{"id":40803,"date":"2026-10-01T04:36:01","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T04:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Cong-Wang-says-teammates-go-harder-on-her-Treated-like-boys-203037"},"modified":"2026-10-01T04:36:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T04:36:01","slug":"cong-wang-says-teammates-go-harder-on-her-treated-like-boys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/cong-wang-says-teammates-go-harder-on-her-treated-like-boys\/","title":{"rendered":"Cong Wang says teammates go harder on her: \u2018Treated like boys\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/cong-wang-says-teammates-go-harder-on-her-treated-like-boys.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Cong-Wang-413126\">Cong<br \/>\nWang<\/a> has detailed her experience during sparring sessions at<br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fightfinder.php?search=yes&amp;association=Team%20Alpha%20Male\"><br \/>\nTeam Alpha Male<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Wang (10-1) is on the verge of the biggest fight of her <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Ultimate-Fighting-Championship-2\"><br \/>\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> career. She faces <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Natalia-Silva-193033\">Natalia<br \/>\nSilva<\/a> for the vacant women\u2019s flyweight title at <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/UFC-332-Silva-vs-Wang-114123\">UFC<br \/>\n332<\/a> on Oct. 3 at Delta Center in Salt Lake City. The Chinese<br \/>\nflyweight says her training partners at the Sacramento-based gym<br \/>\nquickly realized she could handle a more intense level of<br \/>\nsparring.<\/p>\n<div id=\"adViAi\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>UFC 332 title challenger Cong Wang details sparring at Team<br \/>\nAlpha Male<\/h2>\n<p>Part of Wang\u2019s preparation for UFC 332 included training at Team<br \/>\nAlpha Male, where she said her sparring partners began going harder<br \/>\nagainst her after experiencing her striking firsthand. According to<br \/>\nWang, teammates who might go easier when sparring with other women<br \/>\ninstead increase their intensity against her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, that&#8217;s true,\u201d Wang said in a pre-fight interview. \u201cThey will<br \/>\ngo easy against the other girls, but when they spar with [me], they<br \/>\nfind the difficulty in the level of striking. They will go harder.<br \/>\nThey will even swing against [me]. That&#8217;s why [I am] treated like<br \/>\nboys in the gym.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wang enters her upcoming title fight on a four-fight winning<br \/>\nstreak, most recently defeating <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Tracy-Cortez-160955\">Tracy<br \/>\nCortez<\/a> by unanimous decision. Silva, meanwhile, is unbeaten in<br \/>\neight UFC appearances and holds victories over former champions<br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Jessica-Andrade-100715\">Jessica<br \/>\nAndrade<\/a>, <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Alexa-Grasso-142845\">Alexa<br \/>\nGrasso<\/a> and <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Rose-Namajunas-69083\">Rose<br \/>\nNamajunas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><center readability=\"2.0460829493088\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"6.1382488479263\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">a mixup in sparring??? \ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n<p>Wang Cong is ready for anyone in the Octagon!<\/p>\n[ <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/UFC332?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFC332<\/a><br \/>\n| OCT 3 | 8pmET | LIVE on <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/paramountplus?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ParamountPlus<\/a><br \/>\n&amp; <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CBS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CBS<\/a> ]\n<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ulDKPE0v8R\">pic.twitter.com\/ulDKPE0v8R<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 UFC on Paramount+ (@UFConParamount) <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/UFConParamount\/status\/2105402919344382326?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"><br \/>\nSeptember 30, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cong Wang has detailed her experience during sparring sessions at Team Alpha Male. Wang (10-1) is on the verge of the biggest fight of her Ultimate Fighting Championship career. She faces Natalia Silva for the vacant women\u2019s flyweight title at UFC 332 on Oct. 3 at Delta Center in Salt Lake City. The Chinese flyweight [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40804,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}