Henry Cejudo faces Song Yadong in the main event of UFC Fight Night on February 22, live on ESPN+ from Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, WA. The pair square off in a five-rounder at bantamweight.
Both fighters look to return to winning ways. LA’s 38-year-old former two-division UFC champion and Olympic gold medalist in wrestling, Cejudo (16-4), is coming off two defeats by decision against Merab Dvalishvili and Aljamain Sterling. 27-year-old Yadong (21-8-1, 1 NC) from China lost his previous bout by decision against Petr Yan.
The co-main event is a middleweight matchup between Brendan Allen (24-6) of Beaufort, SC and Anthony Hernandez (13-2, 1 NC) of Dunnigan, CA. Allen aims to bounce back from a defeat against Nassourdine Imavov, while Hernandez targets his seventh straight victory.
Among other bouts, Rob Font (21-8) of Leominster, MA meets Brazil’s Jean Matsumoto (16-0) at a 140-pound catchweight. Jean Silva (14-2) of Brazil and Melsik Baghdasaryan (8-2) of Armenia square off at featherweight. Alonzo Menifield (15-5-1) of Los Angeles, CA and Julius Walker (6-0) of New Haven, CT battle it out at light heavyweight.
UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs Song results
Get UFC Seattle: Cejudo vs Song full fight card results below.
Main card
- Song Yadong def. Henry Cejudo by technical decision (R3 at 5:00, 29-28, 29-28, 30-27)*
- Anthony Hernandez def. Brendan Allen by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Rob Font def. Jean Matsumoto by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
- Jean Silva def. Melsik Baghdasaryan by TKO (punches and elbows, R1 at 4:15)
- Alonzo Menifield def. Julius Walker by split decision (28-29, 29-28, 30-27)
Prelims
- Ion Cutelaba def. Ibo Aslan by submission (arm-triangle choke, R1 at 2:51)
- Melquizael Costa def. Andre Fili by submission (guillotine choke, R1 at 4:30)
- Mansur Abdul-Malik def. Nick Klein by TKO (punches, R2 at 3:24)
- Ricky Simon def. Javid Basharat by KO (punch, R1 at 3:58)
- Austin Vanderford def. Nikolay Veretennikov by TKO (punches, R2 at 4:13)
- Nursulton Ruziboev def. Eric McConico by TKO (R2 at 0:33)
- Modestas Bukauskas def. Raffael Cerqueira by KO (punches, R1 at 2:12)
*Cejudo unable to continue due to eye injury