Daniel Cormier thinks Yan Xiaonan have to be subsequent for UFC strawweight champion Zhang Weili.
After conserving her title in a dominant performance towards Amanda Lemos on this past Saturday’s UFC 292 co-headliner at TD Backyard in Boston, Weili (24-3 MMA, 8-2 UFC) mentioned she’d be open to going thru Xiaonan or Tatiana Suarez subsequent.
Every Xiaonan (15-3 MMA, 8-2 UFC) and Suarez are coming off finishes of dilapidated champ Jessica Andrade. But, with the UFC rumored to procure it’s return to China at the end of the yr, Cormier says they might be able to’t fail to notice having an all China headliner between Weili and Xiaonan.
“Even supposing I love Tatiana, she’s a wrestler. Zhang Weili calling her out is graceful to me on yarn of she knows that Yan Xiaonan has won what she has won and she or he knows that Yan Xiaonan is Chinese, also,” Cormier mentioned on his ESPN display “DC & RC.”
“So, the prospects of a feminine championship fight between two Chinese ladies in China is fascinating to me. That’s the one I are making an are attempting to enjoy a look at, and I mediate they’ve got me working that Chinese fight card. If I’m going all the technique to China, they better enjoy Zhang Weili fight Yan Xiaonan.”
Undefeated Suarez (10-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC) lately mentioned she thinks she’s deserving of the following shot at Weili, but is open to taking one other fight if needed.
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