UFC: Dan Hardy thinks Zhang Weili could still be the one to shock Valentina Shevchenko
- MMA analyst and former UFC star Hardy thinks Zhang ‘carries the power to make a difference’ against flyweight champ
- Hardy says China’s former champ will be ‘dominant at the top’ of strawweight division but has ‘options’ if she moves up too
Zhang Weili may have lost the UFC strawweight title to Rose Namajunas, but Dan Hardy is adamant she still has the power to shock Valentina Shevchenko.
Whatever happens next, a potential move up to flyweight to challenge some of the top contenders, and even the surging champion Shevchenko, remains on the cards
“[Zhang]’s one of the most interesting opponents, in my opinion, for Shevchenko,” MMA analyst and former UFC welterweight title challenger Hardy told the Post. “Purely because I think Zhang Weili carries the power to make a difference.
“With my excitement that I give towards Jessica Andrade, the recklessness in her style is always going to cost her against Shevchenko.
“But with Zhang Weili you’ve got the power and the speed as well as the technique and the accuracy. So I think she’s got lots of options, I really do.”