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Zhang become the first Chinese Ultimate Fighting Championship ace in emphatic fashion at UFC Fight Night 157, as she upset Jessica Andrade with a furious salvo of punches, knees and elbows to earn a stoppage just 42 seconds into their headlining contest in Shenzhen, China this past Saturday. As a result, Zhang vaults from seventh to first at 115 pounds and looks poised to be a key component of the UFC’s future. Andrade, meanwhile, sees a four-bout winning streak snapped and falls to second in our latest strawweight rankings.
Elsewhere, Jingliang Li enters the welterweight bubble after halting Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos’ seven-fight winning streak with a late third-round TKO in the UFC Shenzhen co-feature. “The Leech” seven of his last eight promotional appearances dating back to July 2016. Finally, surging flyweight Kai Kara-France won his third straight in the Octagon — and eighth in a row overall — by outpointing Mark De La Rosa to establish himself as a person of interest in a suddenly revived division. Kara-France maintains his position on our 125-pound bubble, but more significant challenges could await.
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