Namajunas vs Zhang II

Who won Namajunas vs Zhang II?

Rose Namajunas beat Weili Zhang by split decision in their 5 round contest during the co-main event of UFC 268, on Saturday 6th November 2021 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

The scorecards were announced as 49-46, 48-47, 48-47 in favor of the winner Rose Namajunas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Women’s Strawweight division, which meant the weight limit was 115 pounds (8.2 stone or 52.2 KG).

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

Namajunas vs Zhang II stats

Rose Namajunas stepped into the octagon with a record of 9 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Weili Zhang made her way to the cage with a record of 21 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by knock out and 7 by submission.

This was Rose Namajunas' 17th fight in the UFC, having made her debut for the promotion in 2014. Weili Zhang marked her 12th fight for them, having made her own debut for the promotion in 2018.

Rose Namajunas' UFC record stood at 11-6-0, while Weili Zhang's came in at 10-2-0.

The stats suggested Zhang had a massive power advantage over Namajunas, boasting a 48% knock out percentage over Namajunas' 11%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Namajunas had a large advantage over Zhang, boasting a 56% submission rate over Zhang's 33%.

Rose Namajunas was the younger woman by 3 years, at 32 years old.

Namajunas had a height advantage of 1 inch over Zhang. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Namajunas was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 9 fewer fights, and made her debut in 2013, 10 months earlier than Zhang, whose first professional fight was in 2013. She had fought the same amount of professional rounds, 64 to Zhang's 64.

Namajunas vs Zhang II form

Namajunas had beaten 4 of her last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges twice.

In her last fight leading up to this contest, she had won against Weili Zhang at UFC 261 on 24th April 2021 by knockout in the 1st round in their UFC Women’s Strawweight championship fight at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, United States.

Previous to that, she had beaten Jessica Andrade at UFC 251 on 11th July 2020 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Going into that contest, she had lost to Jessica Andrade at UFC 237 on 11th May 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round in their UFC Women’s Strawweight championship fight at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Before that, she had defeated Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC 223 on 7th April 2018 by unanimous decision in their UFC Women’s Strawweight championship fight at Barclays Center, Brooklyn, United States.

She was victorious against Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC 217 on 4th November 2017 by knockout in the 1st round in their UFC Women’s Strawweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Zhang had won all 5 of her most recent fights, stopping 1opponent and going the distance 4 times.

In her last fight before this contest, she had won against Tatiana Suarez at UFC 312 on 8th February 2025 by unanimous decision in their UFC Women’s Flyweight championship fight at Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney, Australia.

Previous to that, she had beaten 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.

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

Before that, she was victorious against 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.

She had won against Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC 275 on 11th June 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Weili Zhang had been fighting more than Rose Namajunas.

Going to this contest, Rose Namajunas had last fought 4 years and 12 days ago, while Weili Zhang's last outing had been 2 months and 28 days ago.

Namajunas' last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 6 months and 2 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 6 months and 2 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

Zhang's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 10 months and 25 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 7 months. In those fights, she fought a total of 19 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.8 rounds on average.

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