Maybe Zhang Weili and Rose Namajunas can’t be friends after UFC 261 like the current strawweight champion had hoped. In an interview with Lithuanian National Radio and Television , Namajunas – who’s Lithuanian-American – said she doesn’t hate Weili, but also made clear what Weili represents to her as a Chinese champion. “The animosity and things like that, those can be very motivating factors in short moments. But in all actuality going into the fight, maybe there was certain rivalries and things like that, but I always kept myself in control,” Namajunas said. “I never really hated the person – and I don’t hate Weili or anything like that. There’s nothing … but I do feel as though I have a lot to fight for in this fight and what she represents.” Namajunas’ parents were Lithuanian immigrants who moved to the U.S
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