{"id":343895,"date":"2020-03-09T17:13:52","date_gmt":"2020-03-10T00:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=343895"},"modified":"2020-03-09T17:15:26","modified_gmt":"2020-03-10T00:15:26","slug":"valentina-shevchenko-believes-weili-zhang-loses-her-title-in-next-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/valentina-shevchenko-believes-weili-zhang-loses-her-title-in-next-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Valentina Shevchenko believes Weili Zhang loses her title in next fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Valentina Shevchenko doubts Weili Zhang will be a UFC champion for much longer.<\/p>\n<p>In the co-main event of UFC 248, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/joanna-jedrzejczyk\/ufc-248-results-weili-zhang-defeats-joanna-jedrzejczyk-highlights\/\">Zhang edged out a split-decision win over Joanna Jedrzejczyk<\/a>. The win also served as her first title defense since winning the belt with a first-round knockout win over Jessica Andrade.<\/p>\n<p>Although Zhang got the job done, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/joanna-jedrzejczyk\/valentina-shevchenko-believes-joanna-jedrzejczyk-shouldve-won-judges-decision-at-ufc-248\/\">Shevchenko thought Jedrzejczyk should&#8217;ve won on the judges scorecards<\/a>. The flyweight champ also says that performance makes her believe Zhang&#8217;s reign as champion ends in her next fight.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She did good. She&#8217;s strong,&#8221; Shevchenko said on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LKITxWHVfNk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ariel Helwani&#8217;s MMA Show<\/a>. &#8220;But you could see, once she starts [to] get the real competition, the real level of martial artist, the top level of fighters, the top level of opponent, now she has a struggle. You could see how difficult was this fight with Joanna, her fight, how difficult it was. And I really don&#8217;t see Weili defending her belt in the next title fight.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Why she thought the Pole won the fight was simple.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In my opinion, Joanna won this fight because her accuracy was more on point,&#8221; Valentina Shevchenko explained. &#8220;And yes, she gets this inflammation on her head, but it was just one punch.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Yet, Shevchenko is not a judge so it was Zhang who got the win. <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/yoel-romero\/whats-next-for-the-stars-of-ufc-248\/\">Who she will fight next is uncertain<\/a>. There is a case for a rematch with Jedrzejczyk, yet Shevchenko believes Rose Namajunas gets the next crack at the title and beats the Chinese champion.<\/p>\n<p>But, if somehow Weili Zhang remains the strawweight champion for a long time, Valentina Shevchenko is interested in the scrap as she says it would be an easy fight.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ll gladly fight her and I don&#8217;t see any difficulties in this fight,&#8221; she concluded<\/p>\n<p>Do you agree with Valentina Shevchenko that Weili Zhang&#8217;s reign as a champion is coming to an end? Sound off in the comment section, PENN Nation!<\/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\/9\/2020.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valentina Shevchenko doubts Weili Zhang will be a UFC champion for much longer. 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