On April 14th, UFC300 started in Las Vegas, USA.
Chinese UFC women's strawweight world champion Zhang Weili once again defends her title against Yan Xiaonan. This is a Chinese derby.
This is the first Chinese derby in UFC, which has attracted a lot of people's attention.
In June 2022, Zhang Weili defeated Joanna in the second round and regained the right to challenge for the UFC strawweight gold belt. In November 2022, Zhang Weili defeated American player Carla Esparza with a naked choke in the second round and regained the UFC women's strawweight championship gold belt.
In August 2023, Zhang Weili defeated Brazilian player Lemos and defended the UFC women's strawweight gold belt.
If Zhang Weili can defeat Yan Xiaonan, it will be her third consecutive championship.
Yan Xiaonan is the first Chinese player to sign with UFC. However, Yan Xiaonan's development is not as smooth as Zhang Weili. The two participated in 10 games in UFC and both achieved a record of 8 wins and 2 losses. Zhang Weili has won the UFC women's strawweight gold belt four times. Yan Xiaonan didn't do it even once.
In May 2023, Yan Xiaonan defeated Brazilian player Jessica Andrade by TKO in the first round and won the opportunity to compete for the gold belt.
Yan Xiaonan has repeatedly expressed her desire to defeat Zhang Weili and win the gold belt. She was so excited when she finally got her chance. She finally gets a chance to compete for the belt.
The two participated in the stare-down session twice before the game, which caused great controversy.
looked at each other for the first time. Zhang Weili, carrying the national flag, smiled and greeted Yan Xiaonan. Yan Xiaonan glared angrily, trying to overpower Zhang Weili. Zhang Weili wanted to raise the national flag with Yan Xiaonan, but Yan Xiaonan turned around and left. Zhang Weili was so embarrassed that she had to hold up the national flag alone.
Netizens criticized Yan Xiaona for having no structure and being too rude. There are still many people who want Zhang Weili to win.
In the second stare-down session, Yan Xiaonan was obviously more enthusiastic. She smiled in front of her, bent down and held Zhang Weili's hand with both hands, looking very pious. It is estimated that Yan Xiaonan also saw the public opinion on the Internet and changed himself.
The competition between the two is about to begin.
Chinese mixed martial arts athlete Li Jingliang gave live commentary on the competition. He said that no matter what the result is, the gold belt belongs to China. Proud of Weili and Xiaonan, proud of the power of Chinese women!
Chinese mixed martial arts athlete Song Yadong was also commentating on the game. This is how he views the match between Zhang Weili and Yan Xiaonan.
Song Yadong said: Chinese derby is like Chinese table tennis. No matter what the result is, the championship and runner-up will belong to us! Be proud of our strength!
I hope Zhang Weili and Yan Xiaonan will have a wonderful game. As for who wins the championship, it no longer matters, after all, it is all Chinese players who win the championship. This is the pride of Chinese sports.
