A look at the opening betting odds for the upcoming UFC Seattle fight card main event. The UFC Fight Night card is headlined by Henry Cejudo Vs. Song Yadong.
UFC star Henry Cejudo has promised a big performance against Song Yadong in their upcoming UFC Seattle main event.
Cejudo (16-4 MMA, 10-4 UFC) and Song (21-8-1 MMA, 10-3-1 UFC) square off in the UFC Fight Night 252 headliner Feb. 22 at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle. Cejudo will look to snap a two-fight losing skid against one of the division’s most promising contenders. But with his championship experience, Cejudo thinks he’ll have the edge.
Former two-division champion Henry Cejudo will fight No. 8 contender Song Yadong in the main event of UFC Fight Night on Feb. 22 in Seattle, UFC Chief Business Officer Hunter Campbell told ESPN on Monday.
The lineup for the UFC’s return to Seattle is set. The promotion revealed on Tuesday the full lineup for the Feb. 22 Fight Night event at Climate Pledge Arena, which is headlined by a bantamweight tilt between former two-division champion Henry Cejudo and Song Yadong.
Cejudo’s return to the bantamweight division comes after back-to-back losses to Aljamain Sterling and Merab Dvalishvili since returning from a three-year fighting hiatus. He retired following a controversial victory over Dominick Cruz in the UFC 249 co-main event.
The UFC returns to Seattle for a stacked fight night event that is headlined by two bantamweight matchups in the main and co-main events.
will be taking on Song Yadong (21-8-1). It’s not clear whether or not this fight will headline the Fight Night in Seattle. Starting with Song, when he makes the walk on February 22nd ...
Henry Cejudo prepares to make his UFC return in the coming weeks and he has recently spoken about his upcoming opponent.
The Chinese fighter was rumored to fight Umar Nurmagomedov, the next title challenger, but no matter, Yadong gets an opponent he asked for in Cejudo. Yadong is coming off a decision loss to Petr Yan at UFC 299, which snapped a two-fight win streak.
Cruz preferred running things back with Cejudo, who finished him by TKO in their bantamweight title fight at UFC 249 in May 2020. The former champion says UFC matchmakers told him Cejudo wasn’t interested, despite “Triple C” previously saying he was open to it.
Bantamweight: Henry Cejudo vs. Song Yadong Bantamweight: Rob Font vs. Dominick Cruz Heavyweight Curtis Blaydes vs. Rizvan Kuniev Featherweight: Edson Barboza vs. Steve Garcia Featherweight: Jean Silva vs. Melsik Baghdasaryan Middleweight: Brendan Allen vs. Anthony Hernandez