Song Yadong submits Deiveson Figueiredo in Macau

Field Level Media|published: Sat 30th May, 11:07 2026

Jan 24, 2026; Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; Sean O’Malley (red gloves) fights Song Yadong (blue gloves) during UFC 324 at T-Mobile Arena. Mandatory Credit: Stephen R. Sylvanie-Imagn Images

China's Song Yadong forced Brazil's Deiveson Figueiredo to tap out, giving Song the victory in the bantamweight main event on Saturday at UFC Fight Night in Macau.

Song (23-9-1) locked Figueiredo, 38, in a guillotine choke to force the submission at 4:42 of the second round, handing two-time flyweight champion Figueiredo (25-7-1) his second straight loss and fourth in his last five fights.

It was the first fight on home soil since 2018 for Song, 28, who was coming off a loss by unanimous decision against Sean O'Malley at UFC 324 in January in Las Vegas.

Alonzo Menifield defeated China's Zhang Mingyang by KO/TKO at 4:15 of the first round in a light heavyweight bout.

Heavyweight Sergei Pavlovich of Russia punched out Brazil's Tallison Teixeira just 39 seconds into their fight.

Japanese bantamweight Kai Asakura also scored a first-round KO/TKO against Cameron Smotherman.

Other winners included Jake Matthews (welterweight) and Cody Haddon (bantamweight) of Australia; Luis Felipe Dias (middleweight) and Jose Henrique (welterweight) of Brazil; Japan's Rei Tsuruya (bantamweight); Peru's Rodrigo Vera (featherweight). Angela Hill and Brazil's Jaqueline Amorim won their women's strawweight fights.

--Field Level Media

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