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UFC Fight Night: Henry Cejudo vs. Song Yadong Results & Highlights (6PM ET) 

UFC Fight Night takes place tonight from the Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Washington and MMA News has you covered with all the results and highlights!  In the main event, bantamweights Henry Cejudo and Song Yadong will clash. While in the co-main event, Brendan Allen will face Anthony Hernandez in a middleweight matchup.  All fighters made […]

UFC Fight Night takes place tonight from the Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Washington and MMA News has you covered with all the results and highlights! 

In the main event, bantamweights Henry Cejudo and Song Yadong will clash. While in the co-main event, Brendan Allen will face Anthony Hernandez in a middleweight matchup. 

All fighters made weight at the weigh-ins. Make sure to catch all the UFC Fight Night results and highlights as they happen below! 

Main Card (ESPN+, 9PM ET): 

  • Bantamweight: Henry Cejudo vs. Song Yadong  
  • Middleweight: Brendan Allen vs. Anthony Hernandez  
  • Catchweight (140lbs): Rob Font vs. Jean Matsumoto  
  • Featherweight: Jean Silva vs. Melsik Baghdasaryan  
  • Light Heavyweight: Alonzo Menifield vs. Julius Walker 

Preliminary Card (ESPN+, 6PM ET):

  • Light Heavyweight: Ion Cu?elaba vs. Ibo Aslan 
  • Featherweight: Andre Fili vs. Melquizael Costa  
  • Middleweight: Mansur Abdul-Malik vs. Nick Klein  
  • Bantamweight: Ricky Simón vs. Javid Basharat  
  • Catchweight (175lbs): Nikolay Veretennikov vs. Austin Vanderford 
  • Middleweight: Nursulton Ruziboev vs. Eric McConico  
  • Light Heavyweight: Modestas Bukauskas vs. Raffael Cerqueira 

UFC Fight Night Results & Highlights: Song Yadong Decisions Henry Cejudo

UFC Fight Night took place tonight from the Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Washington and MMA News has you covered with all the results and highlights!  In the main event, bantamweights Henry Cejudo and Song Yadong clashed. While in the co-main event, Brendan Allen faced Anthony Hernandez in a middleweight matchup.  UFC Fight Night Results: Main […]

UFC Fight Night took place tonight from the Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Washington and MMA News has you covered with all the results and highlights! 

In the main event, bantamweights Henry Cejudo and Song Yadong clashed. While in the co-main event, Brendan Allen faced Anthony Hernandez in a middleweight matchup. 

UFC Fight Night Results: Main Card

  • Bantamweight: Song Yadong def. Henry Cejudo via technical decision (29-28×2, 30-27)
  • Middleweight: Anthony Hernandez def. Brendan Allen via unanimous decision (29-28×3)
  • Catchweight (140lbs): Rob Font def. Jean Matsumoto via split decision (29-28×2, 28-29)
  • Featherweight: Jean Silva def. Melsik Baghdasaryan via TKO: R1, 4.15  
  • Light Heavyweight: Alonzo Menifield def. Julius Walker via split decision (29-28, 30-27, 28-29)

Preliminary Card

  • Light Heavyweight: Ion Cu?elaba def. Ibo Aslan via submission: R1, 2.51
  • Featherweight: Melquizael Costa def. Andre Fili via submission: R1, 4.30  
  • Middleweight: Mansur Abdul-Malik def. Nick Klein via TKO: R2, 3.24
  • Bantamweight: Ricky Simón def. Javid Basharat via KO: R1, 3.58
  • Catchweight (175lbs): Austin Vanderford def. Nikolay Veretennikov via TKO: R2, 4.13
  • Middleweight: Nursulton Ruziboev def. Eric McConico via TKO: R2, 0.33
  • Light Heavyweight: Modestas Bukauskas def. Raffael Cerqueira via KO: R1, 2.12

Preliminary Card Highlights

Modestas Bukauskas def. Raffael Cerqueira

Modestas Bukauskas earned a first-round KO of Raffael Cerqueira in their light heavyweight bout.

Nursulton Ruziboev def. Eric McConico

Nursulton Ruziboev earned a TKO in the second round against Eric McConico.

Austin Vanderford def. Nikolay Veretennikov

Austin Vanderford stopped Nikolay Veretennikov in the second round of this 175-pound catchweight bout.

Ricky Simón def. Javid Basharat

Ricky Simón knocked out Javid Basharat in the first round of their bantamweight bout.

Mansur Abdul-Malik def. Nick Klein

Mansur Abdul-Malik got it done in the second round against Nick Klein.

Melquizael Costa def. Andre Fili

Melquizael Costa submitted Andre Fili in the first round of their featherweight matchup.

Ion Cu?elaba def. Ibo Aslan

Ion Cu?elaba tapped out Ibo Aslan in the first round.

Main Card Highlights

Alonzo Menifield def. Julius Walker

Alonzo Menifield got it done with a split decision against Julius Walker.

Jean Silva def. Melsik Baghdasaryan

In this featherweight bout, Jean Silva earned a TKO of Melsik Baghdasaryan in the first round.

Rob Font def. Jean Matsumoto

Rob Font earned a split decision against Jean Matsumoto.

Anthony Hernandez def. Brendan Allen

In the co-main event, Anthony Hernandez got it done on the scorecards against Brendan Allen.

Song Yadong def. Henry Cejudo

In the main event, Song Yadong got the win via technical decision after an eye poke to Henry Cejudo forced him out of the fight.

Michael Bisping: Sean Brady Is ‘A Nightmare Situation’ For Leon Edwards After Jack Della Maddalena Fight Fallout

Former UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping believes Sean Brady is a more difficult matchup for Leon Edwards than Jack Della Maddalena. In recent developments, UFC boss Dana White took to Instagram and made a massive 14-fight announcement, including three main events for the upcoming UFC London, UFC 314, and UFC 315 cards. The announcement also […]

Former UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping believes Sean Brady is a more difficult matchup for Leon Edwards than Jack Della Maddalena.

In recent developments, UFC boss Dana White took to Instagram and made a massive 14-fight announcement, including three main events for the upcoming UFC London, UFC 314, and UFC 315 cards.

The announcement also included a big change for the UFC Fight Night 254 main event. Originally, Edwards was scheduled to face the No. 4-ranked welterweight Maddalena in London on March 22, 2025. However, after Maddalena’s shift to UFC 315, “Rocky” will face a short-notice replacement in Brady who is coming off consecutive decision wins over Gilbert Burns and Kelvin Gastelum.

Bisping believes this upheaval can make things worse for Edwards who would definitely want to enter the win column after soundly losing his UFC welterweight title to Belal Muhammad.

“Della Maddalena versus Leon—that’s off, and Sean Brady steps in. This is kind of a nightmare situation for Leon Edwards. I’m not saying Leon can’t beat him, but stylistically, and on short notice, this is a very, very different fight and potentially a harder fight than Jack Della Maddalena. Styles make fights. Leon is a sniper on the feet. Of course, he’s got great takedown defense. He was able to take down Kamaru Usman, fully mounted, and all the rest of it, right? We know he’s well-rounded.”

Although Bisping is confident about Edwards’s accurate striking, he is concerned about Brady’s wrestling-heavy style which is very different from Maddalena’s crisp boxing.

“But when you’re training for Jack Della Maddalena and you’re focusing on boxing and pretty much a standup affair, and you’re not really working on the takedown defense and defending chokes and all the variety of madness in the Jiu-Jitsu world that Sean Brady does offer, it’s a big mix-up. Now granted, all the work that he’s done in the past to beat Kamaru Usman, to fight and go up against Belal Muhammad—that’s all in the tank, okay? It’s like if you go out there and you win a fight really, really quickly, and people think, “Why did I bother? Why did I bother training?” No, the reason you did that is because you still leveled up in training camp. Your skill set overall got better.”

Talking about Edward’s previous opponents, Bisping further added how Brady would bring in problems similar to the current champ Muhammad.

“So, Leon’s been preparing for these kinds of fights his entire career, right? Everyone that Leon Edwards fights, whether it’s Colby Covington, Kamaru Usman, Belal Muhammad—they’re all trying to take him down. So, in a way, nothing changes for him. Yes, it’s not Jack Della Maddalena trying to box him, trying to piece him up on the feet. It’s Sean Brady, who’s very, very good, that dominated Gilbert Burns last time out, that’s going to be looking to take him down. So, it’s the exact same fight, essentially, almost on paper, stylistically, that Leon had in Manchester last year when he lost the belt. That’s why I say it’s a bit of a nightmare.”

However, Bisping is impressed with Edward’s will to accept Brady as a new opponent on short notice even when it could potentially ruin his return to the UFC welterweight title picture.

Chael Sonnen Exposes ‘Top Draw’ Conor McGregor’s 11 Failed Callouts Amid Rumored $250 Million Logan Paul Fight

MMA star and now analyst Chael Sonnen is highly skeptical of the boxing exhibition between Conor McGregor and Logan Paul ever taking place. This is after he’s seen the former UFC double champ call out several big names in the combat sports world without ever stepping inside the ring with them. “The Notorious” is arguably […]

MMA star and now analyst Chael Sonnen is highly skeptical of the boxing exhibition between Conor McGregor and Logan Paul ever taking place. This is after he’s seen the former UFC double champ call out several big names in the combat sports world without ever stepping inside the ring with them.

“The Notorious” is arguably the most popular MMA star ever and he’s made several claims about his Octagon return since losing to Dustin Poirier at UFC 264. But after he pulled out from a highly-anticipated fight against Michael Chandler at UFC 303, fans started doubting whether he would ever fight again.

However, the 36-year-old caught everyone off guard with an announcement that he was in talks with Mukesh Ambani, a billionaire, for a boxing match in India against the Youtuber turned WWE Superstar Logan Paul. The news unsurprisingly gained a lot of steam on the internet thanks to reports claiming the Irishman would bag a staggering paycheck of $250 million for his participation. 

Soon, UFC CEO Dana White, a key player in the business, turned down McGregor’s claims and vouched for his return to the Octagon by the fall of 2025. 

Now, Sonnen has joined White as well because he believes that the McGregor’s recent call outs do not mean much. In fact, there’ve been over 10 fighters that have been called out by the Dubliner in the past few years and none of these fights were ever close to being finalized.

“Meanwhile, getting reports, Conor McGregor is going to box Logan Paul, which is just silly. And Conor McGregor, a great performer and magician, has now called out 11 people in a row, and none of which he fought. I couldn’t even list them all. When he started bringing in Pacquiao, the Crawford, that redheaded kid, and all the MMA guys and the bare-knuckled guys—it’s 11. He’s at 11. Eleven—the top draw who never calls for things that he doesn’t have the power to have—gets turned down publicly 11 times, which is about nine more times than anyone in their entire career.”

McGregor hasn’t fought anyone in the Octagon since 2021 and the last time he stepped in the boxing ring was in 2017 in one of the highest-grossing PPV events of all time against undefeated boxing great Floyd Mayweather. 

However, Mayweather vs. McGregor was officially co-promoted by White and since McGregor is still signed to UFC, his return to boxing does not seem likely without the UFC CEO’s approval. 

Alex Pereira Accepts Oleksandr Usyk Call Out, Claims Two Organizations To Be Already Working On The Bout

The reigning UFC light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira has given a positive response when asked about a potential bout with boxing’s pound-for-pound king Oleksandr Usyk. The Brazilian MMA icon is scheduled to headline UFC 313, set to take place in the T-Mobile Arena In Las Vegas, Nevada, on March 8, 2025. In the main event, […]

The reigning UFC light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira has given a positive response when asked about a potential bout with boxing’s pound-for-pound king Oleksandr Usyk.

The Brazilian MMA icon is scheduled to headline UFC 313, set to take place in the T-Mobile Arena In Las Vegas, Nevada, on March 8, 2025. In the main event, he will make the fourth defense of his title against Magomed Ankalaev, widely considered the biggest threat to his championship in the division.

Because of his striking-heavy fighting style and explosive knockout power, fans have often discussed how “Poatan” would perform in a boxing ring. Since “The Cat” expressed the desire to end his career with a boxing superfight against Pereira, fans have been very eager to learn if boxing promoters and Dana White are interested in cross-promoting such a battle too.

When asked about a boxing fight with Usyk with Mark Bouris, Pereira said:

“I had already said that before, right? That I would really like to have a boxing match and they asked me who it would be, I said,well I am champion right so it would have to be a champion and he is the champion. And now, he gave an interview and said my name so it is something that I want. He also wants and the two organizations, right, they are working kind of together so I think now it will I believe that this fight can happen.”

Do note that the statement above is based on Google’s translation of Pereira’s statements. The translator in the live interview was unfortunately called out for missing out on a lot of things so we relied on directly translating the UFC champ’s answer via Google Translator.

As it turns out, the bits about the two organzations (likely UFC and some boxing promotion) working together weren’t revealed in the live interview but Pereira hinting towards it certainly makes it seem like this matchup is not a far-fetched dream now.

Usyk’s wins over Tyson Fury have undoubtedly cemented him as an all-time great boxer. He’s formerly united all belts at cruiserweight, and is now eyeing to become a three-time undisputed champion. For his next boxing bout, he’ll face the winner of an upcoming fight between Daniel Dubois and Joseph Parker scheduled for February 22, 2025.

“Poatan”, on the other hand, is often seen sparring with professional heavyweight boxers and on many occasions, he’s mentioned about his will to compete in a boxing ring in the future.

Having said that, Pereira needs to handle business in the Octagon first and his performance against Ankalaev will naturally have a huge impact on his brand. A victory at UFC 313 could help him make big moves such as facing the UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones or move over to boxing as discussed above.

Chael Sonnen Calls Francis Ngannou The Sole Obstacle To Jon Jones Superfight: “Dana’s Already Announced It’s Going To Happen…”

The former UFC middleweight and light heavyweight title challenger Chael Sonnen has defended UFC boss Dana White, claiming Francis Ngannou to be the roadblock in his highly-anticipated heavyweight clash with Jon Jones. Jones vs Ngannou has easily been one of the most talked-about MMA fights for a couple of years now. However, the deal never […]

The former UFC middleweight and light heavyweight title challenger Chael Sonnen has defended UFC boss Dana White, claiming Francis Ngannou to be the roadblock in his highly-anticipated heavyweight clash with Jon Jones.

Jones vs Ngannou has easily been one of the most talked-about MMA fights for a couple of years now. However, the deal never reached fruition and differences with White led to the-then UFC heavyweight champion leaving the promotion altogether.

Following his departure from the UFC, “The Predator” explored other opportunities such as boxing fight Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua. He also signed with the PFL, becoming their heavyweight champion by defeating Renan Ferreira.

Despite no plans to ever return to the UFC, Ngannou believes a superfight with Jones is still not off the table. In a recent interview, he claimed that Turki Al-Sheikh, the current Chairman of the General Entertainment Authority of Saudi Arabia, could intervene and convince White to cross-promote with the PFL for this bout.

However, Ngannou’s narrative that White is blocking the fight with Jones didn’t sit well with MMA fighter turned analyst Sonnen.

Here’s what Sonnen said while putting the blame on the former UFC heavyweight champ for avoiding the Jones fight:

“Poor Francis was in a world title fight, in the fight capital of the world, in the world’s biggest promotion, where he is going to headline. He was not the champion of the world. He wanted to be. He was going to be given that opportunity. Do you understand? Okay. Because it was at that time that it had already been announced by Dana White, this giant obstacle, that when Jon Jones returns to heavyweight, it will be for the belt. So now we don’t, now we don’t only have an obstacle, it doesn’t even fully have to do with Francis. Francis didn’t even have the belt. He was scheduled to fight Stipe, a fight that Francis had already lost. Like, we didn’t know who the champion was going to be, but whoever it was going to be, we were going to stick to the deal and the plan that when Jon comes up, Jon will contest with that person. It’s important that you understand that, because that one detail, in and of itself, that timeline excludes the possibility that Francis was being picked on. It was an open statement that Jon will contend whenever Jon comes back, if he ever comes back, right into a world title fight. That happened to be Francis. And what happened next? Jon came back. So now we have Jon, and we have Francis, and we’re going to get to see Jon versus Francis. People are talking about it. You’re talking about it. Dana’s already announced it’s going to happen.”

Sonnen, being the company-man he is, believes that White cannot be blamed at all for Ngannou and Jones not being able to settle their rivalry inside the Octagon.

Although Jones first fought at heavyweight after over a year of Ngannou’s last UFC outing, “The American Gangster” believes if “The Predator” had not parted ways with the UFC, he would’ve fought “Bones” instead of Ciryl Gane in March 2023.

“But somebody blinked. That somebody, I would view to be the obstacle in this equation. Do you agree? Because that somebody was not Dana White. That somebody was not Jon Jones. As a matter of fact, Dana White went through with the plan exactly as he had previously stated, which is that Jon went right into a title fight. And it’s important that you understand this, because Francis left. So to make believe now that you wanted to do something, when you were in a position to do it, and so now the only thing stopping this fight is Dana White.”

Ngannou is promising his fans worldwide a big comeback to combat sports. In boxing, he definitely can be a part of big fights like the Fury rematch or a possible showdown against the hard-hitting Deontay Wilder. In MMA, he’ll have the option to defend his title against the top heavyweight contenders in the promotion.