Zhang Weili is making it clear that she has accepted her first loss since her debut \u2014 but not without first overcoming the pain that came with it.<\/p>\n
The UFC’s first Chinese champion is currently in the middle of having a mini-documentary release where she’s gone into great detail about some moments in her career \u2014 including her most recent fight.<\/p>\n
“You must have no feelings when you see the knockout again,” Zhang said of her loss to Rose Namajunas via part one of My Bronze Age<\/em><\/a>. “She’s the champion now. You must admire her. You must respect her as a god. You can’t think she got the belt because of my accidental mistake. Rose is at the top and I should give all due respect. She’s the champ, just like a god. She’s the one in billions. I should respect her. But she’s still my target.”<\/p>\n At UFC 261 in April, Zhang suffered a first-round knockout loss to Rose Namajunas via head kick at just a minute and 18 seconds. The outcome snapped Zhang’s near-record tying streak of 21 wins without a defeat \u2014 that first coming in her pro-MMA debut opposite Meng Bo<\/a>.<\/p>\n The loss of her strawweight title now leaves the Handan, Hebei native feeling put in a position where she’s hit the reset button \u2014 as if she’s starting all over again in China’s Kunlun Fights league.<\/p>\n