With the victory by submission Zhang Weili improved to 23-3 and reclaimed the title. "There was definitely a lot of criticism of our fight and it being boring or whatever from the fans, you know, " Esparza said. © 2023 Reddit, Inc. All rights reserved. She is currently on a six-fight win streak.
She won her second strawweight title at UFC 274 with a split decision win over Rose Namajunas in a fight that is widely considered one of the worst title matches in UFC history. Call of Duty: Warzone. No regrets, I worked hard and did my best. Basic Attention Token. Catch the full interview with Carla Esparza here: Joanna Jedrzejczyk explains why Carla Esparza was booed at UFC 281 press conference. If she can't do that then she'll try to use her striking, but it's never really been her forte. UFC 281: Carla Esparza hopes to make a statement against Zhang Weili following criticism of title win. Carla Esparza answers with a straight right. More posts you may like. The stats suggested Zhang had a large advantage in power over Esparza, boosting at 50% knock out percentage over Esparza's 21%. However, she's got a difficult task ahead of her in her first defense as she takes on former strawweight champion Zhang Weili.
Going to this contest, Carla Esparza had last fought 10 months and 4 days ago, while Weili Zhang's last outing had been 9 months ago. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. After an up-and-down stretch, Esparza strung together a five-fight win streak beginning in 2019 to earn a shot at the title. The Californian also was the first Invicta FC strawweight title, but relinquished her belt to join the UFC, and her defeat to Jedrzejczyk still looms large. She lost to Zhang in the UFC 281 co-main event after being trapped in a rear-naked choke at 1:05 of the second round. This is the UFC 281 live blog for Carla Esparza vs. Zhang Weili, the strawweight title fight on Saturday at Madison Square Garden in New York City. But it's not just about being the best athlete, it's also about your character. You just need to look at Esparza's fight against Jędrzejczyk back at UFC 185 to get an idea of what happens when she's unable to take an opponent down. Whatever, I'm going in there to do my thing and I'm excited. Though, we haven't seen her being so confident because wins over Rodriguez and Rose were via split decisions. Zhang Weili became a two-time strawweight champion when she faced and dethroned, now former two-time titleholder Carla Esparza when the pair squared off at Madison Square Garden in New York on Saturday, November 12. Esparza by KO/TKO/DQ: +1400. Zhang vs esparza full fight episode. She added: "If I were to become the strawweight champion for the second time, I would go bigger.
Zhang briefly in mount throwing punches, Esparza scrambles well to get into Zhang's guard. Before that, she had defeated Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC 248 on 7th March 2020 by split decision in their UFC Women's Strawweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas. The main event features Israel Adesanya against Alex Pereira for the UFC middleweight title. Esparza issued a brief statement on Instagram following her loss to Zhang, writing: "You win some you lose some, just part of this dangerous game we play. Zhang Weili submits Carla Esparza at UFC 281 to reclaim title. Carla Esparza heard all the boos and the chiding and the derision coming her way as she stood in the cage against Rose Namajunas this past May. MMA Fighting scores the round 10-9, Zhang.