The UFC is going to Beijing, China for the first time on Nov. 24. UFC Fight Night 141 will be at Cadillac Arena. They announced four fights to the local media. Two of them are women's fights. Not surprisingly, both feature Chinese fighters. In a Strawweight bout, Xiaonan Yan will face Syuri Kondo. In a Flyweight bout, Yanan Wu will face Shana Dobson. Yan is 29 years old from Shenyang, China. Her record is 9-1-1NC and she's 2-0 in the UFC. It's hard to tell if she is any good as both of her UFC opponents were terrible and have been released. Syuri is 29 years old from Yokohama, Japan. I think most fans know she is a pro wrestling star in Japan. And also a former kickboxing champ. Her record is 6-1 and 1-1 in the UFC. She trains at the Japanese branch of the Dutch gym Vos. In her last fight, Syuri was clobbered by the much larger Poliana Botelho. She should be better in this fight. Syuri is a kickboxer with no power so she's a points fighter. So I expect this fight to go the distance and it could go either way. Wu is 22 years old from Chaoyang, China. Her record is 8-2. She lost her UFC debut at Bantamweight to Gina Mazany and she looked small. And I guess the UFC saw that and they told her to drop to Flyweight. This will be her first Flyweight bout. Who knows what she will be like? Shana is 29 years old. She trains at Team Lloyd Irvin in Maryland. Her record is 3-2 and 1-1 in the UFC. She was in TUF 26. She was outclassed by Lauren Mueller in her last fight. I'm not sure she's a UFC caliber fighter and I don't know if this fight will tell us if she is as Wu seems a little green to me.
No comments:
Post a Comment