Cejudo vs Song

Who won Cejudo vs Song?

Yadong Song beat Henry Cejudo by during the main event of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 22nd February 2025 at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Yadong Song.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Cejudo vs Song stats

Henry Cejudo stepped into the octagon with a record of 16 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Yadong Song made his way to the cage with a record of 21 wins, 8 losses and 1 draw, 9 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

This was Henry Cejudo's 15th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2014. Yadong Song marked his 15th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2017.

Henry Cejudo's UFC record stood at 10-5-0, while Yadong Song's came in at 11-3-1.

The stats suggested Cejudo had a slight advantage in power over Song, with a 50% knock out percentage over Song's 43%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Song had an advantage over Cejudo, with a 14% submission rate over Cejudo's 0%.

Henry Cejudo was the older man by 11 years, at 38 years old.

Song had a height advantage of 4 inches over Cejudo. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Cejudo was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 10 fewer fights. He had fought 28 less professional rounds, 53 to Song's 81.

Cejudo vs Song form

Henry Cejudo had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Merab Dvalishvili at UFC 298 on 17th February 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Honda Center, Anaheim, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Aljamain Sterling at UFC 288 on 6th May 2023 by split decision in their UFC Bantamweight championship fight at Prudential Center, Newark.

Going into that contest, he had won against Dominick Cruz at UFC 249 on 9th May 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round in their UFC Bantamweight championship fight at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

Before that, he had beaten Marlon Moraes at UFC 238 on 8th June 2019 by knockout in the 3rd round in their UFC Bantamweight championship fight at United Center, Chicago.

He had defeated T.J. Dillashaw at UFC on ESPN+ 1 on 19th January 2019 by knockout in the 1st round in their UFC Flyweight championship fight at Barclays Center, Brooklyn.

Song had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had been defeated by Petr Yan at UFC 299 on 9th March 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Kaseya Center, Miami, United States.

Previous to that, he was victorious against Chris Gutierrez at UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Gutierrez on 9th December 2023 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had won against Ricky Simon at UFC Fight Night – Song vs. Simon on 29th April 2023 by knockout in the 5th round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had lost to Cory Sandhagen at UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Song on 17th September 2022 by knockout in the 4th round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had beaten Marlon Moraes at UFC Fight Night on 12th March 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Yadong Song had been fighting more than Henry Cejudo.

Going to this contest, Henry Cejudo had last fought 1 year, 2 months and 13 days ago, while Yadong Song's last outing had been 1 year, 1 month and 21 days ago.

Cejudo's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 3 months and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

Song's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 1 month and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 18 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.6 rounds on average.

What time did Cejudo vs Song start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 4:10 AM UTC , which was 11:10 PM EST or 8:10 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 4:10 AM GMT in the UK.

What were the odds on Cejudo vs Song?

Henry Cejudo was a 39/20 (+200) underdog going into the contest, while Yadong Song made his way into the ring at 21/50 (-240) with oddsmakers.