Zhang, coach claim boos from hostile Florida crowd contributed to Namajunas loss
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At UFC 261 last month Zhang Weili lost her UFC strawweight title to Rose Namajuans via KO. The loss, only the second in Zhang’s 23 fight career, snapped a 21 fight winning streak for ‘Magnum’.
Recently Zhang took questions regarding the fight on a live stream. The live stream was conducted in Mandarin, but was uploaded with English subs by YouTube user Scarlett Zeng.
During that live stream Zhang talked about the hostile atmosphere she experienced at the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, FL. The event, which featured a sold out crowd of 15,269 people, was the first UFC event with a full crowd since March 2020.