Zhang proved how wrong oddsmakers were with a lopsided unanimous decision victory over Suarez, and her performance made a strong impression on UFC CEO Dana White. Speaking in his UFC 312 post-fight scrum, White said he couldn't have been more impressed with his Chinese champion in and out of the Octagon.

Despite entering as the betting underdog at UFC 312, Zhang Weili looked like the best fighter in 115-pound history on Saturday in a dominant defense of her women's strawweight title.  Zhang (26-3), a two-time champion,

Zhang Weili denied Tatiana Suarez's quest for the strawweight crown, stuffing all but one of the challenger's takedown attempts and rolling to a dominant victory Saturday at UFC 312.

Zhang Weili shut down Tatiana Suarez’s wrestling and punished the challenger to ultimately win a lopsided decision to retain her title in the UFC 312 co-main event

Zhang outclassed the previously undefeated Suarez in a statement-making defense of her UFC strawweight title on Saturday in the co-main event of UFC 312 at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, Australia. In a remarkable display,

Two-time women's strawweight champion Zhang Weili successfully defended her title in the UFC 312 co-main event on Saturday in Sydney, Australia against the previously unbeaten Tatiana Suarez. Weili entered the fight as the betting underdog and logged a dominating performance.

Stepping into the co-main event spotlight at UFC 312, undefeated California native Tatiana Suarez looked to score the biggest win of her mixed martial arts career and leave The Land Down Under with her first world title.