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The Ultimate Fighting Championship‘s return to China is officially set following the UFC Macau weigh-ins.
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The UFC Fight Night event will be headlined by a bantamweight clash between Yadong Song and former flyweight king Deiveson Figueiredo. Both men had no issue making weight, nor did the rest of the card. In total, all 26 fighters hit their marks for a professional weigh-in devoid of any drama.
The “Kung Fu Kid” hasn’t fought in his home country since 2018. Since then, Song (22-9-1, 1 NC) has established himself among the top bantamweights, although he’s fallen short to elite fighters like Sean O’Malley, Petr Yan and Cory Sandhagen. 3-2 in his last five fights, the 28-year-old will look to show he’s still improving and weighed 136 pounds on the dot for his fifth UFC main event.
Figueiredo (25-6-1) has also established himself as a bantamweight contender, although his title dreams seem distant after recent defeats to Umar Nurmagomedov, Sandhagen and Yan. Wins over Montel Jackson, Marlon Vera and Cody Garbrandt show that “Daico” is still dangerous, however. The 38-year-old wants to prove that he still has more left in the tank against his opponent, who is a full decade younger. The fan-favorite former flyweight king officially weighed 135.5 pounds for the five-round fight.
UFC Macau will stream in its entirety on Paramount+ on Saturday. Prelims start at 4 a.m. ET/1 a.m. PT, while the main card starts at 7 a.m. ET/4 a.m. PT.
UFC Macau weigh-in results:
Yadong Song (136) vs. Deiveson Figueiredo (135.5)
Alonzo Menifield (206) vs. Mingyang Zhang (205)
Sergei Pavlovich (257) vs. Tallison Teixeira (250)
Kai Asakura (135.5) vs. Cameron Smotherman (135.5)
Carlston Harris (170.5) vs. Jake Matthews (170)
Su Mudaerji (126) vs. Alex Perez (125.5)
Luis Felipe Dias (184.5) vs. Yi Sak Lee (185)
Meng Ding (170.5) vs. Jose Henrique Souza (170.5)
Cody Haddon (135) vs. Qileng Aori (135)
Luis Gurule (135) vs. Rei Tsuruya (135)
Angela Hill (115) vs. Jingnan Xiong (115.5)
Rodrigo Vera (145) vs. Kangjie Zhu (145)
Jaqueline Amorim (115.5) vs. Konklak Suphisara (115)
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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