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.

This was Rose Namajunas' 16th fight in the UFC, having made her debut for the promotion in 2014.

Rose Namajunas' UFC record stood at 11-5-0, 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 2 years, at 32 years old.

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

Namajunas' experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Zhang's, 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 5 more professional rounds, 59 to Zhang's 54.

Namajunas vs Zhang II form

Namajunas had beaten 4 of her last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges twice.

In her last fight leading up to this contest, she had won against Weili Zhang at UFC 261 on 24th April 2021 by knockout in the 1st round in their UFC Women’s Strawweight championship fight at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, United States.

Previous to that, she had beaten Jessica Andrade at UFC 251 on 11th July 2020 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Going into that contest, she had lost to Jessica Andrade at UFC 237 on 11th May 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round in their UFC Women’s Strawweight championship fight at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Before that, she had defeated Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC 223 on 7th April 2018 by unanimous decision in their UFC Women’s Strawweight championship fight at Barclays Center, Brooklyn, United States.

She was victorious against Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC 217 on 4th November 2017 by knockout in the 1st round in their UFC Women’s Strawweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Zhang had beaten 3 of her last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance twice.

In her last fight before this contest, she had won against Carla Esparza at UFC 281 on 12th November 2022 by submission in the 2nd round in their UFC Women’s Strawweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

Previous to that, she had beaten Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC 275 on 11th June 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Going into that contest, she had been beaten by Rose Namajunas at UFC 268 on 6th November 2021 by split decision in their UFC Women’s Strawweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

Before that, she had been defeated by Rose Namajunas at UFC 261 on 24th April 2021 by knockout in the 1st round in their UFC Women’s Strawweight championship fight at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

She had defeated Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC 248 on 7th March 2020 by split decision in their UFC Women’s Strawweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

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 3 years, 3 months and 1 day ago, while Weili Zhang's last outing had been 1 year, 8 months and 13 days ago.

Namajunas' last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 8 months and 21 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 6 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

Zhang's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 4 months and 18 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 10 months and 16 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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