![]() "Yan's stronger and better in every regard to her (Andrade) now. "I told you!" UFC bantamweight Song Yadong roared as he clenched both fists in front of the camera. The victory, the first KO of Yan's career in the Octagon, triggered a rousing reaction from her fellow Chinese fighters who were watching the action on TV. Yan followed up with a few hammerfists before the referee stopped the fight at the 2:20 mark. However, she ran into a massive counter punch as Yan sent the Brazilian crashing to the canvas. 'So if we can make the UFC China event happen, let's do it,' he said …I think it's possible, probably some point at the end of this year," Yan said through an interpreter during the interview.Įntering the main event on Saturday night as the division's sixth-ranked contender, Yan took less than three minutes to prove that she's more of a threat than her ranking would suggest.Īfter opening the bout with a few botched attacks, Andrade, a wrestling specialist, upped her aggression with a flurry of hooks. "I met Dana in the locker room after the fight, and he said let's do it in China. If those comments weren't promising enough, Yan told online show The MMA Hour that White strongly indicated to her that the fight will happen in China. But I'm definitely gonna look at China…I'm looking at that right now," White said at Saturday's post-fight news conference. "I don't know what we're gonna do with Yan, where she's gonna go. "I hope Dana (White) can make this fight happen," added the 33-year-old, who improved to an 8-2 win-loss record since her UFC debut in November 2017.Īlthough nothing official has yet been discussed, it appears that UFC president White is open to the idea of a Yan-Zhang matchup, possibly in China.Ī "Chinese derby" would be a highly lucrative option for the UFC, which last visited China in 2019 with a Fight Night event, where Zhang dethroned Andrade to capture the belt for the first time in Shenzhen, Guangdong province. "I don't know what the plan is on (Zhang) Weili's side … but if they give me the chance, I can definitely fight for the belt, because when I step in the Octagon my only goal is the championship," Yan said after her stoppage win over Brazil's Andrade at UFC 288 in New Jersey on Saturday. For the first time in history, the world's premier mixed martial arts promotion could be about to witness an all-Chinese world-title fight.įollowing her ferocious first-round knockout over former division champion Jessica Andrade, Chinese striker Yan Xiaonan has punched her way back into title contention in the Ultimate Fighting Championship's strawweight class, setting herself on a collision course to face compatriot and reigning 115-pound (52-kg) queen Zhang Weili.Ĭhinese mixed martial arts starZhang Weili defeats Joanna Jedrzejczyk of Poland with a second-round knockout at UFC275 on June 12, 2022.
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