Song Yadong
18 UFC Fights | 72% Win Rate | 8 Finishes (62%)
Song Yadong UFC Record & Pro MMA Record
Song Yadong is 13-4-1 in the UFC across 18 fights, with 6 wins by knockout, 2 by submission and 5 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 24-9-1 (1 NC), 11-5 of it outside the UFC. Yadong competes at bantamweight as an orthodox outfighter, standing 5'8" with a 67" reach at 28 years old. The last bout was a win over Umar Nurmagomedov by knockout in Aug 2026.
Best attribute: knockdown power (knockdowns scored per fight) — 81st percentile among 182 bantamweight fighters (0.47/fight).
Song Yadong's UFC win rate is 72% (13 of 18 fights), and 62% of those wins came by finish. Yadong averages 0.7 takedowns per fight at 41% accuracy and stops 77% of opponents' takedown attempts.
- Pro MMA Record
- 24-9-1 (1 NC)
- UFC Record
- 13-4-1
- Height
- 5'8"
- Reach
- 67"
- Age
- 28
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Last Fight
- W vs Umar Nurmagomedov · KO/TKO · Aug 2026
Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.
Song Yadong's Last 5 Fights
Yadong is 3-2 in the last five UFC fights.
- Win vs Umar Nurmagomedov · KO/TKO · R2 1:48 · UFC Fight Night: Nurmagomedov vs. Song · Aug 2026
- Win vs Deiveson Figueiredo · Submission · R2 4:42 · UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Figueiredo · May 2026
- Loss vs Sean O'Malley · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett · Jan 2026
- Win vs Henry Cejudo · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Song · Feb 2025
- Loss vs Petr Yan · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 299: O'Malley vs. Vera 2 · Mar 2024
Striking
Fighter Profile
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Defensive
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Takedowns & Control
Win Methods
Finish Probability by Round
Round-by-Round Output
Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Song Yadong vs Average
Song Yadong lands 15.9 strikes in R1 but 24.3 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.
Song Yadong's UFC Fight History
18 UFC fights on record (13-4-1), most recent first.
| Result | Opponent | Method | Rd · Time | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Umar Nurmagomedov | KO/TKO | R2 · 1:48 | UFC Fight Night: Nurmagomedov vs. Song | 2026-08-29 |
| W | Deiveson Figueiredo | Submission | R2 · 4:42 | UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Figueiredo | 2026-05-30 |
| L | Sean O'Malley | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett | 2026-01-24 |
| W | Henry Cejudo | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Song | 2025-02-22 |
| L | Petr Yan | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 299: O'Malley vs. Vera 2 | 2024-03-09 |
| W | Chris Gutierrez | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Gutierrez | 2023-12-09 |
| W | Ricky Simon | KO/TKO | R5 · 1:10 | UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Simon | 2023-04-29 |
| L | Cory Sandhagen | KO/TKO | R4 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Song | 2022-09-17 |
| W | Marlon Moraes | KO/TKO | R1 · 2:06 | UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Ankalaev | 2022-03-12 |
| W | Julio Arce | KO/TKO | R2 · 1:35 | UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Rodriguez | 2021-11-13 |
| W | Casey Kenney | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 265: Lewis vs. Gane | 2021-08-07 |
| L | Kyler Phillips | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya | 2021-03-06 |
| W | Marlon Vera | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Harris | 2020-05-16 |
| D/NC | Cody Stamann | Draw | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Rozenstruik | 2019-12-07 |
| W | Alejandro Perez | KO/TKO | R1 · 2:04 | UFC 239: Jones vs. Santos | 2019-07-06 |
| W | Vince Morales | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Ngannou 2 | 2018-11-24 |
| W | Felipe Arantes | KO/TKO | R2 · 4:59 | UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Edwards | 2018-06-23 |
| W | Bharat Kandare | Submission | R1 · 4:16 | UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs. Gastelum | 2017-11-25 |
How Yadong Ranks at Bantamweight
Percentile among the 182 bantamweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).
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