Zhang vs Suarez

Who won Zhang vs Suarez?

Weili Zhang beat Tatiana Suarez by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the co-main event of UFC 312, on Saturday 8th February 2025 at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney.

The scorecards were announced as 49-46, 49-46, 49-45 in favor of the winner Weili Zhang.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Women’s Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).

This contest was for the UFC Women’s Flyweight championship.

Zhang vs Suarez stats

Weili Zhang stepped into the octagon with a record of 24 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 8 by submission.

Tatiana Suarez made her way to the cage with an unblemished record of 10 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 5 by submission.

This was Weili Zhang's 12th fight in the UFC, having made her debut for the promotion in 2018. Tatiana Suarez marked her 8th fight for them, having made her own debut for the promotion in 2016.

Weili Zhang's UFC record stood at 10-2-0, while Tatiana Suarez's came in at 7-1-0.

The stats suggested Zhang had a large advantage in power over Suarez, boasting a 46% knock out percentage over Suarez's 20%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Suarez had an advantage over Zhang, with a 50% submission rate over Zhang's 33%.

Weili Zhang was the older woman by 1 year, at 35 years old.

Suarez had a height advantage of 1 inch over Zhang. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Zhang was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 17 more fights, and made her debut in 2013, 8 months earlier than Suarez, whose first professional fight was in 2014. She had fought 38 more professional rounds, 64 to Suarez's 26.

Zhang vs Suarez form

Zhang had beaten 4 of her last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 3 times.

In her last fight before this contest, she had won against Yan Xiaonan at UFC 300 on 13th April 2024 by unanimous decision in their UFC Women’s Strawweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, she had beaten Amanda Lemos at UFC 292 on 19th August 2023 by unanimous decision in their UFC Women’s Strawweight championship fight at TD Garden, Boston.

Going into that contest, she had defeated Carla Esparza at UFC 281 on 12th November 2022 by submission in the 2nd round in their UFC Women’s Strawweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Before that, she was victorious against Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC 275 on 11th June 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

She had lost to Rose Namajunas at UFC 268 on 6th November 2021 by split decision in their UFC Women’s Strawweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

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Zhang's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 6 months and 1 day, meaning she had been fighting on average every 8 months and 12 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 19 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.8 rounds on average.

Suarez's last 3 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 11 months and 18 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 2 years, 3 months and 27 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.7 rounds on average.

What time did Zhang vs Suarez start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 4:40 AM UTC , which was 11:40 PM EST or 8:40 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 4:40 AM GMT in the UK.

What were the odds on Zhang vs Suarez?

Weili Zhang was a 27/20 (+140) underdog going into the contest, while Tatiana Suarez made her way into the ring at 61/100 (-160) with oddsmakers.