UFC UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Harris Final

Song Yadong vs Marlon Vera

Song Yadong
China

Song Yadong

“Kung Fu Kid”

24-9-1

Winner

VS
Marlon Vera
Ecuador

Marlon Vera

“Chito”

23-12-1

Winner

Song Yadong

Decision - Unanimous · Round 3 — 5:00

16 May 2020 · Vystar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, USA

Key takeaways

  • Song Yadong beat Marlon Vera by unanimous decision after three rounds.
  • Song Yadong landed 119 of 221 total strikes and 0 of 1 takedowns, with 1:00 of control time.
  • The judges scored it 29-28, 29-28, 29-28.

Tale of the tape

Song YadongMarlon Vera
24-9-1Record23-12-1
22Age on fight night27
5′8″ (173 cm)Height5′8″ (173 cm)
67″ (170 cm)Reach70.5″ (179 cm)
135 lb (61.2 kg)Weight135 lb (61.2 kg)
OrthodoxStanceSwitch
Team Alpha MaleTeamTeam Oyama
Hulan District, Heilongjiang, ChinaFromChone, Manabi, Ecuador

Fight statistics

119of 221 · 54%Total strikes landed115of 187 · 61%
85of 180Head strikes43of 100
23of 28Body strikes35of 46
11of 13Leg strikes37of 41
0of 1Takedowns2of 3
1:00Control time3:15

Counts are total strikes thrown and landed — the source does not separate significant strikes.

Round by round

Song YadongRoundMarlon Vera
22/45strikes0/0TD0KD0:39controlR129/40strikes0/0TD0KD0:38control
47/92strikes0/1TD0KD0:03controlR240/77strikes0/1TD0KD0:26control
50/84strikes0/0TD0KD0:18controlR346/70strikes2/2TD0KD2:11control

Judges’ scorecards

Sal D'amato

10R1910R299R310

29total28

Howard Reichbach

10R1910R299R310

29total28

Dave Tirelli

10R1910R299R310

29total28

Form going into the fight

Song Yadong

  1. ?Cody Stamannmajority decision2019
  2. WAlejandro PerezKO/TKO R1 2:042019
  3. WVince Moralesunanimous decision2018
  4. WFelipe Arantes2018
  5. WBharat Kandaresubmission R1 4:162017

Marlon Vera

  1. WAndre EwellKO/TKO R3 3:172019
  2. WNohelin Hernandezsubmission R2 3:252019
  3. WFrankie SaenzKO/TKO R1 1:252019
  4. WGuido Cannettisubmission R2 1:312018
  5. WWulijiburen2018

Also on this card

Alistair Overeem vs Walt HarrisKO/TKO R2 3:00Claudia Gadelha vs Angela Hillsplit decisionEdson Barboza vs Dan Igesplit decisionKrzysztof Jotko vs Eryk Andersunanimous decisionMatt Brown vs Miguel BaezaKO/TKO R2 0:18

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