{"id":396479,"date":"2021-10-07T12:47:50","date_gmt":"2021-10-07T19:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=396479"},"modified":"2022-02-02T12:10:50","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T20:10:50","slug":"zhang-weili-reflects-on-rose-namajunas-better-dead-than-red-comments-its-not-a-good-thing-to-mix-sport-with-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/zhang-weili-reflects-on-rose-namajunas-better-dead-than-red-comments-its-not-a-good-thing-to-mix-sport-with-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"Zhang Weili reflects on Rose Namajunas&#8217; &#8216;better dead than red&#8217; comments: &#8216;It\u2019s not a good thing to mix sport with politics&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Zhang Weili and Rose Namajunas&#8217; first encounter at UFC 261 in April became a lot more political than anticipated.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the strawweight title clash, Namajunas gave an interview to Lithuanian media where she expressed her thoughts on her background along with Zhang&#8217;s ultimately leading to her <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/rose-namajunas-takes-political-jab-at-weili-zhang-ahead-of-ufc-261-better-dead-than-red\/\">&#8220;better dead than red&#8221; comments<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it definitely affected me a little bit,\u201d Zhang Weili told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=l7wsTtzWapM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The MMA Hour<\/a> (h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2021\/10\/ufc-news-zhang-weili-rose-namajunas-anti-communism-remark-crossed-the-line\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMA Junkie<\/a>) when looking back on the atmosphere around their fight. \u201cThe comments that Rose made, I think she was successful in making the audience boo me. But I think that\u2019s my own problem because I should be concentrating on the fight and not the audience. I can\u2019t control who the audience likes. So I\u2019m becoming more focused on my own fight.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rose Namajunas went on to dethrone Zhang Weili via a first-round knockout in Jacksonville, Florida. At UFC 268 on Nov. 6, they&#8217;ll run it back in the evening&#8217;s co-main event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn my mind, I think that, yes, those comments crossed the line because I think all the audience, all the fighters, we all come together in the UFC because we all share the passion of the MMA sport. In my mind, I\u2019m coming here because I want to make friends because we all have the common love of martial arts. I think it\u2019s not a good thing to mix sport with politics, but I think that\u2019s maybe her plan. So in the beginning, I thought it was just kind of trash talk. It really didn\u2019t affect me. But when I went out in the stadium and got booed, I think Rose wanted to use those comments to make the audience boo me.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zhang Weili and Rose Namajunas&#8217; first encounter at UFC 261 in April became a lot more political than anticipated. 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