A two-time strawweight champion, Zhang is currently the No. 1 pound-for-pound female fighter in the world according to the MMA Fighting Global Rankings. Originally winning the title with a dominant performance against Jessica Andrade, Zhang lost the belt to Rose Namajunas just one fight later. She then reclaimed the belt by dominating Carla Esparza at UFC 281 and successfully defended the title against Amanda Lemos last August. Now Zhang hopes to do something she never has before, successfully defend her title twice.
“He’s here every single day, he’s calling me up early in the morning to go running. He wants to work, he wants to win. That to this day is the same, there’s no change now that he has notoriety,” said George, a former light heavyweight contender turned upstart trainer.
Bradley and King agree that any license to Tyson would not extend to Warner Bros. recreating the tattoo on another person’s face, but Bradley concludes that Warner Bros.’ actions were nonetheless likely fair use, while King argues that the replication of the tattoo on Price’s face was satire rather than parody and thus not protected by fair use under Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc. Ultimately, Bradley writes that, even if a fair use defense failed, Whitmill would not have won significant damages, as he had only registered the copyright after the alleged infringement began and could thus only collect on compensatory damages.
“After I won the silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, I knew that I could compete in heavyweight boxing,” he said. “Then, after I finished the 2012 London Olympics, I looked to professional boxing again.”
The fight itself was shockingly brief. Rather than attempting to box and testing Tyson’s by now suspect stamina, Etienne came in to try and blast boxing’s most famous heavyweight out – with predictable results. As the two swung wildly at one another, Etienne was caught clean with a couple of blows before the pair clinched and wrestled one another to the canvas.
The Mike Tyson tattoo has inspired countless fans to create their own tattoos, honoring their idol and the impact he has had on their lives. Tyson’s influence extends far beyond the ring, from boxing fans to tattoo aficionados.
Reached R16 at 2023 Australian Open (l. Pliskova) taking her ranking to a high of No. 22. Zhang failed to win a singles match after Lyon in January and ended her season early after Montreal (l. Blinkova). In doubles, won the 2023 title at Abu Dhabi (w/Stefani) and reached semifinals at Doha (w/Olmos) and Wimbledon (w/Dolehide). Won third career singles title at Lyon (d. Yastremska in F) and 12th doubles title in Nottingham (w/Haddad Maia) in 2022 Finished the season at No. 24, very close to previous best career ranking of No. 23 (Nov 14, 2016); in doubles climbed as high as No. 2 on July 11, 2022 Reached fourth singles final of career in 2021, finishing R-Up at Nottingham (l. Konta). Also advanced to SF at Palermo and QF at San Jose Enjoyed strong campaign in doubles in 2021 winning three tiles, at Cincinnati and US Open (w/Stosur) and Ostrava (w/Mirza). Qualified for WTA Finals for first time (w/Stosur) however failed to progress from group stage Season highlight in 2020 was reaching third career WTA singles final (l. Rybakina in F) and finished R-Up in doubles at Hobart (w/Peng), which marks the first time she made it through to the championship match in both singles and doubles at the same tour-level event Also in 2020, made R16 at Roland Garros for the first time; now has advanced to second week in three Grand Slams across hard, grass and clay Standout results of 2019 season were reaching second Grand Slam singles QF of career at Wimbledon (l. eventual champion Halep), finishing R-Up at WTA125K Series event in Anning, China (l. S.Zheng) and closing out season by winning $100k ITF/Tokyo-JPN (d.Paolini in F) Registered first Top 10 doubles season in 2019-finished at No.10 while posted career-high ranking at No.9 on May 20 Won first Grand Slam title in doubles at 2019 Australian Open (w/Stosur; d. Babos/Mladenovic in F); also reached final at Miami w/Stosur (l. Mertens/Sabalenka). Team qualified for WTA Finals in Shenzhen (Zhang’s debut at the season finale) where they advanced to SF (l. eventual champions Babos/Mladenovic) First Top 30 season in 2016, posted career-high ranking of No.23 on November 14 Enjoyed Grand Slam breakthrough at 2016 Australian Open, where she advanced to QF as qualifier (d. No.2 Halep and No.17 Key en route, l. Konta). Run also marked first time winning back-to-back main draw matches since semifinal run at 2014 Birmingham As a qualifier during 2016 Melbourne run, defeated No.2 Halep and No.17 Keys (l. Konta). Ranked No.133, became lowest-ranked player to advance to last eight in Melbourne since unranked Henin reached final in 2010, and first qualifier to do so since Gavaldon in 1990 Contemplated retirement after ending 2015 ranked No.186, her lowest year-end finish since 2008 (No.212) and down from No.62 in 2014 Winner of two WTA singles titles, at 2013 Guangzhou (d. King in F) and 2017 Guangzhou (d. Krunic in F); also won WTA 125K Series events at Nanjing in 2013 and Honolulu in 2017 Scored first Top 10 win over then top ranked Safina in 1r at 2009 Beijing; at No.226, was the lowest-ranked player ever to beat a World No.1 First broke into Top 100 on August 9, 2010 and Top 50 on February 3, 2014 Made WTA qualifying debut at 2006 Beijing; made WTA main draw debut at 2006 Guangzhou Winner of 21 singles titles and eight doubles titles on ITF Circuit Member of Chinese Fed Cup team in 2007, 2009-10, 2012, 2014-15, 2019-20. Chinese Olympic Team, 2012, 2016 In mixed doubles, reached SF at 2018 US Open (w/Peers)