On the morning of September 18, Beijing time, in Las Vegas, USA, Chinese male players led the UFC headline main competition for the first time. "Kung Fu Boy" Song Yadong played against American player Corey Sandhagen in the focus battle of bantamweight.
Song Yadong is 24 years old this year, with a career record of 19 wins, 5 losses, 1 draw and 1 without results, including 8 KOs and 3 submissions, currently ranks tenth in the bantamweight category. Sandhagen is 30 years old this year, with a career record of 14 wins and 4 losses, including 6 KOs and 3 submissions. He is currently ranked fourth in the bantamweight category and is the strongest opponent Song Yadong faces in his career. Before the game, both passed the weighing with 135.5 pounds.
Song Yadong made a domineering appearance with the song " Dragon Boxing " by Jay Chou, and the game was set to be 25 minutes in five rounds. In the first round, Sandhagen chose to hug him when he came up. Song Yadong swung his fist on the left and right and opened. Sandhagen turned around and swung him away, but Song Yadong blocked him and hugged him again. Song Yadong turned around and pushed Sandhagen to the edge of the cage. The two sides entered a ground battle, and Song Yadong tried to snatch naked. Facing Sandhagen's cold punch, Song Yadong made a good head defense and moved forward steadily. Sandhagan combined with the fight and fall, and Song Yadong responded with a flexible response, and the first round ended.
In the second round, Song Yadong flicked and counterattacked Sandhagen back to the edge of the cage. Sandhagen tried to hold and throw it away but could not suppress Song Yadong. Song Yadong was pushed to the edge of the cage by Sandhagen, and his eyebrow arch was bleeding a lot. Sandhagen wandered around a large scale to prevent Song Yadong's outbreak and avoid head-on conflict. Both sides swung each other to end the second round.
In the third round, Song Yadong's wound was treated and went on the battlefield as usual. Sandhagen tried to control the ground and was quickly stood up by Song Yadong. Song Yadong strengthened the long-distance attack and kicked. Sandhagen put his knee on his knees, Song Yadong insisted on preventing the fall on the edge of the cage, and the two of them met dirty fists, and Song Yadong got rid of it. Song Yadong swung his right hand and pushed forward, Sandhagen flew his knees, Song Yadong blocked it and swung it.
In the fourth round, Song Yadong suddenly followed up with his back fist, and Sandhagen responded with his knee. Song Yadong waved his fist in front and knocked back Sandhagen and fought on the ground, but the balance was destroyed by Sandhagen. The two of them hugged each other by the cage and fell. Song Yadong was swept down and quickly got up. Sandhagen punched his left and right hands and was dodged by Song Yadong, and he hugged Song Yadong to the edge of the cage to control his legs. The referee reminded Sandhagen not to rub Song Yadong's eyebrows with his fingers.
After the fourth round, the competition supervisor examined Song Yadong's wound for the last time. Medical supervision stopped the game after inspection, and in the end, Song Yadong lost to Sandhagen and lost to the top five in the world.
