On Saturday, Feb. 25, Kunlun Fight returned to the Mangrove Tree International Convention Center in Sanya, China for Kunlun Fight MMA 9.
In the evening’s main card action, U.S. Olympic wrestling trial winner Alesha Zappitella stayed unbeaten in her young MMA career with a submission victory over short notice replacement Ding Miao to win the Kunlun Fight women’s flyweight title. Former UFC veteran and Kunlun Fight champion Zhang Lipeng moved his win streak to 12 with a victory over former UFC lightweight Hermes Franca. Top Chinese prospect Weili Zhang continued her own winning streak with her 11th straight win against Brazil’s Nayara Hemily.
The event airs live at 22:15 CST on Thursday, March 2 on CCTV 5 (China).
FULL RESULTS
Alesha Zappitella def. Ding Miao by submission (arm-triangle choke). Round 2 – for women’s atomweight title
Zhang Lipeng def. Hermes Franca by unanimous decision (30-27 x 3)
Haotian Wu vs. Leandro Rodrigues ends in split draw (29-28, 28-29, 29-29)
Weili Zhang def. Nayara Hemily by TKO (strikes). Round 1
Lin Heqin def. Valerija Sotchenko by TKO (ground and pound).
Vladimir Vivdych def. Hao Jiahao
Sun Shuwei def. Sergio
Jose Francisco def. Hou Junying
Aleksandr Merezhko def. Liu Jia
Fu Kankang def. Ayijiake Akenbieke
Zhang Lipeng def. Hermes Franca by unanimous decision (30-27 x 3)
Haotian Wu vs. Leandro Rodrigues ends in split draw (29-28, 28-29, 29-29)
Weili Zhang def. Nayara Hemily by TKO (strikes). Round 1
Lin Heqin def. Valerija Sotchenko by TKO (ground and pound).
Vladimir Vivdych def. Hao Jiahao
Sun Shuwei def. Sergio
Jose Francisco def. Hou Junying
Aleksandr Merezhko def. Liu Jia
Fu Kankang def. Ayijiake Akenbieke