month. The ...

If successful at UFC 321, Virna Jandiroba hopes to get an opportunity to erase any doubts about who is the best strawweight on the planet. Zhang Weili left the 115-pound title vacant to prepare for a ...

There is no doubt that the UFC matchmaking runs on fighters and their performances in the Octagon. However, a fighter’s marketability is equally essential. Super fights have been the most attractive ...

Zhang vacated her strawweight title in October, leaving it up for grabs in a vacant championship bout between Dern and Virna Jandiroba at UFC 321 that Dern won by unanimous decision. Dern’s first ...

Weili (26-4 MMA, 10-3 UFC) relinquished her UFC strawweight title to challenge flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 322 this past November. She lost the bout by lopsided decision. In the ...

NEW YORK — As Zhang Weili prepares for her next championship test, there’s a different energy surrounding the former strawweight queen. For the first time in years, she enters fight week not as a ...

UFC 322 takes place this Saturday at Madison Square Garden in New York City, and the co-main event features possibly the greatest women’s MMA fight ever assembled: Valentina Shevchenko vs. Zhang Weili ...

Two of the most decorated women in MMA history will meet in a blockbuster title clash this fall. Women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko will defend her belt against strawweight champion Zhang ...

NEW YORK – As she gears up for her next title fight, there's something different about Zhang Weili. For starters, she's not the champion. That would be Valentina Shevchenko, whom Weili challenges ...

NEW YORK – One of the most significant women's title fights in MMA history is now hours away after Valentina Shevchenko and Zhang Weili completed their final faceoff at UFC 322 ceremonial weigh-ins.

Valentina Shevchenko vs. Zhang Weili, at least on paper, could be the best female fight in UFC history. This flyweight championship bout scheduled for five rounds is taking place Saturday, November 15 ...

Dana White announced that Valentina Shevchenko will defend her women’s flyweight title against Zhang Weili at UFC 322 on November 15, live from Madison Square Garden—a venue synonymous with combat ...