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With the first report coming from Russian outlet Red Fury MMA on Wednesday and later confirmed by both athletes on their respective Instagram pages, Umar Nurmagomedov (20-1) will throw down with Yadong Song (23-9-1, 1 NC) on Aug. 29. The two will headline UFC Shanghai, which will be held at the Shanghai Indoor Stadium in China’s most populous city. It will be the first event on mainland China in a year, with the 2025 offering a Fight Night headlined by Johnny Walker and Mingyang Zhang. They remain the lone combatants scheduled on the billing thus far.
A tale of two Figueiredo frustraters
Both men celebrate their last victory over former flyweight kingpin Deiveson Figueiredo, with the man from China landing a submission while the once-beaten athlete needed three rounds to get it done. Nurmagomedov has won twice since he fell short to Merab Dvalishvili for the bantamweight throne at the beginning of 2025. He took home decisions of Mario Bautista and the aforementioned Figueiredo in January. While briefly linked to a match against David Martinez a few weeks earlier, the promotion elected to slot him into this five-rounder instead.
Still just 28 years of age, Song has alternated wins and losses in his last five outings. While he has taken home decision over Chris Gutierrez and Henry Cejudo—the latter a technical varietal when Cejudo could not continue due to eye pokes and the match went to the scorecards. In the same stretch, he fell short by decision to past and future champ Petr Yan, as well as ex-beltholder Sean O’Malley on the same event that Nurmagomedov bested Figueiredo.
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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