Namajunas vs Zhang II

Who won Namajunas vs Zhang II?

Rose Namajunas beat Weili Zhang by split decision in their 5 round contest during the co-main event of UFC 268, on Saturday 6th November 2021 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

The scorecards were announced as 49-46, 48-47, 48-47 in favor of the winner Rose Namajunas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Women’s Strawweight division, which meant the weight limit was 115 pounds (8.2 stone or 52.2 KG).

This contest was for the UFC Women’s Strawweight championship.

Namajunas vs Zhang II stats

Rose Namajunas stepped into the octagon with a record of 9 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Weili Zhang made her way to the cage with a record of 21 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by knock out and 7 by submission.

Rose Namajunas' UFC record stood at 10-5-0, while Weili Zhang's came in at 8-2-0.

The stats suggested Zhang had a massive power advantage over Namajunas, boasting a 48% knock out percentage over Namajunas' 11%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Namajunas had a large advantage over Zhang, boasting a 56% submission rate over Zhang's 33%.

Rose Namajunas was the younger woman by 3 years, at 31 years old.

Namajunas had a height advantage of 1 inch over Zhang. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Namajunas was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 9 fewer fights, and made her debut in 2013, 10 months earlier than Zhang, whose first professional fight was in 2013. She had fought the same amount of professional rounds, 54 to Zhang's 54.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Weili Zhang had been fighting more than Rose Namajunas.

Going to this contest, Rose Namajunas had last fought 4 years, 11 months and 23 days ago, while Weili Zhang's last outing had been 3 years and 10 days ago.

Namajunas' last 4 fights had come over a period of 7 years and 19 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 9 months and 6 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

Zhang's last 4 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 2 months and 2 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 17 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

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