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See how fighters reacted to Weili Zhang vs. Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC 248

March 8, 2020
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UFC women’s strawweight champion Weili Zhang made her 1st successful title defense against Joanna Jedrzejczyk in the co-main event at UFC 248.

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Weili Zhang (20-1 MMA) became the first Chinese UFC champion with a win over jessica Andrade last summer. She put her belt on the line for the first time since winning it against the former UFC women’s strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk.

Jedrzejczyk (16-3 MMA) stepped in the Octagon at UFC 248 with a solid unanimous decision win over Michelle Waterson under her belt from her last outing. The win put the former Polish champion back in the winning bracket, after losing to Valentina Shevchenko in her previous fight for the UFC women’s flyweight title.

The two ladies put on a performance of a lifetime in the co-main event of UFC 248. Many fans are media regard this to be the “Fight of the Year”, with both fighters putting on a true championship calibre display. Jedrzejczyk and Zhang traded big shots from the get-go throughout the entire duration of the 5-round fight. The commenters were calling it the greatest womenโ€™s MMA fight of all time. After an action packed 5 round battle, Zhang was awarded a hard fought split decision victory over Jedrzejczyk.

Watch the highlights from this great fight and see how other fighters reacted to it below:

For JJ to win she has to stick and move.

— michael (@bisping) March 8, 2020

Not sure whoโ€™s winning, but this is a great fucking fight.

— michael (@bisping) March 8, 2020

WTF is up with JJ forehead???๐Ÿคฎ

— Ben Askren (@Benaskren) March 8, 2020

This fight is WILD! #UFC248

— Niko Price (@Nikohybridprice) March 8, 2020

This fight !!! ๐Ÿ˜ณ๐Ÿ˜ณ

— Chris Weidman (@chrisweidman) March 8, 2020

And give these women some MONEY too!!!!! ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ

— Alan Jouban (@AlanJouban) March 8, 2020

This is the craziest fight Iโ€™ve ever seen #UFC248

— JIMI MANUWA (@POSTERBOYJM) March 8, 2020

Great fucking fight! Best womens mma fight ever.

— michael (@bisping) March 8, 2020

Wow that was awesome! I got JJ 3-2 but im not all that confident

— Ben Askren (@Benaskren) March 8, 2020

This fight is stressing me out lol they are scrapping #UFC248

— Cub Swanson (@CubSwanson) March 8, 2020

JJ looks like her forehead is pregnant with twins!

— Gerald Harris (@GHurricane) March 8, 2020

Respect to both ladies.

— michael (@bisping) March 8, 2020

What a WAR between @joannamma and the chinese machine @zhangweilimma ?! ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ
Congrats to both of them ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘#UFC248

— Francis Ngannou (@francis_ngannou) March 8, 2020

AMAZING!!! #UFC248 pic.twitter.com/VqIsMY1kz0

— Stephen Thompson (@WonderboyMMA) March 8, 2020

THAT was a FIGHT FIGHT!!!
Both women fought like monsters and champions. Congrats to both!#UFC248

— Corey Anderson UFC (@CoreyA_MMA) March 8, 2020

Great job by the judges in Las Vegas. #UFC248

— Tito Ortiz (@titoortiz) March 8, 2020

This contest left everyone impressed by the sounds of things, and rightfully so. The two fighters were also awarded the ‘Fight of the Night’ bonus, bagging an additional $50,000 each.

This article first appeared on CLOSEDGUARDMEDIA.com on 8th March, 2020.

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