Amanda Lemos will problem Zhang Weili for the UFC strawweight championship on Saturday within the co-main occasion of UFC 292 in Boston, and the final lady to beat her predicts an upset on the TD Backyard.
Jessica Andrade, who tapped Lemos with a standing arm-triangle choke in April 2022, noticed Lemos rebound with back-to-back finishes over Michelle Waterson-Gomez and Marina Rodriguez to earn a shot at Weili.
Andrade beforehand felt the ability of Weili, shedding the UFC championship to the Chinese language star by way of first-round knockout in 2019. However she stated Lemos might be an even bigger menace on the ft.
“Amanda Lemos may be very robust,” Andrade stated on a latest episode of MMA Combating podcast Trocação Franca. “Her placing may be very, very arduous. If Weili doesn’t watch out, doesn’t take her down, or doesn’t work nicely together with her jiu-jitsu, I consider Lemos turns into the brand new champion due to the ability she has. She’s very, very sturdy.”
“I’ve fought each, I obtained hit arduous by each,” she laughed, “and I’ll inform you this: Lemos hits tougher than Weili. If Weili doesn’t use the precise technique and work on the bottom, finds the timing to shoot for takedowns, it should finish badly for her.”
Lemos received seven of eight bouts since shifting right down to strawweight in December 2019, together with a trio of first-round finishes, and would rating an enormous upset if she’s victorious in opposition to a girl that has stopped the likes of Andrade, Joanna Jedrzejczyk and Jessica Aguilar in seven octagon victories.
“That is my decide – I feel Lemos wins,” Andrade stated. “If it goes previous the second or third rounds, Lemos wins. I don’t know if Lemos can do 5 rounds with Weili, she’s been doing this for just a few years now, however when it comes to energy, if Weili doesn’t work in opposition to the fence and will get Lemos drained, it should positively be a knockout within the second or third spherical.”
