Weili Zhang siblings: Meet Weili Zhang’s older brother

Chinese mixed martial artist Zhang Weili was born on August 13, 1989. She is the reigning and previous UFC Women’s Strawweight Champion and now fights in the women’s division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Zhang has been a professional fighter since 2013, and prior to that, she was the KLF Women’s Strawweight Champion. She holds the #3 spot as of June 20, 2023 in the UFC women’s pound-for-pound rankings.

2013 saw Zhang make her MMA debut as a professional. She would go on to win 11 straight matches after suffering a unanimous decision loss to Meng Bo in her professional debut before taking on Simone Duarte for the Kunlun Fight Female Strawweight Championship on May 25, 2017, at Kunlun Fight MMA 11.

Weili Zhang siblings: Meet Weili Zhang’s older brother

China’s Hebei province is where Zhang was born. Her mother is a housewife, and her father is a retired miner. Her older brother, who used to work as a gold trader but left to support Zhang’s career, is now a gym employee.