Song Yadong submits Deiveson Figueiredo in Round 2 at UFC Macau

song yadong closed UFC Macau with a second-round submission of Deiveson Figueiredo in the bantamweight main event, then kept his No. 5 spot in the UFC rankings. Figueiredo, a former UFC Flyweight Champion, dropped two places to No. 9 after the 13-fight card.

UFC Macau main event

The win made Yadong the only Chinese fighter to get his hand raised on the card, a sharp result on a night built around the promotion's latest stop in Macau. He was already sitting at No. 5, so the upset changed the result sheet more than the divisional order.

Figueiredo's fall to No. 9 also moved the bantamweight picture around him. Mario Bautista and David Martinez each climbed one spot after the loss, turning one main-event finish into movement deeper in the rankings.

Ranking movement at 135

At bantamweight, the most useful read is simple: Yadong protected position, while Figueiredo paid for the defeat. That split keeps Yadong inside the top five without forcing an immediate title-eliminator conversation from the rankings alone.

The other notable shift came from the way the division absorbed the result below them. Bautista and Martinez advanced, which means Figueiredo's drop did more than shuffle one name; it opened a lane for two others in the same weight class.

Macau card effects

Elsewhere on the 13-fight card, Angela Hill beat Jingnan Xiong by unanimous decision over three rounds and moved up two spots to No. 12 at strawweight. Denise Gomes and Alexia Thainara each dropped one place after that result, while Alex Perez's bout with Sumudaerji ended in a no contest after a groin strike in the second round.

For the reader tracking UFC rankings rather than spectacle, the takeaway is that Macau changed several divisional boards at once, but Yadong's spot stayed put. That makes his win less about a leap forward and more about holding a high perch while others around him moved.