Who would have thought a fighter could earn so many new fans after telling an opponent to shut up at a media day press conference?
Well, that’s exactly what UFC strawweight champ Weili Zhang (20-1 MMA, 4-0 UFC) did yesterday after telling former champ Joanna Jedrzejczyk (16-3 MMA, 10-3 UFC) to ‘shut up’ — in broken English — at the UFC 248 media day staredowns in Las Vegas.
Check out the video footage below (h/t MMA Fighting), where Zhang stole the show with her epic shutdown.
UFC 248 will mark Zhang’s first official title defense, as the 30-year-old hasn’t fought since her first-round TKO victory over Jessica Andrade at UFC Fight Night 157, which saw the Beijing local finish Andrade to become the first Chinese champion in UFC history.