Zhang Weili defended her strawweight championship at UFC 312 against Tatiana Suarez via unanimous decision to continue her reign.

Despite entering as the betting underdog at UFC 312, Zhang Weili looked like the best fighter in 115-pound history on Saturday in a dominant defense of her women's strawweight title. Zhang (26-3 ...

Zhang Weili is as vicious as they come when the Octagon doors shut. Her demeanor outside it, however, is almost like that of a different person. The reigning UFC strawweight champion had every ...

Weili Zhang's win against Tatiana Suarez was arguably her most impressive to date. Impressive enough, in fact, that it caught the attention of UFC CEO Dana White, who was in attendance at UFC 312 ...

Zhang Weili put on a masterful performance on Saturday night but did not advance in the latest ESPN pound-for-pound women's MMA rankings. That's the problem when you enter your fight already at No. 1.

Women's strawweight champion Zhang Weili entered Saturday's UFC 312 title bout against undefeated top contender Tatiana Suarez riding a four-fight winning streak. The match was the third title ...

Daniel Cormier was shocked to see strawweight champion Zhang Weili an underdog vs. Tatiana Suarez at UFC 312. Weili (26-3 MMA, 10-2 UFC) proved the oddsmakers wrong after dominating Suarez (11-1 MMA, ...

Zhang Weili successfully retained her women's strawweight championship by dominating previously unbeaten Tatiana Suarez with a unanimous decision win in the co-main event of UFC 312 at Qudos Bank ...

Zhang seemed to be always one step ahead of Suarez wherever the fight went, winning by unanimous decision. Weili Zhang reacts after defeating Yan Xiaonan during UFC 300 at T-Mobile Arena.

Based in Rochester, England, Simon Head is a veteran sports editor who has been covering sport for national and international outlets since 2000, and is one of the longest-tenured MMA journalists ...