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Harry Davies

UFC star Zhang Weili stuns 293lb Francis Ngannou by lifting him off the floor

Former UFC strawweight champion Zhang Weili left 293lb Francis Ngannou speechless by picking him up off the floor with ease.

Weili, 33, looks to win back her 115lb title next weekend when she fights current champion Carla Esparza in the co-main event of UFC 281 in New York. Despite competing at the lightest weight class in the UFC, Weili showed off her astonishing strength for her size by lifting up heavyweight champion Ngannou and balancing him on her shoulder when the pair crossed paths at the UFC's Performance Institute.

"I can't believe that Zhang Weili just picked me up like I wasn't 293lbs," Ngannou wrote. "I didn't want her to do it I was scared of her hurting her back and was trying to explain this to her....then found myself suddenly up in the air. Her strength ratio is through the roof."

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