Tiequan Zhang debuts on American soil
World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) will feature a Chinese fighter on its card for the first time in its history. The newly hired Tiequan zhang will face the North American Alexis Karalexis in the 51st edition of the event, scheduled for the 30th, in Broomfield, in the United States.
Zhang, 25, is a lightweight and member of China Top Team, where he trains alongside former Brazilian Top Team (BTT) member Ruy Menezes. “The Mongolian Wolf”, as he is known, has a purple belt in jiu-jitsu and will have his first fight on North American soil. In his last fight, Zhang beat New Zealander Daniel Digby by submission (guillotine choke) 30 seconds into the first round at Legend Fighting Championship 2, held on June 24 this year in Hong Kong.
WEC 51 will have as its main attraction the fight for the featherweight belt between the Brazilian José Aldo, current champion of the category, and the challenger Manny gamburyan. Check out the full event card:
main card
Jose aldo vs. Manny Gamburyan (featherweight title fight)
Miguel Torres vs. Charlie Valencia
Donald Cerrone vs. Jamie Varner
Chan sung jung vs. George Roop
Leonard Garcia vs. Mark hominick
Preliminary Card
Mike Brown vs. Cole Province
Chris Horodecki vs. Ed Ratcliff
Antonio Banuelos vs. Chad George
Clint Godfrey vs. Demetrious Johnson
Diego nunes vs. Tyler Toner
Alex Karalexis vs. Zhang Tie Quan
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