Height
5' 8"
Reach
67.0"
Stance
Orthodox
Age
28
"The Kung Fu Kid"
SONG YADONG
Height
5' 8"
Reach
67.0"
Stance
Orthodox
Age
28
Song Yadong represents China in the bantamweight weight class. He started competing professionally as a young teenager before refining his skills at Team Alpha Male starting in 2017. Throughout his career, the orthodox fighter has built a reputation for his stand-up abilities, securing several performance honors. His resume includes notable victories against elite opponents like Marlon Vera, Ricky Simon, and Henry Cejudo.
Heading into this matchup, he holds a career mark of twenty-three wins, nine defeats, one draw, and one no-contest. His most recent outings show a mix of outcomes against top-tier contenders. He earned a guillotine choke submission victory against Deiveson Figueiredo this past May following a unanimous decision loss to Sean O'Malley. Before that sequence, he defeated Henry Cejudo, dropped a decision to Petr Yan, and bested Chris Gutierrez.