Zhang Weili

Women's StrawweightGrappler
10 - 3

13 UFC Fights | 77% Win Rate | 4 Finishes (40%)

Height
5' 4"
Reach
63"
Weight
115 lbs.
Age
37
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Zhang Weili UFC Record & Pro MMA Record

Zhang Weili is 10-3 in the UFC across 13 fights, with 2 wins by knockout, 2 by submission and 6 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 26-4, 16-1 of it outside the UFC. Weili competes at women's strawweight as a switch grappler, standing 5'4" with a 63" reach at 37 years old. The last bout was a loss to Valentina Shevchenko by decision in Nov 2025.

Best attribute: striking defense (fewest significant strikes absorbed per minute) — 89th percentile among 90 women's strawweight fighters (2.6/min).

Zhang Weili's UFC win rate is 77% (10 of 13 fights), and 40% of those wins came by finish. Weili averages 2.0 takedowns per fight at 45% accuracy and stops 64% of opponents' takedown attempts.

Pro MMA Record
26-4
UFC Record
10-3
Height
5'4"
Reach
63"
Age
37
Stance
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Last Fight
L vs Valentina Shevchenko · Decision · Nov 2025

Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.

Zhang Weili's Last 5 Fights

Weili is 4-1 in the last five UFC fights.

  1. Loss vs Valentina Shevchenko · Decision · R5 5:00 · UFC 322: Della Maddalena vs. Makhachev · Nov 2025
  2. Win vs Tatiana Suarez · Decision · R5 5:00 · UFC 312: Du Plessis vs. Strickland 2 · Feb 2025
  3. Win vs Yan Xiaonan · Decision · R5 5:00 · UFC 300: Pereira vs. Hill · Apr 2024
  4. Win vs Amanda Lemos · Decision · R5 5:00 · UFC 292: Sterling vs. O'Malley · Aug 2023
  5. Win vs Carla Esparza · Submission · R2 1:05 · UFC 281: Adesanya vs. Pereira · Nov 2022

Striking

Fighter Profile

Offensive Output

Sig. Strikes / Min
4.7
+1.8x ratio
Accuracy
53%
above avg
Knockdowns / Fight
0.23

Defensive

Absorbed / Min
2.6
0.7x avg
Strike Differential
+2.0
Opp. Accuracy Against
47%

Strike Targets

Position Breakdown

Grappling

Takedowns & Control

Takedowns / Fight
2.0
Takedown Accuracy
45%
Takedown Defense
64%
Control Time / Fight
4:27
Sub Attempts / Fight
0.5

Win Methods

Finish Probability by Round

R1
8% KO
8% Sub
R2
8% KO
8% Sub
R3+
0% KO
0% Sub

Round-by-Round Output

Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Zhang Weili vs Average

Zhang Weili's UFC Fight History

13 UFC fights on record (10-3), most recent first.

ResultOpponentMethodRd · TimeEventDate
L★Valentina ShevchenkoDecisionR5 · 5:00UFC 322: Della Maddalena vs. Makhachev2025-11-15
W★Tatiana SuarezDecisionR5 · 5:00UFC 312: Du Plessis vs. Strickland 22025-02-08
W★Yan XiaonanDecisionR5 · 5:00UFC 300: Pereira vs. Hill2024-04-13
W★Amanda LemosDecisionR5 · 5:00UFC 292: Sterling vs. O'Malley2023-08-19
W★Carla EsparzaSubmissionR2 · 1:05UFC 281: Adesanya vs. Pereira2022-11-12
WJoanna JedrzejczykKO/TKOR2 · 2:28UFC 275: Teixeira vs. Prochazka2022-06-11
L★Rose NamajunasDecisionR5 · 5:00UFC 268: Usman vs. Covington 22021-11-06
L★Rose NamajunasKO/TKOR1 · 1:18UFC 261: Usman vs. Masvidal 22021-04-24
W★Joanna JedrzejczykDecisionR5 · 5:00UFC 248: Adesanya vs. Romero2020-03-07
W★Jessica AndradeKO/TKOR1 · 0:42UFC Fight Night: Andrade vs. Zhang2019-08-31
WTecia PenningtonDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 235: Jones vs. Smith2019-03-02
WJessica AguilarSubmissionR1 · 3:41UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Ngannou 22018-11-24
WDanielle TaylorDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 227: Dillashaw vs. Garbrandt 22018-08-04

How Weili Ranks at Women's Strawweight

Percentile among the 90 women's strawweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).

Striking volume4.7 sig. strikes/min
76th percentile
Striking accuracy53%
88th percentile
Strikes absorbed2.6/min
89th percentile
Takedowns2.0/fight
88th percentile
Takedown defense64%
49th percentile
Knockdown power0.23/fight
84th percentile

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