{"id":343068,"date":"2020-03-03T11:25:22","date_gmt":"2020-03-03T19:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=343068"},"modified":"2020-03-03T11:25:22","modified_gmt":"2020-03-03T19:25:22","slug":"weili-zhang-outlines-her-path-to-victory-against-joanna-jedrzejczyk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/weili-zhang-outlines-her-path-to-victory-against-joanna-jedrzejczyk\/","title":{"rendered":"Weili Zhang outlines her path to victory against Joanna Jedrzejczyk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC women&#8217;s strawweight champion Weili Zhang explained her path to victory for defeating rival Joanna Jedrzejczyk this weekend at UFC 248.<\/p>\n<p>Zhang takes on Jedrzejczyk in <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/joanna-jedrzejczyk-believes-shell-outwork-weili-zhang-and-make-her-quit-to-reclaim-belt\/\">a high-stakes battle <\/a>between bitter rivals in the co-main event of this weekend&#8217;s card. The Chinese champion has been unbeatable since joining the UFC, and she believes she will extend that mark when she takes on her Polish rival this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Dan Hardy (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/sport\/martial-arts\/mixed-martial-arts\/article\/3064581\/ufc-248-joanna-jedrzejczyk-fears-my-strength\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">South China Morning Post<\/a>), Zhang hinted that Jedrzejczyk will be scared to clinch with her, and she said fear and intimidation are a large part of the gameplan. But in the end, Zhang just believes she&#8217;s better than Jedrzejczyk anywhere the fight goes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJoanna will keep distance away from me. She won\u2019t stay in the pocket with me because she fears my strength and clinching. I don\u2019t really see anything that can threaten me, so it\u2019s going to be a hard time for her. There are three main areas \u2013 stand-up, wrestling and jiu jitsu \u2013 and whatever she brings to the table, I\u2019ll go with it and I\u2019ll beat her,&#8221; Zhang said.<\/p>\n<p>This will be Zhang&#8217;s first title defense since upsetting Jessica Andrade with a first-round TKO win last summer in China. Jedrzejczyk, meanwhile, is a former champion of the division who recently returned to form with a decision victory over Michelle Waterson. Both fighters are fighting at a high level right now, and this should be a great fight.<\/p>\n<p>Zhang also mentioned in the interview that training in Las Vegas and not China due to the coronavirus for this bout won&#8217;t hinder her.<\/p>\n<div class=\"main__row row\">\n<div class=\"row__details details\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"details__body body body--next\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p\">\u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter where I train or do my camp as long as I\u2019m with my team to support me. That\u2019s the most important thing,&#8221; Zhang said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Do you think Weili Zhang will defeat Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC 248?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 3\/3\/2020.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC women&#8217;s strawweight champion Weili Zhang explained her path to victory for defeating rival Joanna Jedrzejczyk this weekend at UFC 248. Zhang takes on Jedrzejczyk in a high-stakes battle between bitter rivals in the co-main event of this weekend&#8217;s card. The Chinese champion has been unbeatable since joining the UFC, and she believes she will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54474,"featured_media":314250,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[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>Weili Zhang outlines her path to victory against Joanna Jedrzejczyk | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"UFC women&#039;s strawweight champion Weili Zhang explained her path to victory for defeating rival Joanna Jedrzejczyk this weekend at UFC 248.\" \/>\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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