Zhang vs Namajunas

Who won Zhang vs Namajunas?

Rose Namajunas beat Weili Zhang by knockout in the 1st round during the co-main event of UFC 261, on Saturday 24th April 2021 at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville.

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.

Zhang vs Namajunas stats

Weili Zhang stepped into the octagon with a record of 21 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 7 by submission.

Rose Namajunas made her way to the cage with a record of 9 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 5 by submission.

Rose Namajunas marked her 16th fight for them, having made her own debut for the promotion in 2014.

Weili Zhang's UFC record stood at 8-2-0, while Rose Namajunas' came in at 11-5-0.

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%.

Weili Zhang was the older woman by 2 years, at 34 years old.

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

Zhang's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Namajunas', having had 9 more fights, and made her debut in 2013, 10 months later than Namajunas, whose first professional fight was in 2013. She had fought 5 less professional rounds, 54 to Namajunas' 59.

Zhang vs Namajunas form

Zhang had beaten 4 of her last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 3 times.

In her last fight leading up to this contest, she had won against Yan Xiaonan at UFC 300 on 13th April 2024 by unanimous decision in their UFC Women’s Strawweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, she had beaten Amanda Lemos at UFC 292 on 19th August 2023 by unanimous decision in their UFC Women’s Strawweight championship fight at TD Garden, Boston.

Going into that contest, she had defeated 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.

Before that, she was victorious against Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC 275 on 11th June 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

She had lost to 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.

Namajunas had beaten 4 of her last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance 3 times.

In her last fight before this contest, she had won against 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.

Previous to that, she had been beaten by 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.

Going into that contest, she had beaten 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.

Before that, she had defeated 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.

She was victorious against Michelle Waterson-Gomez at UFC on FOX 24 on 15th April 2017 by submission in the 2nd round at Sprint Center, Kansas City.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Weili Zhang had last fought 3 months and 12 days ago, while Rose Namajunas' last outing had been 4 years and 14 days ago.

Zhang's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 8 months and 19 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 6 months and 17 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 19 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.8 rounds on average.

Namajunas' last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 3 months and 10 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 15 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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