Here the match video of Rose Namajunas defending her UFC Strawweight Championship against Zhang Weili from last night's UFC show in New York City. This was a rematch from April. The big news is that Zhang and her camp moved to Fight Ready in Scottsdale, AZ. Head coach is Eric Alberracin along the one and only Henry Cejudo. This move was long overdue. Here's the bottom line. I thought Zhang won the fight and got jobbed out by poor judging. Rose acknowledged afterwards that she did not give a great performance. I scored the first three rounds for Zhang. Round two was close enough that it could have been scored the other way. So that was the key round. Judge Michael Bell scored it the same as me. So 48-47 for Zhang. Judge Doug Crosby scored round two for Rose. So 48-47 for Rose. Eric Colon not only gave round two to Rose but also round three. He scored it 49-46 for Rose. He's the only one in the building who thought Rose won round three. And Rose even resorted to lay and pray in round five. But if the fight had been properly scored, that wouldn't have mattered. Because of the scoring, I expect a third fight after Carla Esparza gets her title shot. There is talk that Zhang could move to Flyweight. Here's the video. Check it out for yourself.
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