April 10, 2024 5: 30 pm ET
LAS VEGAS – After choices in her veryfirst 7 UFC wins, Yan Xiaonan raised a lot of eyebrows when she starched previous champ Jessica Andrade almost a year earlier.
That win, paired with one over the extremely promoted Mackenzie Dern, pressed Xiaonan (17-3 MMA, 8-2 UFC) to what will be the greatest minute of her profession: a title shot versus strawweight champ Zhang Weili (24-3 MMA, 8-2 UFC) in the UFC 300 (pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+) co-main occasion Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
The battle is an crucial one: It will be the veryfirst all-China title battle in UFC history. But Xiaonan stated Weili stays the more popular of the 2 in their home nation.
“There are still more individuals supporting her,” Xiaonan s