Uncrowned has UFC Seattle results, live round-by-round updates, start time and highlights for the Henry Cejudo vs. Song Yadong fight card on Saturday at the Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Washington. Former two-division champion Cejudo continues his pursuit of his first post-comeback win when he takes on Chinese contender Yadong in the night’s five-round bantamweight main event.
Cejudo (16-4) has lost back-to-back bouts since returning in 2023 from a three-year retirement, dropping a split decision to then-champ Aljamain Sterling in a failed shot to reclaim the UFC bantamweight belt then losing a unanimous decision to now-champ Merab Dvalishvili. A 38-year-old Olympic gold medalist wrestler, Cejudo announced his surprise retirement in 2020 following a successful bantamweight title defense against Dominick Cruz. He is also a former UFC flyweight champion.
He admitted to Uncrowned this week that a factor in his return to MMA was financial.
“If I had the money, I probably would never have come back,” Cejudo said. “Quite honestly, if I had Khabib [Nurmagomedov] money, s***, I’d retire too.”
Song (21-8-1, 1 NC) competes in his fifth UFC Fight Night main event in search of a win after falling short in a unanimous decision against former champion Petr Yan this past March. A 27-year-old product of Team Alpha Male, Song owns notable UFC victories over Marlon “Chito” Vera, Marlon Moraes, Ricky Simón and Chris Gutiérrez.
Ahead of UFC Seattle, he told Uncrowned that he fully intends to retire Cejudo for good.
In the night’s co-main event, middleweight dark horses Brendan Allen and Anthony “Fluffy” Hernandez compete in a rematch of a 2018 bout, which took place on MMA’s regional scene and was won by Hernandez via unanimous decision.
UFC Seattle’s preliminary card starts at 6 p.m. ET on ESPN+, while the main card kicks off at 9 p.m. ET.
Follow along with Uncrowned’s live UFC Seattle results and live blog for Saturday’s main card below.
Main Card (9 p.m. ET, ESPN+)
Bantamweight: Henry Cejudo vs. Song Yadong
Middleweight: Brendan Allen vs. Anthony Hernandez
140-pound catchweight: Rob Font vs. Jean Matsumoto
Featherweight: Jean Silva vs. Melsik Baghdasaryan
Light heavyweight: Alonzo Menifield vs. Julius Walker
Preliminary Card (6 p.m. ET, ESPN+)
Light heavyweight: Ion Cutelaba vs. Ibo Aslan
Featherweight: Andre Fili vs. Melquizael Costa
Middleweight: Mansur Abdul-Malik vs. Nick Klein
Bantamweight: Ricky Simon vs. Javid Basharat
175-pound catchweight: Nikolay Veretennikov vs. Austin Vanderford
Middleweight: Nursulton Ruziboev vs. Eric McConico
Light heavyweight: Modestas Bukauskas vs. Raffael Cerqueira
