I thought it was closer but guess I need to rewatch.
I thought Joanna’s leg kicks and body strikes maybe weren’t scored as much. Zhang def landed the bigger punches but felt like Joanna had the volume.
But the fight answered a lot of questions.
FOR JOANNA:
She is not done. She can still take a punch.
FOR WEILI:
As inexperienced as she was and it still showed, he still showed she was on the level AND had the heart to fight the most experienced championship fighter in Joanna and still come out on top. I think its fair to say that the multiple camp and location changes for Zhang may have taken some gas out of her. With this fight under her belt, she will only be better.
Joanna did make her miss a lot though and I think she doesn’t need to wing some much on every punch. She will likely calm down a bit with the experience.
I wanted Zhang to bash Joanna (and she did, but took some hell back) but I thought JJ was going to eek out the decision. It was super close either way, we all won with that one.