UFC 273: Dana White suggests Zhang Weili’s rematch with Joanna Jedrzejczyk in Singapore could be five rounds
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UFC president Dana White has suggested Zhang Weili’s highly-anticipated rematch with Joanna Jedrzejczyk in Singapore in June could be contested over five rounds.
The two former strawweight champions put on a battle for the ages in their 2020 Fight of the Year, when China’s Zhang retained the belt with a split decision.
Arguably the greatest women’s MMA fight of all time, a second stanza may feel somewhat anticlimactic without a belt on the line, which normally limits a fight to three rounds in the Octagon if is not a main event.
“That’s a good question,” White said in the early hours of Sunday morning at the UFC 273 post-event press conference.
“Do you want me to make it five rounds?” he asked the reporter, who answered in the affirmative.
“We’ll work on that,” White then added.