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Miranda Maverick has offered up her thoughts on how close we may be to a Valentina Shevchenko versus Zhang Weili super fight after Shevchenko's title defense at UFC 315. Speaking on a recent episode of Bowks Talking Bouts, Maverick discussed multiple topics ahead of her co-main event clash with Rose Namajunas at UFC Atlanta on June 14.
With Shevchenko successfully defending her flyweight title against Manon Fiorot at the aforementioned Montreal-based pay-per-view, many wonder if now is the time to pull the trigger on a mega fight with UFC strawweight champ Zhang Weili. When discussing if she thinks the cross-divisional super fight can happen next, Maverick said:
"I think it's gonna end up being Weili just because of the fan favorite kind of thing. But you just named both of them. It's either going to be [Natalia] Silva or it's gonna be Weili, I'm not sure which."
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"I doubt that Zhang will win that fight and I think she'll go right back down to 115. But we'll see. It might be something like Rose where she stays in the flyweight division and tries out her luck."
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Check out Maverick's thoughts on if we may see Shevchenko vs. Weili next below (13:31):
Miranda Maverick and her thoughts on the major flyweight movement at UFC 315
Miranda Maverick is currently the No. 11-ranked contender at 125 pounds, and the 27-year-old has a lot of localized insights on the contenders at flyweight. In regards to some of the major divisional movement at UFC 315 among some of the promotion's top-level flyweights, starting with how impressed she was by champion Valentina Shevchenko, Maverick stated (10:28):
"I expected Manon [Fiorot] to actually maybe get it done that night. I thought there might be a changing of the guard there but it wasn't. I actually did expect Natalia Silva to win [vs. Alexa Grasso], she's amazing. I think that she's a future champion potentially or at least somebody that's going to be thrown into that championship fight very soon."
"Jasmine [Jasudavicius] has been climbing her way. She fought me and I was like wow, she's a lot better than people give her credit for. I got hurt in the second round. I won the first round and I'm like man, I still wish I can replay that fight and do it without my eye hurt. But it's like man, she's done a great job ever since. I think the Jessica Andrade fight was a good fight."
