Xia Li Had Her MMA Fighting Debut Set While Under Contract With WWE

Former WWE star Xia Li (Xia Zhao) recently appeared on Busted Open Radio, where she talked about a number of topics including how WWE made her cancel a previously scheduled MMA bout when she was still part of the NXT roster.

Li said, โ€œIโ€™ve wanted to fight for many years. Last time, I was in NXT. I almost got a fight, but they found out, so I had to cancel. I called my coach, โ€˜When is the next fight?โ€™ โ€˜August.โ€™ โ€˜Okay, Iโ€™m in.โ€™ That was the first thing after I got released. I called my coach.โ€

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