UFC

UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Song

Completed Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle, United States 19 bouts

Key takeaways

  • Song Yadong beat Henry Cejudo by unanimous decision in the main event.
  • Anthony Hernandez beat Brendan Allen by unanimous decision in the co-main event at middleweight.
  • Eight of the twelve results came early: six knockouts and two submissions.

Main card

Henry Cejudo

Henry Cejudo vs Song Yadong5

Bantamweight
Unanimous decision R3 5:00
Song Yadong
Brendan Allen

4Brendan Allen vs Anthony Hernandez6

Middleweight
Unanimous decision R3 5:00
Anthony Hernandez
RF

Rob Font vs Jean Matsumoto

Catchweight
Split decision R3 5:00
Jean Matsumoto
Jean Silva

6Jean Silva vs Melsik Baghdasaryan

Featherweight
Knockout R1 4:15
Melsik Baghdasaryan
DC

Dominick Cruz vs Rob Font

RF
Alonzo Menifield

15Alonzo Menifield vs Julius Walker

Light heavyweight
Split decision R3 5:00
Julius Walker
BG

Billy Ray Goff vs Adam Fugitt

AF

Preliminary card

Ion Cutelaba

Ion Cutelaba vs Ibo Aslan

Light heavyweight
Submission R1 2:51
Ibo Aslan
MC

8Macy Chiasson vs Ketlen Vieira

Ketlen Vieira
Andre Fili

Andre Fili vs Melquizael Costa13

Featherweight
Submission R1 4:30
MC
AF

Adam Fugitt vs Islam Dulatov

Islam Dulatov
Mansur Abdul-Malik

Mansur Abdul-Malik vs Nick Klein

Middleweight
Knockout R2 3:24
Nick Klein
Ricky Simon

Ricky Simon vs Javid Basharat

Bantamweight
Knockout R1 3:58
JB
NV

Nikolay Veretennikov vs Austin Vanderford

Catchweight
Knockout R2 4:13
AV
Nursulton Ruziboev

Nursulton Ruziboev vs Eric McConico

Middleweight
Knockout R2 0:33
Eric McConico
Modestas Bukauskas

Modestas Bukauskas vs Rafael Cerqueira

Light heavyweight
Knockout R1 2:12
RC
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Results

Main and co-main events

Song Yadong beat Henry Cejudo by unanimous decision after three rounds in the main event of UFC Fight Night at the Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle. The co-main event also went to the scorecards: Anthony Hernandez beat Brendan Allen, the division's No. 4, after three rounds at middleweight.

How the card was decided

Across the twelve bouts that produced a result, six ended by knockout, two by submission and four on the judges' scorecards — eight stoppages in twelve fights. Two of the four decisions divided the judges.

Finishes and fight times

The quickest finish belonged to Modestas Bukauskas, who stopped Rafael Cerqueira at 2:12 of round one, and five of the eight finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Austin Vanderford's knockout of Nikolay Veretennikov, 9 minutes and 13 seconds in. End to end, the twelve fights filled one hour and 41 minutes of cage time.

Main card against the prelims

The preliminary card out-finished the main card: seven of its seven results came early, against one of the five above it. Ion Cutelaba (submission, round one), Melquizael Costa (submission, round one) and Mansur Abdul-Malik (knockout, round two) all closed before the judges were needed.

Ranked fighters on the card

Ten ranked fighters appeared, and three of them were in the top two bouts.

Countries, weight classes and broadcast

Five weight classes were used, middleweight most often with three bouts.