Zhang Lipeng on ONE debut win, Shinya Aoki, and more

Zhang Lipeng is coming off of a thorough victory over Eduard Folayang at ONE: Battleground II.

I spoke with the former TUF: China champ and we covered several subjects such as: -Zhang's feelings after this win, the importance of beating a former lightweight champion, and the relief that comes with all of that

-Targeting Shinya Aoki as an idealistic next opponent

-If the callout was more mindful of wanting to test skills with Shinya Aoki or more to facilitate getting towards getting a lightweight title shot as quick as possible

-The importance of becoming ONE's first male Chinese champion

-How the Eduard Folayang bout aligned with his preconceived notions

-Normative UFC weight cuts as compared to the ONE Championship hydration tests

-If the hydration tests created compounded level of energy that reflected in the performance

-Thoughts on the ONE lightweight title bout between Christian Lee and Ok Rae Yoon

-The level of tape study that Lipeng has done on Christian Lee