Valentina Shevchenko placed on a dominant efficiency in opposition to former two-time strawweight champion Zhang Weili within the co-main occasion of UFC 322.
Early within the spherical, Zhang made a transfer making an attempt to push Shevchenko in opposition to the fence. “Bullet” used that as a possibility and landed a brutal knee to the physique of his opponent, and Chan gave the impression to be down. Shevchenko seized the chance for high management. Chan finally tried to struggle again, solely to be met with a nasty spinning again elbow assault from the defending champion.
Zhang gave the impression to be staggered by the elbow, however was capable of shut it out, giving him time to recuperate. As soon as once more, Shevchenko took benefit of the state of affairs, scoring one other takedown and going instantly into aspect management.
Shevchenko rapidly picked up the place he left off together with his preliminary assault, scoring one other takedown and gaining aspect management. As soon as again on the mat, it grew to become more and more clear that the staggering bodily disparity between Shevchenko and Zhang was a significant drawback for the latter.
The third and fourth rounds had been just like Shevchenko’s, with ‘Bullet’ punishing Zhang’s physique with a wide range of blows and getting two extra takedowns.
In determined want of a end, Zhang got here out to press the gasoline, however Shevchenko rapidly shut her down, scored one other takedown, and crushed the remainder of the struggle.
You’ll then be introduced with a scorecard that, as anticipated, would be the decisive choice.
official outcomes: Valentina Shevchenko def. Weili Zhang defended his UFC flyweight world title by unanimous choice (50-45, 50-45, 50-45).
