Last week, the UFC announced the possible strawweight title fight between Weili Zhang and Carla Esparza. According to Dana White, the pairing came about after Rose Namajunas turned down the offer that was originally extended to her.
“What I’m hearing is Rose does not want a title shot. Rose does not want to fight for the title,” White told BT Sport. “So we’re looking at the rankings and how it plays out, it would play out as Weili vs. Carla Esparza.”
At the time the news broke, it was Namajunas’ fiancé Pat Barry released a statement via ESPN’s Ariel Helwani.