Song Yadong

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Song Yadong

Nickname“Kung Fu Kid”

Record

23-9-1, 1 NC

Streak

W1

Age

28

Date of birth

Dec 2, 1997

Fighting out of: Tianjin
Born: China
Camp: Team Alpha Male
Weight class: Bantamweight
Height: 5'8" · 173 cm
Reach: 67" · 170 cm
Stance: Orthodox
Last fight: May 30, 2026

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

Umar Nurmagomedov

Umar NurmagomedovUpcoming

UFC Fight Night: Nurmagomedov vs Song · Aug 29, 2026

UFC Fight Night: Nurmagomedov vs Song

Deiveson Figueiredo

#7Deiveson Figueiredo

Bantamweight · Submission · Guillotine Choke From Bottom Guard · R2 · 4:42

UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Figueiredo · May 30, 2026

Guillotine Choke From Bottom Guard

UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Figueiredo

Sean O'Malley

#3Sean O'Malley

Bantamweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett · Jan 24, 2026

UFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett

Henry Cejudo

Bantamweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Song · Feb 22, 2025

UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Song

Petr Yan

Bantamweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 299: O'Malley vs. Vera 2 · Mar 9, 2024

UFC 299: O'Malley vs. Vera 2

Chris Gutierrez

#14Chris Gutierrez

Bantamweight · Decision · Unanimous · R5 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Gutierrez · Dec 9, 2023

UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Gutierrez

Ricky Simon

Bantamweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R5 · 1:10

UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Simon · Apr 29, 2023

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Simon

Cory Sandhagen

#4Cory Sandhagen

Bantamweight · KO/TKO · Cut · R4 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Song · Sep 17, 2022

UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Song

Marlon Moraes

#10Marlon Moraes

Bantamweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R1 · 2:06

UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Ankalaev · Mar 12, 2022

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Ankalaev

Julio Arce

Bantamweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head At Distance · R2 · 1:35

UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Rodriguez · Nov 13, 2021

Punches to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Rodriguez

Casey Kenney

#15Casey Kenney

Bantamweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC 265: Lewis vs. Gane · Aug 7, 2021

UFC 265: Lewis vs. Gane

Kyler Phillips

Bantamweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya · Mar 6, 2021

UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya

Marlon Vera

Featherweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Harris · May 16, 2020

UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Harris

Cody Stamann

Bantamweight · Draw · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Rozenstruik · Dec 7, 2019

UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Rozenstruik

Alejandro Perez

#14Alejandro Perez

Bantamweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R1 · 2:04

UFC 239: Jones vs. Santos · Jul 6, 2019

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC 239: Jones vs. Santos

Vince Morales

Bantamweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Ngannou 2 · Nov 24, 2018

UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Ngannou 2

Felipe Arantes

Bantamweight · KO/TKO · Elbow to Head In Clinch · R2 · 4:59

UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Edwards · Jun 23, 2018

Elbow to Head In Clinch

UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Edwards

Bharat Kandare

Featherweight · Submission · Guillotine Choke From Front Headlock · R1 · 4:16

UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs. Gastelum · Nov 25, 2017

Guillotine Choke From Front Headlock

UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs. Gastelum

Outside the UFC

11-5, 1 NCacross 17 bouts · 11 promotions · wins by 4 KO · 2 sub · 5 decWLF · Kunlun Fight · Kunlun Fight 44 · M-1 · WBK +6

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Makoto Yoshida0-3	KO/TKO	Knees to the Body and Punches	R1	1:05	WLF	Oct 28, 2017
W	Edgars Skrivers17-6	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Kunlun Fight	Apr 6, 2017
L	Renat Ondar16-5	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	WLF	Jan 7, 2017
W	Shamil Nasrudinov6-4	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	3:19	WLF	Nov 26, 2016
L	Renat Ondar16-5	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	WLF	Oct 24, 2016
W	Vachagan Nikogosyan0-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:12	WLF	Jul 23, 2016
L	Alexey Polpudnikov36-13-1	KO/TKO	Punch	R2	0:50	Kunlun Fight 44	May 14, 2016
W	Artak Nazaryan19-11	KO/TKO	Punch to the Body	R2	0:59	WLF	Mar 13, 2016
W	Alexander Zaitsev0-4	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	WLF	Jan 13, 2016
L	Giovanni Moljo10-23-1	Disqualification	Groin Kicks	R2	5:00	M-1	Jul 25, 2015
W	Rae Yoon Ok17-6	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	1:21	WBK	Apr 18, 2015
L	Xian Ji21-5	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	One FC 24	Dec 19, 2014
W	Yafei Zhao6-10	Decision	Majority	R3	5:00	RUFF Fu	Jun 7, 2014
W	Baasankhuu Damnlanpurev7-2-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	3:01	RUFF 12	Mar 29, 2014
W	Heili Alateng17-10-2	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	RUFF 11	Nov 30, 2013
W	Baheibieke Wulalibieke0-3	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	RUFF 10	Aug 24, 2013
NC	Wuheng Zhao1-0	No Contest	Accidental Groin Kick	R1	—	RUFF 9	May 18, 2013

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Career striking

OverallC54th

43%958 / 2,194

Striking accuracy

55%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+0.48 differential

Landed4.42

Absorbed3.94

64%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-2%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head61%74th587
Body19%65th182
Leg20%82nd189

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

86%Standing

Standing86%824
Clinch6%57
Ground8%77

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Song Yadong

Song Yadong

Landed per 15

Head

A

77th

39.9

77th

Body

B

66th

12.4

66th

Leg

A

84th

12.8

84th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

C

50th

32.9

50th

Body

D

40th

11.7

40th

Leg

F

21st

12.6

21st

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	39.9	587	1,681	35%
Body	12.4	182	272	67%
Leg	12.8	189	241	78%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	32.9	485	1,383	35%
Body	11.7	172	263	65%
Leg	12.6	185	227	81%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Song Yadong

Song Yadong

17 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 221 min

149%

R3 pace · 11 bouts

Yadong builds (+17% per round through round 5). Within fights that reached round 3, Yadong lifts to 149% of round-1 output by round 3 (11 bouts).

Song Yadong

Yadong ▲ BUILDSOutput / min

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Song Yadong

Yadonglanded / min

Takedown attempts

Song Yadong

Yadongattempts / min

Control time

Song Yadong

Yadong% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	4.0	3.5	2.9	0.05	8%	17
R2	5.9	4.7	4.2	0.20	14%	14
R3	6.0	5.1	5.1	0.20	8%	11
R4	4.9	3.4	3.2	0.07	33%	3
R5	9.5	6.3	1.0	0.00	79%	2

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Song Yadong

Song Yadong

17 resolved UFC bouts · 11 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

75/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A+

93rd

72%

93rd

Win quality

A+

94th

65%

94th

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

3

3

6

2

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Ranked 6–15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Cross-div rankedRanked #1–#15 in another division at the time
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	3	1-2	33%
Top-5	3	2-1	67%
Ranked 6–15	6	4-1-1	80%
Cross-div ranked	1	1-0	100%
Established	1	1-0	100%
Building	1	1-0	100%
Unproven	2	2-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
W	Deiveson Figueiredo#7	Top-5	81	May 30, 2026
L	Sean O'Malley#3	Champion	94	Jan 24, 2026
W	Henry Cejudo#7	Champion	94	Feb 22, 2025
L	Petr Yan#4	Champion	93	Mar 9, 2024
W	Chris Gutierrez#14	Ranked 6–15	64	Dec 9, 2023
W	Ricky Simon#10	Ranked 6–15	68	Apr 29, 2023
L	Cory Sandhagen#4	Top-5	85	Sep 17, 2022
W	Marlon Moraes#10	Top-5	82	Mar 12, 2022
W	Julio Arce	Established	26	Nov 13, 2021
W	Casey Kenney#15	Ranked 6–15	60	Aug 7, 2021
L	Kyler Phillips	Ranked 6–15	47	Mar 6, 2021
W	Marlon Vera	Cross-div ranked	45	May 16, 2020
D	Cody Stamann#9	Ranked 6–15	70	Dec 7, 2019
W	Alejandro Perez#14	Ranked 6–15	64	Jul 6, 2019
W	Vince Morales	Unproven	8	Nov 24, 2018
W	Felipe Arantes	Building	22	Jun 23, 2018
W	Bharat Kandare	Unproven	8	Nov 25, 2017

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

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