Key takeaways
Song Yadong beat Umar Nurmagomedov by knockout at 1:48 of round two in the main event of UFC Fight Night at the Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai. Umar Nurmagomedov had come in as the division's No. 3. In the co-main event, Denise Gomes beat Yan Xiaonan, the division's No. 4, by knockout at 4:49 of round one at women's strawweight.
Across the eight bouts that produced a result, four ended by knockout, two by submission and two on the judges' scorecards — six stoppages in eight fights. One of the two decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Julia Polastri, who stopped Xiong Jingnan at 3:06 of round one, and three of the six finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Andre Lima's submission of Namsrai Batbayar, 13 minutes and 3 seconds in. End to end, the eight fights filled one hour and 8 minutes of cage time.
The main card finished at the higher rate: three of four, against three of the four below it. Andre Lima (submission, round three), Rei Tsuruya (submission, round one) and Julia Polastri (knockout, round one) all closed before the judges were needed.
Five ranked fighters appeared, and four of them were in the top two bouts. The only other ranked name was Alex Perez, No. 11 at flyweight.
Six weight classes were used, bantamweight most often with four bouts. Paramount+ carried all 13 bouts, split across a main card and one preliminary block.
