UFC: Henry Cejudo says ‘Zhang Weili is a ‘Ferrari’ but ‘she needed the right oil’
- Former UFC double champion and Olympic gold medallist has been working with Zhang on her wrestling after she moved her camp to Arizona
- ‘The only problem is, she needed those Ferrari engineers … she came out and she got it,’ says Cejudo ahead of Rose Namajunas rematch
Henry Cejudo has insisted that Zhang Weili has all the right tools to beat Rose Namajunas – but she just needed some fine tuning.
The Chinese “Magnum” (21-2) will look to reclaim the strawweight title in November 6’s UFC 268 co-main event at Madison Square Garden, having suffered a shock first-round TKO when they met in April.
It was Zhang’s first defeat in the UFC – her first since losing her professional debut in 2013, in fact – and the 32-year-old has ripped up the script for the rematch, moving her camp from Beijing to Scottsdale, Arizona, where she is learning under the tutelage of former UFC flyweight and bantamweight champ Cejudo at Fight Ready.
“Zhang Weili, let me tell you something. Oh man, it’s been an experience,” Cejudo said on The Triple C and Schmo show.
“When I talk about Zhang Weili, she is literally a Ferrari. The only problem is, she needed those Ferrari engineers. She needed that right oil.”
“Triple C”, who retired from MMA in July 2020 after defending his bantamweight title against Dominick Cruz in a second-round TKO, of course came into the UFC as an Olympic gold medal wrestler.