Song Yadong lands UFC Macau main event spot vs. Deiveson Figueiredo
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Song Yadong will look to get back on track in his homeland of China when he meets a former UFC champion in his next fight.
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On Thursday, UFC CEO Dana White announced that Song will face Deiveson Figueiredo in a UFC Fight Night main event May 30 at Galaxy Arena in Macau.
Song (22-9-1 MMA, 11-4-1 UFC) is coming off a close unanimous decision loss to Sean O'Malley in January at UFC 324. Song, 28, is 3-2 in his past five fights dating back to 2023, including an injury TKO win over Henry Cejudo. His other loss during that stretch was to current champion Petr Yan in March 2024.
Figueiredo, a former UFC flyweight champion, has realized the same success at 135 pounds. After winning his first three fights in the division, Figueiredo (25-6-1 MMA, 14-6-1 UFC) has dropped three of his past four and failed to make weight in his most recent appearance, a dominant unanimous decision loss to Umar Nurmagomedov at UFC 324.
Also announced for UFC Macau was the co-main event, which will feature light heavyweights Zhang Mingyang (19-7 MMA, 3-1 UFC) and Alonzo Menifield (17-6-1 MMA, 10-6-1 UFC). Both men are coming off losses in their most recent fights.
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: UFC Macau: Song Yadong lands main event spot vs. former champ