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- Chinese women such as strawweight champion Zhang Weili are at elite level, but men are not holding up their end of the bargain
- Irishman has shown his willingness to promote a gimmick for money so why not take on China’s best fighter?
As we enter the Year of the Ox, women’s MMA in China could not be stronger.
Zhang Weili is strawweight champion and the world awaits who Dana White will present for her next fight – a third title defence.
Rumours have suggested that “Magnum” could return to the Octagon as soon as April with Singapore to host a card with the 31-year-old headlining.
Speculation on who she will fight is still running wild but Dana White appears to favour Rose Namajunas, despite initially cooling talk of China’s best meeting “Thug Rose”.
It is expected that any card in Singapore would feature more of the region’s fighters, with China’s Yan “Fury” Xiaonan among them.
Yan, 31, has edged herself into contention for a title shot in her next few fights and there is no doubt that an all-Chinese UFC strawweight championship fight would go down well in China.