Jessica Andrade surely doesn't want to be a one-and-done UFC strawweight champion. And in order to have a successful first title defense, she must show up in China on Saturday and take on Zhang Weili, who has won 19 consecutive bouts.

But as difficult a task as winning a championship fight is, Zhang has a chance to be a national hero by becoming the first Chinese UFC titleholder.

No sweat, right?

So now the question is, which fighter faces more pressure in Shenzhen?

This was one topic discussed in this week's episode of Ariel & The Bad Guy, streamed exclusively on ESPN+.

Chael Sonnen: I think that Weili is the one facing more pressure. Look, there's no such thing as a home-field advantage when it comes to cage fighting. There is pressure, there is extra meaning on it. You've got to show off in front of your friends that you've been telling your whole life how tough you are. Now they're going to be sitting around the audience, and by the way, they're all begging you and texting you for free tickets the entire time. I'm just saying, there's a lot of pressure on you. Ariel, you want to know who's going to be more uncomfortable? Flight change, dietary change, trying to cut weight in a different country -- [it] is the champ.

This is a really hard call. This is a really hard outing, particularly if you want to get eventually into the X's and O's of this fight. Very hard match. I think the champ is going to be more uncomfortable, but I think the pressure is on whoever has to fight at home.

The UFC's return to China features a strawweight division championship fight, one that fans in Shenzhen have been anticipating for several months.

Zhang Weili, who is 19-1 and fights out of Beijing, will look to take the title from Jessica Andrade in Saturday's main event. UFC Fight Night: Andrade vs. Zhang

• Saturday, Shenzhen, China

• Prelims: ESPN, 3 a.m. ET

• Main card: ESPN+, 6 a.m. ET Subscribe to ESPN+ to get exclusive live UFC events, weigh-ins and more; Ariel and the Bad Guy; Dana White's Contender Series; and more exclusive MMA content.

Ariel Helwani: Yeah, well said. I actually think that not enough is being made of the fact that Andrade is taking this fight and fighting it in China. I know she's sort of returning the favor for what Rose Namajunas did back in May where Rose went to Brazil to fight her and lost the title to her. But this is somewhat unprecedented stuff, to go all the way from Brazil to China to defend the belt against a local fighter, if you will, is pretty darn impressive, so massive props to Jessica Andrade.

But no, the answer has to be Zhang Weili. It has to be Zhang Weili because there is so much at stake here, Chael. This is one of the most historic title fights in UFC history. And if Zhang can actually pull this off, Chael, it opens up so many doors businesswise for the UFC. They just opened up a performance institute in Shanghai. China has always been the great unknown. I remember around eight years ago, they signed a young man named Tiequan Zhang and he was the first Chinese-born fighter signed to the UFC. And they tried to build him up. They gave him "tune-up fights," if you will. He won his first fight against Jason Reinhardt in less than a minute and everyone was excited about this. But he didn't amount to much. They have been searching for not only a Chinese star, but a Chinese champion. And now here they are, three days away from potentially crowning their first Chinese champion. Because if you could crown a Chinese champion, with all the history there -- martial arts, Bruce Lee, etc. -- you have so many options now. So this is potentially massive, and she understands that. She gets what's going on here. She understands that she could be the face of an entire nation. That's a lot of pressure for a young woman. Now she's up for the task. Look at this right here, the résumé: 19 wins in a row, it's all very impressive. But man, we have not seen a situation like this.

Look, when Stipe [Miocic] goes and fights in Cleveland or Conor [McGregor] in Dublin, Georges [St-Pierre] in Montreal, all right ... this is a much bigger deal. The face of Chinese MMA -- huge stakes for Zhang Weili. I'm curious to see how she responds.

Zhang Weili, right, will attempt to become the UFC's first Chinese champion when she faces strawweight titleholder Jessica Andrade on Saturday. AP Photo/John Locher

Sonnen: Ariel, I would be remiss if I didn't ask you, because you are saying it as though she is the underdog ... at least that's the way I feel like your tone is talking. Ariel, if I could be honest with you, I would be stunned if we didn't have a new champion -- 19-0, one of the most devastating ground-and-pounds in the sport, she doesn't appear to get tired, she is ruthless. Listen, don't be fooled by that pretty face and that nice smile. When they say go, she does. This is a cage fighter. Ariel, I'd be surprised if we didn't have a new champion at this time next week.

Helwani: I respect that. No, I am not saying that she doesn't deserve to be here. I like this fight. Look, I'll be honest. Initially I was like, ehhhh, Michelle Waterson, Tatiana Suarez, like they deserve it a little more. But I think this is a stroke of genius on the UFC's part to have this lineup with this fight in China -- it's huge.

I don't know if you've seen it on social media -- go follow her manager, Brian Butler, on Instagram -- she is in phenomenal shape, Chael. We have not seen her looking like this. She is jacked. She is ready to go. I'm not saying she's an underdog. I'm not saying she can't hang with Andrade. I'm not saying that this is like a token title shot. I'm just saying that there's a lot at stake here. Like we have never seen a challenger go into a title fight with this kind of pressure, in my opinion, because of all the opportunities that will come for not only her, but the UFC and the sport if she's able to win the title on Saturday morning.

Sonnen: You want to know something, Ariel, just for our viewers? One thing that you and I and everybody on ESPN likes to do this -- breaking down sport is talk about pressure. But the real question that I want to tell the fans, the real answer -- why does that matter? Well, allow me to answer for you. All pressure will do -- and it only does one thing -- it creates fatigue. It's the reason that you can go in and practice for an hour hard, but in competition you can go six or seven minutes and the coach pulls you out and puts somebody else in. That pressure creates an exhaustion and a fatigue and when you're talking about a title fight, one thing that you really need is to be able to breathe and have that cardio for an extended period of time should it get into the later rounds. That's where that becomes an issue, but I also factor that in when I'm looking at Weili versus Andrade.

Andrade is not somebody who goes super hard in the super late rounds. Look, Andrade is fantastic, by the way. I don't at all mean to insult her. I'm just saying she's really up against it. She's the rightful champion. My hat is totally off to her for, as you put it, returning the favor and going into enemy territory, if you will. But I think, Ariel, I really don't think it's a fantastic matchup -- for anybody! Not just Andrade, Weili is a problem for anybody. She is devastating. Am I wrong?

Helwani: No, no, not at all. I love how high you are on her. By the way, I wasn't overly impressed with Jessica Andrade back in May. I thought Rose looked phenomenal in the first round. The tide turned a little bit, the freak knockout, all that and more. But I wasn't glowing about her prospects as a champion after that, so we'll see what happens here. Look, she's flying under the radar. No one is talking about her going into this fight. It's all about Zhang Weili and that opportunity, so she has a big chance. But you're right. Having to cut weight, going over to China all that, it's a fascinating fight.