The ladies’s flyweight title shall be on the road within the UFC 322 co-main occasion on Nov. 15 at Madison Sq. Backyard in New York Metropolis.
Zhang Weili vacated her strawweight championship to maneuver up a division to tackle champion Valentina Shevchenko. The struggle promotion made the announcement on Thursday.
Weili, a two-time strawweight champion, will enter the tremendous struggle coming off a choice win over Tatiana Suarez in February. Over her two championship reigns, she defended the belt 4 occasions. The primary Chinese language UFC Champion, Weili is using a five-fight successful streak.
Shevchenko, a two-time titleholder as properly, received again the 125-pound championship at UFC 305, defeating then-champion Alexa Grasso by way of unanimous resolution in a trilogy bout. She efficiently defended the title in her final outing defeating Manon Fiorot by resolution.
UFC 322 is headlined by a welterweight world title match between champion Jack Della Maddalena and former light-weight titleholder Islam Makhachev. Makhachev, like Weili, vacated his 155-pound championship to maneuver up a division and compete for a second UFC divisional championship.