[Concurrent] Women's mixed martial arts athlete Zhang Weili

  Life is not smooth sailing. I think there will be times when things go wrong. But when things go wrong, how do we summarize our experience and how to make ourselves better from this matter? I think this is the most important thing.

  [Commentary] Recently, in the UFC275 competition held in Singapore, Zhang Weili KO (knocked down) "old rival" Joanna and won the women's strawweight championship challenge.

From defeating the opponent to defend the gold belt two years ago, to the two-game losing streak falling into a trough in half a year, now this victory announces Zhang Weili's bloody return.

Breaking through and getting out of the trough made her feel quite enlightened.

  [Concurrent] Women's mixed martial arts athlete Zhang Weili

  In this competition, in fact, the main thing is to break through myself.

I practiced a lot during the preparations this time. Many people think that I am lucky, but it’s really not. In fact, we practiced a lot below. I didn’t think about playing the full game this time, I just thought about it. To end the game, no matter what.

  [Commentary] After this game, Joanna left the gloves in the field, and the veteran who has fought for 20 years in the name of mixed martial arts officially announced his retirement.

Zhang Weili said that Joanna is a legend.

  [Concurrent] Women's mixed martial arts athlete Zhang Weili

  I think Joanna is a legend because she is the longest defending champion in our weight division. She has been the champion for three consecutive years. At that time, I kept looking at her. She was like a banner. Like a sex character, I always dreamed of playing against her back then.

  [Explanation] After defeating Joanna, Zhang Weili called out on the spot the American veteran Carla Esparza, who had just regained the "Golden Belt", hoping to have a championship match at the Abu Dhabi Station (UFC281) on October 22, but was rejected by the latter .

  [Concurrent] Women's mixed martial arts athlete Zhang Weili

  She is the champion and she has the right to choose. In fact, there are still more than 4 months from now to October. If we prepare for a game, it will be enough.

She may want to prepare more, I respect her too, if she wants to wait it doesn't matter, she can fight anywhere.

  [Commentary] How confident is Zhang Weili in the future battle with Kara?

She said that it is necessary to get rid of distractions and face everything with 100% confidence and 100% confidence.

  [Concurrent] Women's mixed martial arts athlete Zhang Weili

  I don’t think it’s right for anyone. When preparing for battle, you always do it with 100% certainty. You can’t say that I’m only 50% certain or 70% certain that I’m hitting him. 100% confidence, this is the most important thing.

You just think about how I'm going to play this game and how I'm going to end the game, not how sure I am.

  [Explanation] At present, Zhang Weili has no plans to return to China in the short term. She will stay in Thailand to train and wait for the results of the consultation between the UFC official and the Kara camp on the time and place of the match.

  Dong Zeyu and Xing Rui report from Beijing

Responsible editor: [Ji Xiang]