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With the mounting avidity surrounding the Boston card grabbing the attention of fight fans, UFC 292 is building up to be an exciting pay-per-view. With so many captivating bouts fixed, the event has surely been the talk of the town in recent times. Another spellbinding contest would be the UFC strawweight title bout, as Zhang Weili is set to defend her title against Amanda Lemos. Entering the octagon after nine long months, Weili’s charismatic antics would surely be a spectacle to watch out for.
In the limelight for her much-awaited return, the strawweight champion was recently spotted with UFC head honcho Dana White. In fact, the presence of legendary football quarterback Tom Brady in the scenario was surely an anecdote in the making.
Tom Brady’s interaction and Zhang Weili’s astonishment
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The presence of celebrities from other sports and domains collaborating with the UFC stars is not new in the current scenario. The same thing happened when the UFC head honcho shockingly introduced Weili to the football great. Catching her off guard, White made a video call to Tom Brady, which was enough to astonish the Chinese sensation. The official X handle of the UFC posted a video revealing all this.
Zhang Weili gets on facetime with the 🐐🤩
Catch episode 5 of #UFC292 Embedded now: https://t.co/yKu3k6pVyV pic.twitter.com/OJHZClYFcK
— UFC (@ufc) August 18, 2023
Weigh-ins and face-offs surely make the confidence of the fighters evident. The video posted by the UFC showed a glimpse of the face-offs in a similar fashion. However, Weili’s reaction overpowered the entire scenario since it was enough to run the show and invite the fans with their numerous reactions. But how did they respond?
A wave of mixed reactions from the fans
Any UFC entity that catches the attention of the fans indeed tends to bring mixed reactions from the fans. A hot and cold scenario was evident from the post since the fans had varied opinions. While some loved to see her happy side, others seemed to express their agony, considering her consecutive defeats in the past against Rose Namajunas.
Fake Champ. Rose owns her soul.
— Rob Harding (@RobHard18192741) August 19, 2023
The fan above was surely not convinced by the caption.
goat face times a goat. wow
— crippychicken (@crippychicken) August 18, 2023
Weili’s happy face seemingly made a fan happy.
Dana happy because the Chinese market shows up for Weili
— Tommyboy (@Tomasdearc) August 18, 2023
A jibe at Dana White apparently enjoyed by the fans.
How can anyone hate Zhang Welli
— 𝓤𝓢𝓐 𝓒𝓱𝓪𝓶𝓹 🇺🇸🏆🦅 (@USAChamp69420) August 18, 2023
Another show of support by the fan for the champ.
Zhang still needs to evenge her loss to @rosenamajunas and when it comes to bantamweight for once it's a championship fight I just don't have any interest in
— Brad K (@TwiztidMetal31) August 18, 2023
The fan above highlighted the beef from the past once again.
I thought that was Chael Sonnen.
— Pushkar 🇮🇳⚕ (@Myos_pasm) August 19, 2023
Again, a subtle mockery by the fan was evident.
I want to not like her, but al her media makes her seem so likeable
— sam (@anon_4_work) August 18, 2023
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The rise of the strawweight champ apparently made the fan praise her.
Obviously, the anticipation surrounding the contest surely made the fans attracted towards the post. Even more exciting was the indulgence of Tom Brady in the clip. Considering the co-main event of UFC 292, Weili even got backed by Alexander ‘The Great’ Volkanovski for her forthcoming bout.
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“I definitely think it could be a finish as well. I think it could be a submission finish or a takedown, and that’s how good – that’s how well-rounded Weili’s getting… I see her winning everywhere. Lemos might have good jiu-jitsu, [but] I don’t think it’s going to be enough.” Said the #1 UFC fighter. The resounding vote of confidence might be a driving force for Weili to be triumphant. What do you think? Let us know in the comments.
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