In the biggest fight of Weili Zhang’s career, she showed the rest of the UFC strawweights that she’s a rising force in the division after taking out perennial contender Tecia Torres by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28) at UFC 235.
The victory extended Zhang’s winning streak to a whopping 19 fights, the last three coming in the UFC. It also propelled her eight spots up the rankings to No. 7. Although Zhang’s record (19-1) might lend itself to thinking this result was expected, but taking out a top-10 fighter in just your third UFC bout is nothing to brush away.