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Weili Zhang hoping to headline UFC pay-per-view in China

UFC president Dana White has said multiple times that it was a struggle to find an opponent for Chinese prospect Weili Zhang before she was booked to face 115-pound champion Jessica Andrade in the main event of UFC Shenzhen, but Zhang doesn’t expect it to be an issue anymore.

Zhang made quick work of Andrade on Saturday, scoring her 20th straight victory with a 42-second knockout in China, flooring “Bate Estaca” with punches, elbows and knees to become the first fighter from the country to ever win a UFC belt.