Results of the UFC 312: Zhang Weili dominates Tatiana Suarez in the defense of the declaration title

If the rise of Tatiana Suarez as UFC champion was supposed to be inevitable, no one said to Zhang Weili.

Zhang has outraged the SUARREZ UNIVAUCUDIVE FULL in a defense of declaration of its UFC straw weight title on Saturday in the CO-PRINCIPAL event of the UFC 312 at the QUDOS BANK ARENA in Sydney, in Australia. In a remarkable display, Zhang dominated the action on the feet and even exceeded Suarez despite the arsenal of the wrestling of the challenger. In the end, the judges marked the fight 49-46, 49-46 and 49-45 for Zhang, giving him the unanimous decision and the third consecutive defense of his straw weight belt.

“I’m the oppressed, it’s okay, I don’t care. I continued to continue and I just focused on myself,” said Zhang after the fight, after closing his bets, despite the fact Whether it’s the defending champion.

Suarez had been hailed as a pending champion since he won “The Ultimate Fighter 23” with a dominant projection on the UFC reality series in 2016. A single hope of struggle in the United States whose dreams Olympics were destroyed due to a cancer diagnosis, Suarez had been peerless throughout his octagon race until Saturday evening, beating a range of old and future champions of the UFC – Jessica Andrade, Alexa Grasso And Carla Esparza – On her way to a title, unique appearances. Suarez only contributed five times in the first four years to the UFC, then was stuck on the 2019-23 touch. The injuries again prevented him from participating in 2024.

But finally gave him the chance to compete for gold, Suarez quickly hit the brick wall which was Zhang.

After abandoning a double leg disassembly in the first round, Zhang (26-3) successfully defended the next 14 attempts to withdraw from Suarez, while exceeding his challenger by a brutal margin of 232-63 in total strikes. Zhang even exercised his own offensive grappling, becoming the first UFC woman to drop dismantling on Suarez (10-1) with a brilliant trip inside the fourth round and by reversing the own attempts to Suarez several times and then land in higher control and go to work several times and repeatedly with a punishing land and book.

Zhang, 35, has always found a house for his right hand, including a third round bomb that was Suarez, 34, in difficulty. Suarez survived, but she was bruised and beaten at the end of the 25 -minute case, and also injured in a massive cup which opened on her right knee during a second round race against the fence .

Zhang now has four defenses of the UFC straw weight belt on two title lines.

The complete results of the UFC 312 can be found here.