{"id":323953,"date":"2019-08-31T15:59:48","date_gmt":"2019-08-31T22:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=323953"},"modified":"2019-08-31T15:59:48","modified_gmt":"2019-08-31T22:59:48","slug":"dana-white-addresses-ufc-strawweight-title-picture-praises-weili-zhang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-addresses-ufc-strawweight-title-picture-praises-weili-zhang\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White addresses UFC strawweight title picture, praises Weili Zhang"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC President Dana White heaped praise at the newly crowned UFC strawweight champion Weili Zhang during today&#8217;s post-fight press conference in Shenzhen.<\/p>\n<p>Zhang defeated Jessica Andrade in just 42-seconds (watch that <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/jessica-andrade\/ufc-shenzhen-results-weili-zhang-kos-jessica-andrade-video\/\">here<\/a>) to capture the promotions coveted 115-pound title in today&#8217;s headliner. In doing so, Weili became the first Chinese champion in UFC history and also extended her current win streak to twenty in a row.<\/p>\n<p>Having run through the now former champion with ease, Dana White is not quite sure what will come next for Weili Zhang (20-1 MMA).<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI don\u2019t know if they\u2019re all taking time off right now. Rose (Namajunas) is definitely taking time off,\u201d<\/em> White said (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2019\/8\/31\/20842172\/dana-white-addresses-ufc-strawweight-landscape-nobody-wanted-to-fight-weili-zhang\">MMAFighting<\/a>). <em>\u201cRose got slammed on her head and wanted to take some time off after that, which is understandable. The other girls are all fighting, there\u2019s other fights happening right now and as they play out it will determine what\u2019s next for Weili.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Weili-Zhang-1.png\" alt=\"Weili Zhang, Dana White, UFC Shenzhen\" width=\"696\" height=\"399\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-314250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Weili-Zhang-1.png 696w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Weili-Zhang-1-300x172.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dana White continued:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWeili told me tonight that she wants to fight as much as possible, which I love. And I can tell you this going into this fight with Jessica Andrade, nobody wanted to fight Weili Zhang. Nobody wanted to fight her. Now she\u2019s the champion, so if you want a shot at that belt, you have to fight her.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Chinese standout, Zhang, has now gone 4-0 under the UFC banner. During that stretch she has defeated Tecia Torres, Danielle Taylor, Jessica Aguilar and now Jessica Andrade.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Jessica Andrade falls to 20-7 overall in defeat. Prior to her title loss to Zhang, Andrade was on a four-fight win streak which included victories over Tecia Torres, Claudia Gadelha, Karolina Kowalkiewicz and Rose Namajunas.<\/p>\n<p>Which opponent would you like to see Dana White and UFC officials book Weili Zhang against for her first title defense? Sound off in the comments section PENN Nation!<\/p>\n<p>This article first appeared on BJPENN.com August 31, 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC President Dana White heaped praise at the newly crowned UFC strawweight champion Weili Zhang during today&#8217;s post-fight press conference in Shenzhen. Zhang defeated Jessica Andrade in just 42-seconds (watch that here) to capture the promotions coveted 115-pound title in today&#8217;s headliner. In doing so, Weili became the first Chinese champion in UFC history and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":277321,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10112,39610,39687],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Dana White addresses UFC strawweight title picture, praises Weili Zhang | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"UFC President Dana White heaped praise at the newly crowned UFC strawweight champion Weili Zhang during today&#039;s post-fight press conference in Shenzhen.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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