UFC Shenzhen: Zhang Weili says she will fight Henry Cejudo … if he gets a sex change
- China’s first UFC campion jokes that she is open to taking on ‘Triple C’ after he challenged Valentina Shevchenko for the ‘intergender championship’
- ‘Yes, he can fight me, but first he needs to go to Thailand … then I will welcome him or her to the division’
Henry Cejudo made headlines recently by challenging UFC women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko to a fight for the “intergender championship”. But it seems there may be another female UFC fighter willing to take on “Triple C”.
Zhang Weili became China’s first UFC champion on Saturday night after defeating Brazilian strawweight queen Jessica Andrade by TKO in just 42 seconds.
The 30-year-old was asked at the post-event press conference at the Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre if she had an interest in fight UFC men’s flyweight and bantamweight champion Cejudo.
“Yes, he can fight with me, but first he needs to go to Thailand and become … and changing [get a sex change] … then I will welcome him or her to the female division,” Zhang joked, via a translator.
However, in all seriousness, Zhang is likely to be fighting Tatiana Suarez next – and UFC president Dana White wants her next bout to be in the US on pay-per-view.
