{"id":29023,"date":"2022-06-25T21:49:01","date_gmt":"2022-06-25T21:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/uncategorized\/injured-champ-carla-esparza-wont-rush-into-zhang-weili-fight-im-not-making-the-same-mistake-twice\/"},"modified":"2022-06-25T21:49:01","modified_gmt":"2022-06-25T21:49:01","slug":"injured-champ-carla-esparza-wont-rush-into-zhang-weili-fight-im-not-making-the-same-mistake-twice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/lifestyle\/injured-champ-carla-esparza-wont-rush-into-zhang-weili-fight-im-not-making-the-same-mistake-twice\/","title":{"rendered":"Injured champ Carla Esparza won&#8217;t rush into Zhang Weili fight: &#8216;I&#8217;m not making the same mistake twice&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As she deals with injuries, UFC strawweight champion Carla Esparza won\u2019t agree to a fight with Zhang Weili at UFC 281 in Abu Dhabi. Weili (22-3 MMA, 6-2 UFC) scored a spinning backfist knockout that sent Joanna Jedrzejczyk into retirement earlier this month at UFC 275 and solidifed her position as the next challenger to Esparza (19-6 MMA, 10-4 UFC). After the win, Weili called for the fight to happen at the Oct. 22 event, and labeled it \u201cfair\u201d neutral territory. Esparza appreciates Weili\u2019s forward-thinking attitude with a firm pitch for their showdown, but the reigning champ is still dealing with nagging injuries in the fallout of her scrutinized title win over Rose Nama&#8230; Click below to read the full story from MMAJunkie<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2022\/06\/ufc-news-carla-esparza-injured-wont-rush-title-defense-zhang-weili-mistake\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As she deals with injuries, UFC strawweight champion Carla Esparza won\u2019t agree to a fight with Zhang Weili at UFC 281 in Abu Dhabi. 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