Zhang Weili (26-3, 19) was born in Handan, Hebei, China on August 13, 1990. At the age of 23 years on November 9, 2013, she made her professional MMA debut against Meng Bo, losing the fight via 2-round unanimous decision.
On August 4, 2018, 27-year old Zhang Weili made her UFC debut on her 18th professional MMA fight at UFC 227 against Danielle Taylor, winning the fight via 3-round unanimous decision.
She became the UFC strawweight champion on August 31, 2019 at age 29 on her 21st professional MMA fight at UFC Fight Night: Andrade vs. Zhang after defeating a 27-year old Jéssica Andrade via 1st-round TKO.
Weili's last fight was a strawweight (UFC Women's Championship) title defense against Tatiana Suarez on February 9, 2025. She won the fight via 5th-round unanimous decision and successfully defended the title. She is on a 5-fight winning streak.
She has fought 12 times in the UFC, and has a record of 10 wins and 2 losses in the promotion.
Some of Zhang Weili's best fights have been against Jéssica Andrade, Carla Esparza, Amanda Lemos, Tatiana Suarez, Joanna Jędrzejczyk, Jessica Aguilar and Danielle Taylor. For details about these fights refer to "Best fights of Zhang Weili".
Weili has 3 losses on her MMA record. For details about these losses refer to "Zhang Weili Losses".
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
29  | Feb 9, 2025 34 years, 5 months 26-3 (19) | 34 years, 1 months 10-0 (7) | UFC | ST | 5 | UD | WIN Defended UFC Women's strawweight title |
28 | Apr 13, 2024 33 years, 8 months 25-3 (19) | Yan Xiaonan | UFC | ST | 5 | UD | WIN Defended UFC Women's strawweight title |
27  | Aug 19, 2023 33 years 24-3 (19) | 36 years, 2 months 13-2-1 (10) | UFC | ST | 5 | UD | WIN Defended UFC Women's strawweight title |
26  | Nov 12, 2022 32 years, 2 months 23-3 (19) | 35 years, 1 months 19-6 (8) | UFC | ST | 2 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke Won UFC Women's strawweight title |
25 | Jun 12, 2022 31 years, 9 months 22-3 (18) | Joanna Jędrzejczyk | UFC | ST | 2 | KO | WIN Spinning backfist |
24  | Nov 6, 2021 31 years, 2 months 21-3 (17) | 29 years, 4 months 10-4 (7) | UFC | ST | 5 | SD | LOSS For UFC Women's strawweight title |
23 | Apr 24, 2021 30 years, 8 months 21-2 (17) | 28 years, 9 months 9-4 (6) | UFC | ST | 1 | KO | LOSS Head kick Lost UFC Women's strawweight title |
22  | Mar 7, 2020 29 years, 6 months 21-1 (17) | 32 years, 6 months 16-3 (5) | UFC | ST | 5 | SD | WIN Defended UFC Women's strawweight title |
21  | Aug 31, 2019 29 years 20-1 (17) | 27 years, 11 months 20-6 (14) | UFC | ST | 1 | TKO | WIN Knees and punches Won UFC Women's strawweight title |
20 | Mar 2, 2019 28 years, 6 months 19-1 (16) | Tecia Torres | UFC | ST | 3 | UD | WIN |
19  | Nov 24, 2018 28 years, 3 months 18-1 (16) | 36 years, 6 months 20-6 (9) | UFC | ST | 1 | SUB | WIN Armbar |
18 | Aug 4, 2018 27 years, 11 months 17-1 (15) | Danielle Taylor | UFC | ST | 3 | UD | WIN |
17 | Oct 3, 2017 27 years, 1 months 16-1 (15) | Bianca Sattelmayer | ST | 1 | SUB | WIN Armbar | |
16 | Aug 28, 2017 27 years 15-1 (14) | Marilia Santos | ST | 2 | TKO | WIN Elbows | |
15 | Jul 22, 2017 26 years, 11 months 14-1 (13) | Seo Ye-dam | ST | 2 | TKO | WIN Elbow and punches | |
14 | Jun 1, 2017 26 years, 9 months 13-1 (12) | Aline Sattelmayer | ST | 3 | UD | WIN | |
13 | May 25, 2017 26 years, 9 months 12-1 (12) | Simone Duarte | ST | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
12 | Feb 25, 2017 26 years, 6 months 11-1 (11) | Nayara Hemily | ST | 1 | SUB | WIN Guillotine choke | |
11 | Jan 2, 2017 26 years, 4 months 10-1 (10) | Veronica Grenno | ST | 1 | TKO | WIN Knees to the body | |
10 | Dec 15, 2016 26 years, 4 months 9-1 (9) | Karla Benitez | ST | 1 | KO | WIN Punch | |
9 | Sep 24, 2016 26 years, 1 months 8-1 (8) | Maíra Mazar | ST | 1 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke | |
8 | Aug 7, 2016 25 years, 11 months 7-1 (7) | Emi Fujino | ST | 2 | TKO | WIN Doctor stoppage | |
7 | Jul 10, 2016 25 years, 10 months 6-1 (6) | Liliya Kazak | FL | 2 | KO | WIN Head kick | |
6 | May 22, 2016 25 years, 9 months 5-1 (5) | Alice Ardelean | FL | 2 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke | |
5 | Feb 21, 2016 25 years, 6 months 4-1 (4) | Svetlana Gotsyk | ST | 2 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
4 | Dec 19, 2015 25 years, 4 months 3-1 (3) | Samantha Jean-Francois | ST | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
3 | Oct 27, 2014 24 years, 2 months 2-1 (2) | Mei Huang | ST | 1 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke | |
2 | Oct 14, 2014 24 years, 2 months 1-1 (1) | Shuxia Wu | ST | 1 | SUB | WIN Armbar | |
1 | Nov 9, 2013 23 years, 2 months 0-1 (0) | Meng Bo | ST | 2 | UD | LOSS |
