Yadong Song
“Kung Fu Kid”
Yadong Song is ranked 15th of 439 bantamweights by the First Light Rating, and 3rd in the UFC’s own bantamweight rankings.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 1,96115th of 439 · Bantamweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- +0.45Fame ahead of skill
▼ −0.09 in 23 days - Career phase
- PrimeCareer-best FLR 1,963, 29 Aug 2026
- Record
- 24–9–1Pro, 1 NC
Fame against skill.
Every fighter with an FLI, by skill and fame. Hover a dot for the fighter; click to open their page. The dashed curve is the fame their skill predicts: above it, a fighter is more famous than their skill; below it, better than their fame.
Skill and attention.
Attention is drawn at the skill level its fame matches: above the skill line, more famous than skilled. Shaded: where the most similar careers went next.
Recent fights.
| Date | Fight | FLR |
|---|---|---|
| 29 Aug 2026 | Won vs Umar NurmagomedovUFC Fight Night 286 - Nurmagomedov vs. Song · KO (Punch), R2 | +23 |
| 30 May 2026 | Won vs Deiveson FigueiredoUFC Fight Night 277 - Song vs. Figueiredo · Submission (Guillotine Choke), R2 | +26 |
| 24 Jan 2026 | Lost to Sean O'MalleyUFC 324 - Gaethje vs. Pimblett · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | −15 |
| 22 Feb 2025 | Won vs Henry CejudoUFC Fight Night 252 - Cejudo vs. Song · Technical Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +20 |
| 9 Mar 2024 | Lost to Petr YanUFC 299 - O'Malley vs. Vera 2 · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | −2 |
| 9 Dec 2023 | Won vs Chris GutierrezUFC Fight Night 233 - Song vs. Gutierrez · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | +25 |
| 29 Apr 2023 | Won vs Ricky SimonUFC on ESPN 45 - Song vs. Simon · TKO (Punches), R5 | +23 |
| 17 Sept 2022 | Lost to Cory SandhagenUFC Fight Night 210 - Sandhagen vs. Song · TKO (Doctor Stoppage), R4 | −9 |
| 12 Mar 2022 | Won vs Marlon MoraesUFC Fight Night 203 - Santos vs. Ankalaev · KO (Punches), R1 | +36 |
| 13 Nov 2021 | Won vs Julio ArceUFC Fight Night 197 - Holloway vs. Rodriguez · TKO (Head Kick and Punches), R2 | +34 |
| 7 Aug 2021 | Won vs Casey KenneyUFC 265 - Lewis vs. Gane · Decision (Split), R3 | +27 |
| 6 Mar 2021 | Lost to Kyler PhillipsUFC 259 - Blachowicz vs. Adesanya · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | −7 |
FLR is the First Light Rating points the fight earned or cost them.
How it is measured.
Data Credit: First Light Observatory.
How these numbers are made.
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