The UFC’s strawweight title was up for grabs today in Shenzhen, China, as Jessica Andrade put her belt on the line against Weili Zhang.<\/p>\n
Andrade (20-7 MMA) had captured the promotions strawweight title at May’s UFC 237 event by knocking out former champ Rose Namajunas with a body slam<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Brazilian entered tonight’s UFC Shenzhen headliner on a four-fight win streak which inlcluded decision wins over Tecia Torres and Claudia Gadelha, as well as a nasty knockout of Karolina Kowalkiewicz.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Weili Zhang (20-1 MMA) was looking to extend her win streak to twenty in a row with a win over Andrade this evening.<\/p>\n The Chinese standout was coming off a dominant decision win over Tecia Torres in her most recent Octagon<\/a> appearance at UFC 235.<\/p>\n Tonight’s UFC Shenzhen main event did not last long, as Andrade and Zhang immediately started exchaning strikes right from the opening bell.<\/p>\n Zhang would eventually get Andrade in the clinch position, where she delivered some nasty knees had the Brazilian in all sorts of trouble. From there, the hometown favorite would unleash a plethora of strikes which eventually forced the referee to step in and call a stop to the action (watch that here<\/a>).<\/p>\n Official UFC Shenzhen Result: Weili Zhang def. Jessica Andrade via TKO at :42 of Round 1<\/p>\n With her sensational win over Andrade, Zhang became the first Chinese champion in promotional history.<\/p>\n Check out how the pros reacted to Weili Zhang stopping Jessica Andrade at UFC Shenzhen below:<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/PearlGonzalez\/status\/1167777684249665536?s=20<\/p>\n Fuck what a destruction #UFCShenzhen<\/a><\/p>\n — Neil 2 Tap Seery (@NeilSeeryMMA) August 31, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n