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.

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.