Song Yadong taps out Deiveson Figueiredo in UFC Macau main event

For the fifth time, the UFC octagon traveled to Macau, China on Saturday for UFC Fight Night 277 at Galaxy Arena. The event was headlined by a bantamweight bout between No. 5 ranked Song Yadong and No. 7 ranked former flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo.

>Song entered the bout coming off a loss to former titleholder Sean O'Malley in January and was looking to get back in the win column. Figueiredo had lost three of his last four fights. In jeopardy of losing his footing in the top of the division, the Brazilian was in critical need of a victory.

>Song took the center of the cage and inched forward. Song landed first with an outside leg kick. He continued to invest in leg kicks in the early going. Figueiredo had low output. Song connected with a right hand. Figueiredo rushed forward with a hard right hand. Song began targeting the body with punches. Figueiredo briefly looked for. a takedown but Song shook off the attempt. Song fended off a second takedown attempt and delivered a leg kick. Figueiredo landed a kick to the body. Song slipped in the closing moments of the round and Figueiredo took top control. MMAWeekly scored the round 10-9 for Song.

>Song pressured Figueiredo to start the second frame. Figueiredo been mixing in kicks to the body while Song continue to use leg kicks. Song caught.a kick and briefly took Figueiredo down. Figueiredo stood but ate a few right hands. Song picked up the pace. Figueiredo went for a takedown but Song stuffed the attempt and delivered a head kick that partially landed as Figueiredo stood. The former flyweight champion took it. Figueiredo changed levels for a takedown and Song quickly applied a guillotine choke. He locked it down and Figueiredo was forced to tap out.

>The official time of the submission stoppage was 4:42 of the second round.