Weili Zhang
“Magnum”
Weili Zhang is ranked 1st of 156 women's strawweights by the First Light Rating, and 1st in the UFC’s own women's strawweight rankings.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 1,9571st of 156 · Women's Strawweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- +0.47Fame ahead of skill
- Career phase
- PrimeCareer-best FLR 1,995, 8 Feb 2025
- Record
- 26–4Pro
Fame against skill.
Every fighter with an FLI, by skill and fame. Hover a dot for the fighter; click to open their page. The dashed curve is the fame their skill predicts: above it, a fighter is more famous than their skill; below it, better than their fame.
Skill and attention.
Attention is drawn at the skill level its fame matches: above the skill line, more famous than skilled. Shaded: where the most similar careers went next.
Recent fights.
| Date | Fight | FLR |
|---|---|---|
| 15 Nov 2025 | Lost to Valentina Shevchenko TitleUFC 322 - Della Maddalena vs. Makhachev · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | −27 |
| 8 Feb 2025 | Won vs Tatiana Suarez TitleUFC 312 - Du Plessis vs. Strickland 2 · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | +14 |
| 13 Apr 2024 | Won vs Xiaonan Yan TitleUFC 300 - Pereira vs. Hill · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | +10 |
| 19 Aug 2023 | Won vs Amanda Lemos TitleUFC 292 - Sterling vs. O'Malley · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | +18 |
| 12 Nov 2022 | Won vs Carla Esparza TitleUFC 281 - Adesanya vs. Pereira · Submission (Rear-Naked Choke), R2 | +28 |
| 12 Jun 2022 | Won vs Joanna JedrzejczykUFC 275 - Teixeira vs. Prochazka · KO (Spinning Backfist), R2 | +29 |
| 6 Nov 2021 | Lost to Rose Namajunas TitleUFC 268 - Usman vs. Covington 2 · Decision (Split), R5 | −8 |
| 24 Apr 2021 | Lost to Rose Namajunas TitleUFC 261 - Usman vs. Masvidal 2 · KO (Head Kick), R1 | −34 |
| 7 Mar 2020 | Won vs Joanna Jedrzejczyk TitleUFC 248 - Adesanya vs. Romero · Decision (Split), R5 | +9 |
| 31 Aug 2019 | Won vs Jessica Andrade TitleUFC Fight Night 157 - Andrade vs. Zhang · TKO (Knees and Punches), R1 | +31 |
| 2 Mar 2019 | Won vs Tecia PenningtonUFC 235 - Jones vs. Smith · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +24 |
| 24 Nov 2018 | Won vs Jessica AguilarUFC Fight Night 141 - Blaydes vs. Ngannou 2 · Submission (Armbar), R1 | +31 |
FLR is the First Light Rating points the fight earned or cost them.
How it is measured.
Data Credit: First Light Observatory.
How these numbers are made.
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