Music Yadong lastly acquired his homecoming second in entrance of a Chinese language crowd.
Yadong secured the most important victory of his profession within the UFC Macau fundamental occasion, submitting former UFC flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo within the second spherical to shut out the occasion on a excessive observe.
“Kung Fu Child” managed a lot of the opening spherical with strain and disciplined placing. Quite than chasing the end, the Chinese language star patiently lower off the cage, attacked Figueiredo’s legs and physique, and compelled his opponent to struggle on the again foot. Whereas the Brazilian discovered occasional success with counters and briefly ended the spherical in prime place following a slip.
The momentum swung even additional in his favor throughout the second body.
Music Yadong repeatedly discovered a house for his proper hand and continued chopping away at Figueiredo’s lead leg, regularly slowing the damaging veteran. Because the strain mounted, “Deus da Guerra” started looking for takedowns in an try to vary the course of the matchup.
Late within the spherical, Figueiredo shot in as soon as once more after absorbing one other leg kick, just for “Kung Fu Child” to instantly lock up a guillotine choke. The submission was secured immediately, forcing the veteran to faucet at 4:42 of Spherical 2.
After falling quick in opposition to Sean O’Malley at UFC 324 in January, Music Yadong has now bounced again in spectacular vogue. The 28-year-old now owns a 12-4-1 file contained in the Octagon and 23-9-1 total, including Figueiredo to a resume that already consists of wins over Henry Cejudo, Marlon Vera, and Marlon Moraes.
As for Figueiredo, the previous two-time UFC 125-pound titleholder continues to endure a difficult stretch in his career. Deus da Guerra” has now dropped 4 of his final 5 fights and falls to 14-7-1 contained in the Octagon, with an expert file of 25-7-1.
