Zhang Weili is no longer the UFC strawweight champion.
In a blockbuster bit of news announced by Dana White on Thursday, Zhang has officially vacated her 115-pound title and is moving up to challenge reigning flyweight queen Valentina Shevchenko. The top P4P female fighters in the world will square off inside the world’s most famous arena, Madison Square Garden, at UFC 322 on Saturday, November 15.
After handily defeating Tatiana Suarez in February, Zhang expressed interest in moving up, believing she’d accomplished everything she set out to in the strawweight division.