Zhang Weili Ethnicity: What language does she speak? Everything we know about the UFC champion's Chinese background

With a record of 24 wins and 3 losses, UFC strawweight champion Zhang Weili is arguably one of the most powerful female fighters in UFC history. Weili has one of the most complete skill sets on the entire UFC women's roster. She has wins over top competitors such as Jessica Andrade, Joanna Jedrzejczyk and Carla Esparza, and will look to extend her win against Yang Xiaonan this weekend.

Considering Weili Zhang isn't as vocal as most UFC champions, not much is known about who the 24-3 fighter is. Here's some information to help you learn a little more about the UFC strawweight champion.

Zhang Weili's ethnicity, nationality, and place of birth

Zhang Weili was born on August 13, 1989 in Handan, Hebei Province, China. Although she is not the first Chinese fighter in the UFC, she is the first out of a population of 1.4 billion to win a UFC world title. Weili proudly carries the Chinese flag every time she fights, representing both Chinese culture and people.

“Magnums” defeated Andrade in the title match with a KO in 42 seconds, leaving his name in the history of his home country. But her martial arts journey to that moment began at an early age. Zhang Weili's parents introduced the 34-year-old to the Chinese full-contact self-defense technique and the martial art Sanda. Unfortunately for her, she had to retire early from her Sanda career due to a severe injury to her back.

Weili claimed that watching MMA was what inspired him to join MMA. ronda rousey In November of the same year, Weili Zhang made his professional MMA debut in the Chinese MMA League, losing but not completely, winning all 16 fights and earning a UFC contract. She is 8-2 in her UFC career and has won UFC Gold twice.

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What language does Weili speak?

Zhang Weili is from Hebei province and is fluent in Jill Chinese, Beijing Chinese, and Jin Chinese. Weili conducts most of her interviews in Mandarin, but has expressed interest in learning English to convey her feelings to her fans and even her opponents.

Ahead of Weili's first title defense at UFC 248, Joanna Jerzejczyk, Jedrzejczyk tried to intimidate the Chinese champion during the showdown, but it was a back-and-forth affair between the two. However, Weili responded to JJ's trash talk with a quick but stern “Shut up!” This can be attributed to the time she was taking English classes at the time.

After the showdown, she gave an interview with Ariel Helwani (who was working for ESPN at the time), speaking in English at the mixed martial arts analyst's request.Her fans praised her efforts in learning and speaking the language in the comments section and spotted her trash-talking “cute.”

Come UFC 300, Weili will be one of a select few to make history as part of the UFC's 300th Anniversary PPV card. Do you think she can beat fellow Chinese star Yang Xiaonan? Let us know in the comments.

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