Zhang Weili’s second strawweight title reign got off to a successful start on Saturday when she defeated Amanda Lemos in the UFC 292 co-headliner.
Weili (24-3 MMA, 8-2 UFC) showed she’s still the cream of the crop at 115 pounds with a lopsided unanimous decision victory over Lemos (13-3-1 MMA, 7-3 UFC) in their co-main event title bout at TD Garden in Boston. In the process, she landed the most significant strikes ever in a women’s UFC fight.
Check below for the top Twitter reactions to Weili’s title defense against Lemos at UFC 292.
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MMA Junkie
Co-main event time! Zhang Weili looks to defend her title vs. first-time challenger Amanda Lemos 🇨🇳🇧🇷
Full #UFC292 coverage: https://t.co/xhwvV2bBbk pic.twitter.com/tFsDfQMZzL
— MMA Junkie (@MMAJunkie) August 20, 2023
UFC
A shot at greatness awaits!
Amanda Lemos enters for her #UFC292 title shot pic.twitter.com/kgueEMwrvE
— UFC (@ufc) August 20, 2023
UFC
All business for the champ 💼
Zhang Weili ready to defend her title in our #UFC292 co-main! pic.twitter.com/5mx4ZXNLjK
— UFC (@ufc) August 20, 2023
UFC
Our strawweight title fight starts NOW 🏆 #UFC292 pic.twitter.com/ndL5iKwr5l
— UFC (@ufc) August 20, 2023
Kevin Iole
Zhang in side control
— Kevin Iole (@KevinI) August 20, 2023
Cageside Press
Big elbows from Weili! More elbows! Lemos trying to get in deep, but she's eating BIG SHOTS!!! CLEAN!!!!
BIG LEFT HANDS AS LEMOS GETS TO HER, NOPE, WEILI SAI OHHH DA'RCE!!!!!! CAN LEMOS FINISH IT!!??!?!?
OH WEILI DEFENDS!!! WOW!!!!!!! #UFC292
— Cageside Press (@Cagesidepress) August 20, 2023
Belal Muhammad
She made her mad
— Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) August 20, 2023
Aaron Bronsteter
10-9 Weili after R1
On the cusp of a 10-8, the D'Arce attempt probably staves it off.
— Aaron Bronsteter (@aaronbronsteter) August 20, 2023
UFC
WHAT a first round!
Zhang and Lemos come out FIRING 🔥 #UFC292
— UFC (@ufc) August 20, 2023
Sean Sheehan
Lemos' coach needs to tell her to forget jiu-jitsu exists.
— Seán Sheehan (@SeanSheehanBA) August 20, 2023
Tracy Cortez
Great composer from the champ!! #UFC292
— Tracy Cortez’s ERA (@TracyCortezmma) August 20, 2023
Ryan Clark
Zhang Weili is an absolute monster!! Oh my Goodness! @ufc 292
— Ryan Clark (@Realrclark25) August 20, 2023
Ben Askren
Damn Weili is a freaking savage, her ground and pound is relentless!
— Funky (@Benaskren) August 20, 2023
Caposa
Weili is a goddamn machine
— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) August 20, 2023
Teddy Atlas
Lemos- Weili, wow what a round, vicious floor chess, Weili is so good. #UFC292
— Teddy Atlas (@TeddyAtlasReal) August 20, 2023
Andreas Hale
Zhang is a monster. She's suffocating Lemos with her pressure and not giving her room to do much of anything. 20-18 Zhang.
— Andreas Hale (@AndreasHale) August 20, 2023
Saidyokub Kakhranomov
Demetrious Johnson
🇨🇳 up 2
— Demetrious Johnson (@MightyMouse) August 20, 2023
Connoisseur of Combat
well damn #UFC292 pic.twitter.com/iFCqqfThW7
— Connoisseur of Combat (@ConOfCombat) August 20, 2023
Matt Brown
Mma corners need to consider throwing in the towel more often. Just sayin
— Matt Brown (@IamTheImmortal) August 20, 2023
Aaron Bronsteter
30-27 Weili entering the championship rounds
— Aaron Bronsteter (@aaronbronsteter) August 20, 2023
Alan Jouban
Physicality backed by skill. #UFCBoston
— Alan Jouban (@AlanJouban) August 20, 2023
Dan Tom
Winning conditions were there and the analysis was on point except Lemos’ defense has been just good enough.
Round 2 and 3 fliers miss… really need a sub finish now. #UFC292
— Dan Tom (@DanTomMMA) August 20, 2023
Ben Davis
Zhang Weili has scored 158 strikes through 3 rounds. Lemos has scored 9. Wow. #UFC292
— Ben Davis (@BenTheBaneDavis) August 20, 2023
UFC
THIS IS WHERE CHAMPIONS ARE MADE 🤯 We're moving onto round 4! #UFC292 pic.twitter.com/nbo7ao6BqU
— UFC Canada (@UFC_CA) August 20, 2023
Teddy Atlas
This is why I say fighters can never be paid too much, they deserve every cent they can get. #UFC292
— Teddy Atlas (@TeddyAtlasReal) August 20, 2023
John Pollock
Jon Anik noting that Amanda Lemos has only "thrown" 28 strikes at the beginning of Round 4
— John Pollock (@iamjohnpollock) August 20, 2023
Cageside Press
Yeah…Weili isn't that tired lol.
Lemos looking for d'arce!!!!!!! Weili defending!
Weili gets her head out lol. Just too good at defending. #UFC292
— Cageside Press (@Cagesidepress) August 20, 2023
Alan Jouban
Lemos probably gets everybody in the gym with that. #UFCBoston
— Alan Jouban (@AlanJouban) August 20, 2023
Sean Sheehan
Lemos' corner seems like a mess.
— Seán Sheehan (@SeanSheehanBA) August 20, 2023
Kevin Iole
Zhang wins fourth, but it's the closest of the fight. 40-36 for Zhang. Lemos still a threat with those hands. #UFC292
— Kevin Iole (@KevinI) August 20, 2023
Marc Raimondi
The sound of that Zhang right hand at cageside was absolutely disgusting. #UFC292
— Marc Raimondi (@marcraimondi) August 20, 2023
Kay Hansen
Lemos just doesn’t quit #ufc292
— Kay Hansen (@KayHansenMMA) August 20, 2023
UFC
THESE STRIKE TOTALS 🤯 #UFC292 pic.twitter.com/JGBqFit5zY
— UFC (@ufc) August 20, 2023
BJ Penn
Zhang Weili drops Amanda Lemos in Round 5 🔥 #ufc292 pic.twitter.com/OGkHfpasbc
— bjpenndotcom (@bjpenndotcom) August 20, 2023
Belal Muhammad
No quit in lemos
— Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) August 20, 2023
MMA Junkie
#UFC292 results: Zhang Weili def. Amanda Lemos via unanimous decision (50-43, 50-44, 49-45) – to defend strawweight title
Full coverage: https://t.co/xhwvV2bBbk pic.twitter.com/kN9svmoPqo
— MMA Junkie (@MMAJunkie) August 20, 2023
Tracy Cortez
Weili completely dominated every round 👏🏽👏🏽 #AndStill #UFC292
— Tracy Cortez’s ERA (@TracyCortezmma) August 20, 2023
Niko Price
I hope Weili says “what’s up my brothers” like she practiced in embedded #UFC292
— Niko Price (@Nikohybridprice) August 20, 2023
UFC
25 minutes in the books 📚
Decision up next for our #UFC292 co-main! pic.twitter.com/LnUj5Qc7BR
— UFC (@ufc) August 20, 2023
Ben Askren
Which one of these idiot judges gave Lemos a round???
— Funky (@Benaskren) August 20, 2023
UFC
STILL THE BEST IN THE WORLD.
🇨🇳🏆 @MMAWeili keeps getting better and better with the strawweight belt around her waist! #UFC292 pic.twitter.com/8cI6jcE8MP
— UFC Europe (@UFCEurope) August 20, 2023
UFC
Weili with a classic! 🗣 #UFC292 pic.twitter.com/xCFR1fasJK
— UFC (@ufc) August 20, 2023
UFC
#UFC292 pic.twitter.com/NjgI1aCi87
— Jed I. Goodman © (@jedigoodman) August 20, 2023
MMA Junkie
A disappointed challenger Amanda Lemos went all five rounds with the champion in a unanimous decision loss.#UFC292 coverage: https://t.co/xhwvV2b3lM pic.twitter.com/4ttw20cuK1
— MMA Junkie (@MMAJunkie) August 20, 2023
MMA Junkie
Zhang Weili said it felt easy in the cage at #UFC292 – and she made it look that way with a clean sweep vs. Amanda Lemos 🇨🇳
Full coverage: https://t.co/xhwvV2b3lM pic.twitter.com/MobfDDUKnK
— MMA Junkie (@MMAJunkie) August 20, 2023
