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    PEOPLE & POINTS

    Mar 19, 2020 3 minutes

    UFC CHAMPIONSHIP DEFENDED

    Zhang Weili, China’s first and only Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) world champion, successfully defended her strawweight title at the UFC 248 in Nevada, the U.S., on March 8. She is also the first East Asian champion in UFC history.

    The UFC is a U.S. mixed martial arts organization based in Nevada. The strawweight category is for contestants weighing between 48 kg and 52 kg.

    Zhang defeated Polish Muay Thai specialist Joanna Jedrzejczyk.

    Before the game, Jedrzejczyk posted a mocking poster on social media that depicted her wearing a gas mask while standing behind Zhang, accompanied by laughing emojis.

    “I don’t like trash words in the cage. We should be a

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