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UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Song
Song Yadong
Song Yadong
21-8-1 · CHN
VS
Henry Cejudo
Henry Cejudo
16-4 · USA
February 22, 2025 · Seattle, Washington, USA
Bantamweight · 5 rounds · Main event
136.0lb
Weigh-in
135.0lb
Song Yadong def. Henry Cejudo by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Yadong21/310/000:00
Cejudo13/250/100:00
R2
Yadong33/690/100:00
Cejudo29/550/200:00
R3
Yadong30/780/000:00
Cejudo25/530/000:00
Total
Yadong84/1780/100:00
Cejudo67/1330/300:00

Scorecards

Yadong vs Cejudo

RdDerek ClearyMichael BellSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-99.8-9.2
R210-99-1010-99.6-9.4
R39-1010-910-99.8-9.2
Total29-2829-2830-2729.2-27.8

Media (8 cards) · avg 29.427.6 · 8 Yadong · 0 Cejudo

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Yadong-Cejudo.

Pre-fight

The model's read going in

The walk-forward model's call at the time of the bout — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.

Prediction
YadongWin probabilityCejudo
52.9%47.1%
KO / TKO
27%
Submission
10%
Decision
63%
Expected fight time: 20.0 min
Retrospective pick: the walk-forward model's call at the time of the fight — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Yadong, blue toward Cejudo. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Yadong53%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%27%27%
Submission8%15%5%
Decision31%58%37%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes104 (44142)act 84
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.9)act 0
Cejudo47%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%27%9%
Submission2%5%3%
Decision32%68%20%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes79 (34108)act 67
Takedowns1.4 (0.04.1)act 0
Combined totals~184 sig strikes~1.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R18%
R210%
R310%
R46%
R54%
Distance62%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.5%
Yadong
58.4%-142
Cejudo
+14241.1%
Most takedownstie 27.4%
Yadong
16.0%+353
Cejudo
-35356.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Yadong
Expected: 104.3
104.5
Over 104.5
39.7%
+152
Under 104.5
60.3%
-152
0131261
Cejudo
Expected: 79.5
79.5
Over 79.5
39.8%
+152
Under 79.5
60.2%
-152
0100199
Takedowns — over/under
Yadong
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
30.3%
+230
Under 0.5
69.7%
-230
035
Cejudo
Expected: 1.4
1.5
Over 1.5
45.6%
+119
Under 1.5
54.4%
-119
035

Odds are model-implied (no real prop market is priced for these). The “most” prices are draw-no-bet — a tie (for takedowns, usually 0–0) is a push, so each side is priced off its chance of winning given a result, while the % shown is the raw chance of landing strictly more. Drag a line in half-point steps: a half line (e.g. 2.5) is a clean over/under, while a whole number adds a third outcome — landing exactly on it, a push — so over, exact and under sum to 100%. On a whole number the over/under odds are draw-no-bet (priced off the decisive mass, since the push refunds), so the two sides stay mirror images rather than implying an arbitrage.

Expected fight time 20.0 min. Predicted-output ranges are percentiles of the model’s simulated fights: sig strikes the middle 50% (25th–75th); takedowns the wider 10th–90th, since they’re 0 in most fights so a narrow band would collapse to 0. Win-by-method = win probability × that fighter’s own method split: the model forecasts how the fight ends, and that forecast is divided between the corners by each fighter’s finishing record — UFC wins in full, earlier-career wins at half weight, as of fight night — reconciled so the fighters’ totals still equal their win probabilities and the methods still total the fight-level forecast above. “Equity” is each of those over that fighter’s win % — how they win given that they win — so a column adds to 100%, and it differs by corner. A fighter with no classifiable wins at any level leans on the fight-level split. “How it ends” is the model’s round-of-finish split. “Mkt” is the de-vigged market prop (consensus across books), shown for context, not as a betting signal; rounds & totals slots fill as that data lands. Percentages are apportioned by largest remainder, so each set adds to its total exactly and an individual figure can sit a point off its own rounding.

Model vs market
Final
ModelMarketGapLine
To win
Yadong52.9%69.0%−16.1-261
Cejudo47.1%31.0%+16.1+208
By method
Yadong by KO/TKO14.3%26.6%−12.3+215
Yadong by submission5.6%5.1%+0.5+1563
Yadong by decision33.1%36.7%−3.6+129
Cejudo by KO/TKO12.7%8.6%+4.1+873
Cejudo by submission4.9%3.3%+1.6+2443
Cejudo by decision29.4%19.6%+9.8+328
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds92.0%85.0%+7.0-980
Over 2.5 rds82.1%78.2%+3.9-512
Over 3.5 rds72.3%70.1%+2.2-303
Over 4.5 rds66.5%61.6%+4.9-191
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision62.6%58.9%+3.7-169

Market % is the de-vigged (no-vig) consensus across the books that price both fighters; the line is the average across books with the min–max range in parentheses. Gap is the model minus the market in points (+ = the model rates that outcome above the market). Thin or one-sided markets are flagged or left blank rather than shown as a fabricated %. Shown for context, not as a bet — the closing line is the sharpest public price and the model trails it on average. For 5-round bouts the model splits its round-3+ finish mass into rounds 3–5 by the historical within-bucket rate, so the over-3.5 / 4.5 lines carry a model estimate.

Trait web
65.4Striking68.5
Cejudo +3.1
43.7Grappling47.7
Cejudo +4.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
YadongCejudo
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1614
Pound-for-pound
1633
1589
Divisional
1551
1534
Striking offense
1502
1515
Striking defense
1513
1490
Grappling offense
1510
1544
Grappling defense
1558
Physical
27 yrs
Age
38 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'4"
67"
Reach
64"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.49
Strikes landed / min
3.77
44%
Strike accuracy
47%
3.96
Strikes absorbed / min
3.29
56%
Strike defense
60%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.66
Takedowns / 15 min
1.99
40%
Takedown accuracy
32%
72%
Takedown defense
76%
0.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.2
Form & résumé
77%
UFC win rate
71%
-1
Win/loss streak
-2
60%
Last-5 win rate
60%
60%
Finish rate
40%
Recent opp. quality
350
Days since last fight
371
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Song Yadong
  • LPetr YanU-DEC R3
    Close +13611mo before
  • WChris GutierrezU-DEC R5
    Close -3741y 2mo before
  • WRicky SimonKO/TKO R5
    Close +1151y 10mo before
  • LCory SandhagenKO/TKO R4
    Close +1672y 5mo before
  • WMarlon MoraesKO/TKO R1
    Close -2942y 11mo before
Henry Cejudo
  • LMerab DvalishviliU-DEC R3
    Close +2341y before
  • LAljamain SterlingS-DEC R5
    Close -1191y 10mo before
  • WDominick CruzKO/TKO R2
    Close -2254y 9mo before
  • WMarlon MoraesKO/TKO R3
    Close +1455y 9mo before
  • WTJ DillashawKO/TKO R1
    Close +1856y 1mo before
Yadong — win / loss by method
Record: 21-8-1, 1 NC

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
9 wins, 2 losses
W
43% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
14% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
9 wins, 5 losses
W
43% of wins
L
63% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
13% of losses
UFC
10win3loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (50%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
1 (10%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (40%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
11win5loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
4 (36%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
2 (18%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (45%)Decision(60%) 3
0 (0%)DQ / other(20%) 1
Cejudo — win / loss by method
Record: 16-4-0

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
8 wins, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 3 losses
W
50% of wins
L
75% of losses
UFC
10win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (40%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
6 (60%)Decision(75%) 3
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (67%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
2 (33%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Yadong
Cejudo
14
UFC fights
14
181.2 min · 12.9 avg
Octagon time
188.6 min · 13.5 avg
13y 2m
Career length
13y 5m
UFC schedule strength

Opponents' records on fight night — toggle their full cross-promotional record vs UFC bouts only.

Yadong
Cejudo
206W–59L · 77.7%
Overall
256W–50L · 83.7%
168W–49L · 77.4%
Wins
178W–37L · 82.8%
38W–10L · 79.2%
Losses
78W–13L · 85.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Yadong
Cejudo
83W–34L · 70.9%
Overall
14W–19L · 42.4%
42W–15L · 73.7%
Wins
14W–19L · 42.4%
41W–19L · 68.3%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Yadong
Cejudo
5.22
Landed / min
3.87
40.5%
Accuracy
39.7%
58.2%
Defense
64.0%
0.58
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.40
72.3%
Time at distance
63.0%
Grappling & control
Yadong
Cejudo
0.66
Takedowns / 15 min
1.99
40.0%
Takedown accuracy
32.5%
72.4%
Takedown defense
75.6%
0.17
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.16
59.5%
Control share
79.7%
Strike target map
Yadong
  • Head64%(520)div 62%
  • Body20%(162)div 21%
  • Legs16%(132)div 17%
Cejudo
  • Head54%(384)div 62%
  • Body31%(218)div 21%
  • Legs15%(109)div 17%

Where each fighter lands significant strikes (career). “div” = the weight-class average.

Song Yadong
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.

Henry Cejudo
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.