Zhang Weili finds herself in an excellent position after knocking out Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC 275. The Chinese fighter is now expected to face Carla Esparza for the strawweight title sometime in the near future.

It was announced that the winner of the fight between Zhang Weili and Joanna Jedrzejczyk would be getting the next title shot against Carla Esparza. After her big moment at UFC 275, Zhang had an interesting proposal for the champion.

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“I want fight with Carla in Abu Dhabi because I know there’s a fight there in October,” Weili told reporters through an interpreter at the UFC 275 post-fight news conference. “I think Carla is a special fighter, too, and I know that can be a really good fight. Also, for me and for her – not China or the U.S. So we can fight in another country, so it’s fair for both of us.” (h/t MMAJunkie)

It was clear that many strawweights thought Carla Esparza was an easy fight and were hoping to face her for the belt. Zhang Weili doesn't think that way and has a lot of respect for the current UFC strawweight champion.

“I think there’s no weak fighter in the top rankings,” Weili said. “So if I’m fighting Carla, I need to improve my grappling, my BJJ, my wrestling. There’s nothing I need to specially care for. I just need to improve myself. MMA is over all sports, so I don’t think we can have any disadvantage, so I want to be a well rounded fighter.”