Less than four months ago, Jessica Andrade got to compete for a UFC championship front of her home fans, as Rose Namajunas traveled to Brazil to defend her strawweight belt. Andrade, a native of Umuarama in the country's state of Paraná, captured the title with a second-round knockout.
Now Andrade is paying it forward, giving Zhang Weili the same homeland opportunity in Saturday's UFC Fight Night main event in Shenzhen, China. Zhang fights out of Beijing.
The main card is on ESPN+, starting at 6 a.m. ET. The prelims start at 3 a.m. on ESPN.
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Zhang (19-1) earned her 115-pound title shot by amassing a 19-fight winning streak, the last three coming in the UFC.
Andrade (20-6) has won four in a row.
Also on the card: Another top China fighter, welterweight Li Jingliang (16-5), tries to put a stop to the strong run of Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos (20-5), a Brazilian on a seven-fight winning streak.
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UFC Fight Night: Andrade vs. Zhang
ESPN+, 6 a.m. ET
Strawweight: Jessica Andrade (c) vs. Zhang Weili
Welterweight: Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos vs. Li Jingliang
Men's flyweight: Kai Kara-France vs. Mark De La Rosa
Men's featherweight: Lv Zhenhong vs. Movsar Evloev
Women's flyweight: Wu Yanan vs. Mizuki Inoue
ESPN, 3 a.m.
Welterweight: Song Kenan vs. Derrick Krantz
Middleweight:n Anthony Hernandez vs. Jun Yong Park
Men's bantamweight: Su Mudaerji vs. Andre Soukhamthath
Light heavyweight: Da Un Jung vs. Khadis Ibragimov
Lightweight: Damir Ismagulov vs. Thiago Moises
Men's bantamweight: Batgerel Danaa vs. Alateng Heili
Women's bantamweight: Karol Rosa vs. Lara Procopio
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