Zhang Weili defended her strawweight championship at UFC 292 for the first time in her second reign as champion. She emerged victorious following which she received a congratulatory message from Welterweight star Colby Covington. They had a wholesome interaction online, leading fans to share their reactions to it on social media.

‘Magnum’ had an intense battle with Amanda Lemos in Boston last weekend. Both fighters showcased how tough they are in a back-and-forth battle. However, it was the Chinese star who gained the upper hand and registered a unanimous decision victory. But that is not what the fans are talking about. They are speculating about a conversation between her and ‘Chaos’ Covington.

Colby Covington congratulates Zhang Weili on her win

Zhang Weili received a lot of love and support from the fans after her win at UFC 292. As such, she took to Instagram and mentioned in a post how thankful she was for the warm gesture from the fans. However, it was not just the fans who were excited to see her win. Former interim welterweight champion Colby Covington also dropped a comment on her Instagram post.

‘Chaos’ congratulated her on winning a hard-fought battle against Amanda Lemos. He commented, “So happy for you.” Moreover, Weili returned the favor by replying to the comment. She said, “Thank you, handsome.” The fans were confused, speculating about the kind of relationship they had after the Chinese fighter called him “handsome”. Let us take a look at what the fans had to say.

Fans speculate about Covington’s relationship with Weili

The fans were quick to chime in and share their takes on the situation on Reddit. Some people claimed that Colby Covington was trying to improve the relations between the USA and China. While others believe that they could be a power couple in the UFC.

• Colby improving our relations with China
• Power couple type sh*t

Some fans claim that if ‘Chaos’ gets an Asian girlfriend, he will most probably be in the character he portrays. Moreover, some believe that the reply to his comment was sent by Zhang Weili’s manager. They also think that the strawweight champion was more American than Covington.

• Colby getting an asian girlfriend would be so in character
• The joke ends when you realize that it’s Zhang’s manager who answers, not herself.
• Zheng is more american than colby

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However, regardless of how much fans find Colby Covington annoying, they think that his relationship with Zhang Weili is of a sweet nature. Moreover, they are convinced that ‘Chaos’ is a nice guy who just portrays the character when addressing the UFC business.

• Colby is hella cringe to me, but their relationship is honestly very sweet.
• Dude, are people gonna be super mad when it’s finally confirmed Colby’s entire persona is just a character he plays for clout and he is actually a super nice soy boy lib with a Chinese girlfriend who is better at his job than he is?

Colby Covington hasn’t competed for more than a year at this point. However, he never ceases to make headlines. From threatening UFC commentator Jon Anik to sharing a message for Zhang Weili, ‘Chaos’ is always in the limelight. Meanwhile, he is slated to fight welterweight champion Leon Edwards. We will have to wait and see how that pans out in the months to come.

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