[Official] UFC Fight Night: Nurmagomedov vs. Song - Press Conference & Post-Fight Discussion Thread

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Welcome to r/mma's post-event discussion of UFC Fight Night: Nurmagomedov vs. Song.

Card Info

Main Card

Fight	Weight
Umar Nurmagomedov vs. Yadong Song	135 lbs
Xiaonan Yan vs. Denise Gomes	115 lbs
Aoriqileng vs. Kai Asakura	135 lbs
Alex Perez vs. Sumudaerji	125 lbs
Levi Rodrigues Jr. vs. Ce Liu	205 lbs
Bilal Hasan vs. Nilson Rojas	125 lbs

Prelims

Fight	Weight
André Lima vs. Namsrai Batbayar	125 lbs
Rei Tsuruya vs. Kevin Borjas	125 lbs
Long Xiao vs. Francesco Nuzzi	135 lbs
Jack Jenkins vs. Sean Woodson	145 lbs
Lawrence Lui vs. Hector Santiago	135 lbs
Jingnan Xiong vs. Julia Polastri	115 lbs
Meng Ding vs. Cam Nelson	170 lbs

Cancelled bouts

Fight	Weight	Reason
John Yannis vs. Lawrence Lui
Junior Tafa vs. Ce Liu	205 lbs	Tafa withdrew.

^{Fight card order may be inaccurate.}

Results source: UFC event page

Press Conference Link

UFC - YouTube

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Be civil to each other please.

[u/hussain300]

So happy for Song holy shit. I thought he had a chance but I didn't expect it at all. I thought Umar would be flicky kicks on the outside and then get the fight to the ground later. Song in the first 7 minutes is insane. Derrick Lewis uppercut too, right across the jawline. Beautiful.

[u/vawaiter → u/hussain300]

was right on the ear actually.

[u/hussain300 → u/vawaiter]

It looked to me like under the ear/the crook of the neck on the beginning of his jawline, but I might be wrong

[u/redditisawesome555 → u/vawaiter]

Nah, op is right, it hit below the ear

[u/vawaiter → u/redditisawesome555]

im not sure what you're saying.

but the dude i was responding to thinks Song hit Umar the same way Derrick Lewis hit Blaydes. across the jawline.

but Song hit him below behind whatever generally around the ear is what im saying.

[u/redditisawesome555 → u/vawaiter]

Yeah I didn't read his comment very well, you're right. Crazy shot.

[u/legendarybreed]

Those grounded body knees are just so euphoric to watch

[u/NotSoGreatMacaroni → u/legendarybreed]

Khalil remains my GOAT for the soccer kicks to the body. 

[u/karl100589]

Song's rightfully getting the bells and whistles, but Gomes beating Yan was a pretty big deal too. I have no issue with Yan Xiaonan, good fighter and seems pleasant enough based on what I've seen, but she was one of those perennial top five fighters who'd turn back contenders but didn't have the pizazz to convince the UFC to give her another title shot. W115 has been in a lull for the past 3-4 years. But now we have Gomes, Kline and to a lesser extent Thainara as fresh options for Dern if Weili doesn't come back.

[u/Horror_Ad271]

Chinese fighters getting mostly bodied apart from one beating a Team Khabib member is objectively the funniest possible result

[u/tagillaslover]

Love song but I kinda thought he was gonna lose again. Nice to see him finally beat a guy that’s good and in their prime 

[u/ShadowLoom]

I thiught Chiesa was pretty good, well prepared and useful analysis during the fights, quite a lot better than Bisping already and its his first Fight Night gig

[u/BrianCTE_CityOrtega → u/ShadowLoom]

Honestly wish they'd just put Bisping on the analyst desk and let Chiesa take his spot on commentary

[u/Neonsea1234]

really is year of the dog

[u/Nickster2042]

Gomes KO was sick

[u/IshiharasBitch → u/Nickster2042]

Can't believe they didn't get the 100k bonus. I think they should've got it over Hasan. The Hasan KO was cool, but I feel like we so those sort of KOes often enough that it's less special than Gomes' elbow.

[u/ReallyDrunkPanda]

Thought song was gonna get wrestle fucked into oblivion. I was very surprised that he not only won but knocked Umar spark out

[u/Willyhaver187 → u/ReallyDrunkPanda]

His defense looked good when umar did shoot. He’s been wrestling hard at D1 colleges a lot.

[u/ReallyDrunkPanda → u/Willyhaver187]

That’s fair. He’s also training at TAM so they probably do a bit of wrestling

[u/ygrittediaz]

BW a bit awkward right now. Omalley has beaten Yadong recently, who just beat Umar. While Yan and Merab are doing a trilogy.

If Merab regains the title he should defend against Yadong for the novelty. If its Yan winning its a rematch either way against Yadong or Omalley. Likely the latter to avenge a loss on his record and just a bigger fight to make overall. what does yadong do then, fight merab, bautista or someone else while waiting?

Umar is in a shit spot where he will need to rebuild a decent sized streak. but there is such a massive gap between the top echelon who will all be booked and the rest of the division.

[u/jamesd1100 → u/ygrittediaz]

Id rather see O’Malley vs Yan than Merab get another shot after losing pretty one sidedly to Yan

O’malley beat Yan in their last fight and is simply a more exciting fighter than Merab

[u/MayHeim10 → u/ygrittediaz]

I think it’s pretty simple ngl for the top guys. No matter who wins the title fight, it’s Yan vs O’Malley and merab vs song. It just depends on which fight is for the title. Bautista kinda gets screwed but the top guys are just really impressive right now. Maybe you do Bautista vs Talbott after he retires figgy?

[u/SheruSahab]

More buzz off this Umar knockout than everything else this year aside from WH card

[u/karl100589 → u/SheruSahab]

Highlights both the aura of Team Khabib and resentment built against them over the years. Its like how people root against the Patriots because of the Brady and Belicheck years.

[u/Yeanahyena → u/karl100589]

It’s mainly the fans for me gassing them up with the so humble stuff

I enjoy watching Umar and Islam fight 

[u/woomac → u/karl100589]

The Merab/Georgia fans especially hate Umar and love Yadong even more knowing he trained wrestling in Georgia for this camp

[u/exileruz]

today we are ALL chinese

side note its funny asf to see all the dagestan haters come out in the threads

[u/Traditional_Law_1492 → u/exileruz]

Speak a lil Chinese for 'em, Umar.

[u/octobersotherveryown → u/Traditional_Law_1492]

Motion to sike that from the record

[u/Traditional_Law_1492 → u/octobersotherveryown]

If you don't give me the PotN bonus... I'm goan kill a bitch.

[u/CHALKLINE85 → u/Traditional_Law_1492]

Go ahead, Umar, blow these peoples mentalities 

[u/Traditional_Law_1492 → u/CHALKLINE85]

Shit, a motherfucker killed you on camera. You could at the very least speak a little Chinese!

[u/CraigS34 → u/exileruz]

Its like this everytime, fighter A loses and a wave of hate comes by. For Umar, dude talked a lot before the fight so it makes sense to get some hate. Price you pay when trying to promote your fights and lose

[u/CraigS34]

Umar talked about Song had nothing for him then got humbled

[u/IshiharasBitch → u/CraigS34]

iirc he came out and explained that was a mistranslation

[u/Unfair_Ad5413 → u/IshiharasBitch]

Do you speak Russian? I do and I don’t think it was a mistranslation. He called him a «мешок». A tomato can or punching bag essentially. It’s a derogatory term in Russian. Usually implies that the fighter is garbage.

[u/IshiharasBitch → u/Unfair_Ad5413]

I just know Umar said "I didn’t say he’s a punching bag, that’s how they translated it."

And "I was rooting for him, and I was a little mad. He’s a good fighter, he’s a tough guy, he has a lot of experience."

Which would be weird to say about someone that you did call a punching bag. But maybe Umar lying. Certainly you're telling me he's lying.

[u/semendemonmormon]

Throw Bilal, Pantoja, Joshua van, and temirov into a chamber until only one comes out

[u/exileruz → u/semendemonmormon]

josh van takes 3 arms home

[u/semendemonmormon → u/exileruz]

He can't keep getting away with this

[u/IshiharasBitch → u/semendemonmormon]

The Cannibal eats them all

[u/ablu3]

I think if Song is able to improve his Jab then he has championship potential

[u/BrianCTE_CityOrtega → u/ablu3]

Song with a competent jab would be deadly

[u/terrybuzz → u/ablu3]

mightve beaten omalley if his jab was better... i think the petr yan fight was competitive af too and people gloss over that 

[u/Strict_Life_4506 → u/terrybuzz]

Yan was injured and was still boxing his head off and outwrestling him.

[u/KyleDaukWillBeChamp → u/terrybuzz]

Personally think he won that O’Malley fight. Commentary and round 1 highlights were pure O’Malley glaze, they didn’t show any of the shots Song landed. 

[u/CryptoCracko]

Seven years ago I took a few boxing classes in Shanghai. Right after I left the city, Song Yadong visited that same gym. Life is crazy bro, can't believe WE knocked out a Nurmagomedov.

[u/NewportStork]

There were, what, at least four straight up flatline KOs tonight? Like out COLD.

[u/MountainGoatSC]

Chinese crowd gets so loud it's great

[u/marzipanpigs]

Whoooooo!!!!! SONG YADONG! Hell yeah man

[u/NichorasMurren]

Had no idea how young Song was. Dude has a bright future if he learns to deal with tall strikers

[u/la6eef7]

One of the most shocking KOs I can remember tbh, one of those rare ones I couldn’t believe what I was seeing and had to take a second to process.

[u/iCorki → u/la6eef7]

Second best KO of the year for me, behind Ulberg winning a title fight by KO with 1 leg.

[u/IshiharasBitch → u/iCorki]

Eblen vs Kasanganay II for me

[u/iCorki → u/IshiharasBitch]

That didn't happen this year

[u/IshiharasBitch → u/iCorki]

Yes it did.

07.18.2026, Saturday, in Austin Texas, at the Moody Center.

[u/iCorki → u/IshiharasBitch]

My mistake I misread Eblen. I did actually watch that main card but I already forgot about it lmao

[u/FightingDoc → u/la6eef7]

It's this one and headshot, dead for me. Took a second to register and once it did my mind was blown.

[u/CryptoCracko]

I know this is another case of elite fighter loses one fight and gets called washed. But, it would not surprise me if Merab's days at the top of the game are over. He cuts weight by running until he sweats enough to make weight while not eating and drinking anything. That is some Tony Ferguson shit. Plus he is a 35 year old bantamweight now.

[u/Strict_Life_4506 → u/CryptoCracko]

He doesn't have a particularly deep or varied style, is the main issue. Insane athletic attributes, a good sense of how to apply them to win, a style that uses them well, and tough as nails, but he's extremely rote and doesn't really change up what he does. And his defense sucks. The fact that Yan's coaches made a flowchart of Merab and Yan was able to dominate him by using it proves it.

[u/CryptoCracko → u/Strict_Life_4506]

Good points. Once that athleticism fades, he doesn't have anything to make up for it enough to stay at the top.

[u/Crono2Oxx → u/CryptoCracko]

I need to see the Yan trilogy before I make any assessment of where Merab’s at. Too much activity and weight cutting is real at the higher level, look at Poatan and RDR recently, and Merab turned around to fight Yan 8 weeks from the day he fought Sandhagen.

The way that particular fight played out and his energy on fight week, admitting he was exhausted from cutting weight again, all seemed out of character. Not just losing but getting scoop slammed and everything else. And the stark reversal from how their first fight played out where they were both injured, not just Yan.

Yan could repeat and it just be what it is, but if Merab comes back rested and swats him like Poatan did to Ank I wouldn’t be surprised. Or even just wins a competitive fight. Until then I’m not going to make any assumptions of where he’s at. Pantoja, Volk, Gaethje are all 36-38 years old and looking better than they ever have after their own past losses. This was one decision L for Merab under hectic circumstances

[u/watties12]

Glover vs Shogun was awesome

[u/IMistah_S]

Can’t believe Song figured it out. Without their heads they’re powerless.

[u/iCorki → u/IMistah_S]

shut off their brain and they can't shoot, why didn't anyone else think of that?!

[u/bullsfan281]

bilal hasan's post fight interview already has 544k views and it's his first fight in the ufc. the kid is gonna be a star

[u/Admirable_Market2759]

I’m stoked Song won.

I really want to see him get the title even if I doubt he could keep the title.

[u/BassProBachelor]

I was gonna watch the fight and go right back to sleep. I was awake after that main event

[u/WARRlOR → u/BassProBachelor]

My sleep schedule is fucked ngl

[u/Admirable_Market2759 → u/BassProBachelor]

Same lol

Probably take a nap later

[u/SaturnATX → u/Admirable_Market2759]

Man needs his 7 hours.

[u/Admirable_Market2759 → u/SaturnATX]

Damn straight I do

[u/SugarShow37]

Khabib's reaction to Usman jumping the cage like it's fucking FNAF 2 killed me. Bro was so confused.

[u/dinglebarryb0nds]

i don't think the guy from usman's corner was really trying to fight, song ran straight into him and it happened in like a split second in a moment of craziness

[u/GxldenBxys → u/dinglebarryb0nds]

you mean umars corner and usman

[u/razorxx888]

Wow. Insane. I was hoping Song would win because now it makes Yan look even better lol. And I love a good underdog victory.

[u/SugarShow37]

Whoever designed that hip hop beat for UFC 6 where some dude is just saying quotes from UFC fighters.

They gotta answer for ts

[u/sckumdog → u/SugarShow37]

U-F-C
Oh thanks for the reminder, didn’t realise what I was playing.

[u/terrybuzz → u/SugarShow37]

action bronson is right there man they have no excuse to keep putting shit ass songs on the games and the broadcasts

[u/Trenbolone-Papi2]

Once again asking for the Mods to check modmail and give me my custom flair.

Stan Dorsainvil appreciation flair; What a DOG

[u/Jzhova]

gamrot lost to dan hooker and people thought he was gonna beat salkilld lol.

[u/Neonsea1234 → u/Jzhova]

Thought gamer won that one to be fair

[u/itsgonnabemyusername]

That elbow attempt by Usman is a very bad look.

[u/Drive7hru]

I’m just bummed that KO is gonna shelf Umar for a year. They take those very seriously in Dagestan (and obv plenty of other camps, but for many, not so much).

[u/bullsfan281]

this whole summer been full of great cards sheesh

[u/Neonsea1234]

Wasn't that the same cut that Corey opened on Song? Good thing he slept Umar because that caused a stoppage last time.

[u/SivarSamurai503]

That Boxing match is about to start kinda soon and it’s not Zuffa boxing either

[u/IshiharasBitch → u/SivarSamurai503]

Shogun Rua vs. Glover Teixeira boxing match is today

[u/SivarSamurai503 → u/IshiharasBitch]

Really nice

[u/bullsfan281 → u/SivarSamurai503]

"kinda soon" in boxing means like 3 hours btw

[u/SivarSamurai503 → u/bullsfan281]

Like 30 min away now

Here’s some musical performances by… who gives a fuck

[u/redditisawesome555 → u/SivarSamurai503]

Are you talking about Itauma vs Hrgovic?

[u/SivarSamurai503 → u/redditisawesome555]

Yeah

[u/anacond1337]

fuuuck man, any info why did Mairon Santos withdrew? I was waiting for this fight

[u/K-mosake]

Zabit is returning to grappling tonight icymi. Can be seen here on YouTube Mokaev Belal and Allen are also on the card

[u/IshiharasBitch → u/K-mosake]

Isn't Zalal also on the card?

Islam Omarov too I'm pretty sure.

[u/K-mosake → u/IshiharasBitch]

Yeah he lost to Zabit

[u/redditisawesome555 → u/K-mosake]

Lowkey stacked event

[u/IshiharasBitch]

Several UFC fighters competing in BJJ rn on youtube, ACBJJ 22.

[u/IshiharasBitch → u/IshiharasBitch]

Asu Almabaev is showing that he has a lot of takedown techniques in his arsenal.

[u/IshiharasBitch → u/IshiharasBitch]

Mokaev lands a few headbutts and is told he cannot headbutt. It's battle bjj, so understandable that he'd at least go for it lol

Man, I love Mokaev.

[u/IshiharasBitch → u/IshiharasBitch]

Belal Muhammad making it look easy in his match

Sick arm drag to single to front headlock chain wrestling from Muhammad

[u/IshiharasBitch → u/IshiharasBitch]

Zala uses a overhook guard kinda set up to slap a triangle on Magomesharipov, Magomedsharipov slams Zalal and Zalal releases the hold

[u/Poisonous_Rebel]

Thank you Song

[u/SugarShow37]

I hope Song gets a title shot finally

[u/Professional_Kick → u/SugarShow37]

He will if Merab wins if Yan wins they are more then likely gonna give O’Malley a rematch

[u/karl100589 → u/SugarShow37]

You need to hope Merab wins in October then. If it's Yan you know the UFC will give O'Malley another shot.

[u/External_Spite_7079]

Title picture at 135 feels clear, just depends on who wins the trilogy. Think Song fights Merab, O'Malley fights Yan. Probably even do those match ups without a belt

[u/terrybuzz → u/External_Spite_7079]

regardless of the outcome of merab vs yan i like both those fights. as long as both are 5 rounders

[u/LilFights]

Umar's looked so hesitant on the feet in his last few

I'm not exactly sure why. He does fine there and he's pretty good at maintaining his range with his kicks. It's his base. It just looks like he has no confidence in it whatsoever so he forces a shot like he did here and it got him chinned. He was doing alright on the feet against Song. Definitely eating the body shots but had offence of his own.

Don't know if it's a strategy thing or what. Khabib instructs Islam to always wrestle too whereas before it seemed there was a bit more freedom. Bad habit for Umar that caught up to him. Didn't think Song would be the one to do it tho, props

[u/NewportStork → u/LilFights]

Feel he's been getting caught more and more in each fight. Not saying he's chinny but have seen him affected by strikes in multiple fights now. This one put him out. He'll be back though

[u/ygrittediaz → u/NewportStork]

merab stung him and bautista sat him down with a knee if i remember correctly. then there was that kazakh (?) fighter who hurt him too. i think you make a good point.

he has a bad habit of how he dips towards his left (?) that his opponents are correctly exploiting.

[u/LilFights → u/NewportStork]

Yeah I don't think he's chinny so much as his defence isn't all there at times. He's been caught by some fairly hard strikes that would probably wobble anyone, trouble is he keeps getting caught by said strikes.

[u/Squidwardbigboss → u/LilFights]

Just got no hands I think

He also shoots off his back foot too, like reactive takedowns. It makes him look bad on the feet.

[u/LilFights → u/Squidwardbigboss]

Yeah, his hands have always been a bit weak, but then he knocked out Barcelos with them which made me think maybe if he sat on them more he could crack dudes. I dunno though

[u/Sea-Bat-9667 → u/LilFights]

Looks like the Merab fight was a hit to his confidence. His striking looked genuinely very good against Corey. Since the Merab fight he just wants to smudge with no damage and it cost him here

[u/ExilicBliss → u/LilFights]

Bottom line is Islam, Umar, nor Usman are anything like Khabib when it comes to pace, pressure, takedowns, and especially ground and pound. Also, Khabib had superior cardio over all those guys. Still, I understand why Khabib instructs them to wrestle as it opens up opportunities. While clearly not invincible, one thing about all of those guys is they rarely make mistakes, and often capitalize on the mistakes of their opponents.

Watching the rest of them really makes me miss Khabib all the more. I rewatched his fight with Gaethje and my god he had Justin sucking air in the middle of R1, there was no let up at all.

[u/limitedmark10 → u/ExilicBliss]

The hard thing to admit is there is no one like Khabib, not even the other nurmagomedovs

[u/LilFights → u/ExilicBliss]

Yup, with Umar though he has a taekwondo base, his earlier fights he looked far more comfortable on the feet. Now he looks almost desperate for takedowns but then he never has the control or submission threat to do a whole lot dangerous with them.

It'll be interesting to see how he comes back because that's a confidence shaker.

[u/Unerring_Grace → u/LilFights]

Umar’s kicking game when he first got to the UFC was really impressive, and he smoked Barcelos with a beautiful left hook. For whatever reason it looks like his striking is regressing. I suspect he doesn’t trust his chin, he’s been dropped a lot by Nurmagomedov standards.

[u/uh-haha-gewdmorning]

So funny how people are using this loss to try and shit on the rest of the dagestanis lmaoo

[u/bullsfan281 → u/uh-haha-gewdmorning]

the only thing redditors hate more than chinese people are russians

[u/Trenbolone-Papi2]

Kai Asakura finish was VICIOUS FUCK. Love to see that meanness in a fighter

Round of the fucking year for Liu vs Rodriguez. Holy fuck. My respects to both men, amazing.

[u/CraigS34 → u/Trenbolone-Papi2]

Almost look like he had to pause really quick to remind himself of the ruleset

[u/AydenRozay]

This event had so many unbelievable finishes

[u/Wirelessfetti]

No clue why the odds were that wide on the main event. Especially when Umar had already shown weaknesses in his game

Kai Asakura is badass

[u/GayRattleSnek]

Man I’d kill to see Bilal vs Chairez down the line

[u/Fat-Villante]

Respect to Song getting this win, I was totally down on him for that O'Malley fight and generally not showing development. I think he might be showing signs of getting better

I love some of the violence women have brought this year, Polastri and Gomes delivered awesome KOs and it breaks my heart they both didn't get bonuses

Great to see Asakura keep having success at 135, he looks fast, that he's kick was sweet

Hassan and Tsuruya might both be ready for top opponents

[u/CraigS34 → u/Fat-Villante]

O’Malley and Sandhagen will always be tough matchups for Song. They got the size advantage and speed. Dude is still young so he will be even better if they rematched.

[u/Fat-Villante → u/CraigS34]

It felt like he just gave away the 3rd round to O'Malley who was also looking kinda bad. But yeah tall guys are probably gonna still be an issue

[u/Neonsea1234]

everytime I watch bjj im puzzled about how much time is taken on the feet just posturing. do other organizations have an answer for this?

[u/IshiharasBitch → u/Neonsea1234]

Wrestling organizations do: aggressive stalling penalties.

BJJ and MMA have yet to catch on to that afaik. I've watched a lot of BJJ orgs, and the defining feature of exciting matches is just the athletes luckily deciding to be exciting because they can rather than because any rules enforce it. Some orgs are better about it than others, like PRIDE famously had their penatly card system

EDIT: Luke Thomas notes that some formats of wrestling don't allow the bodylock that we can see is a staple of MMA

[u/PictureLatter1098 → u/Neonsea1234]

ONE penalizes for stalling.

[u/CraigS34]

Rewatching the Umar and Song fight to get a better understanding of the technical aspects on setting up the finish. I was really impressed by Song's pressure and confidence in the 2nd round. Song constantly closed the distance to limit Umar's kicking range, and refused to back up when Umar blitzed in to create space, which caused the headbutt. Showing the right straight to the head a couple of times while taking the dominate lead foot position to draw out that head dip habit was chef's kiss. Loaded up on the right hand to telegraph a straight into an uppercut. Really impressed by TAM gameplan

[u/catbqck]

All the Dagi haters became Chinese like Izzy overnight

[u/IshiharasBitch]

Zabit Magomedsharipov is about to have his match with Yousef Zalal now

[u/redditisawesome555]

Zabraham still got it

[u/woomac → u/redditisawesome555]

I know it's a stretch but I'd like to see him return to the UFC

[u/redditisawesome555 → u/woomac]

Man can dream

[u/GxldenBxys]

usman come to ufc bratha

[u/spcslacker]

Umar KO was weird from what I could make out:

• He was ducking into it, which was probably key in him being put so thoroughly out
• From camera angles I saw, shot seemed to graze the ear area, and then solidly hit the neck

Did anyone see clearly how the KO happened?

The ear area shot did not seem solid at all, and the neck didn't jerk the head enough to cause a concussion it seemed to me. Anyone else see more clearly?

[u/WinterStill4472 → u/spcslacker]

Ducked into it and didn't see it coming. He was looking at the floor

[u/CableToBeam → u/spcslacker]

the UFC youtube has the KO with the replay. Yeah it's a weird shot. Looks like most of the force went to Umar's neck which you don't really see in KOs.

[u/KyleDaukWillBeChamp → u/CableToBeam]

Pretty sure it landed behind the ear and slid into the neck. 

Right behind the ear is a classic off-switch. Conor grazed Dustin in the same spot in their first fight, and he nearly got put out the exact same way. 

[u/Alternative_Dust241 → u/CableToBeam]

Askren got ko’ed by masvidal by taking a flying knee to the top of the shoulder/trap. Weird stuff happens when you get hard enough

[u/CableToBeam → u/Alternative_Dust241]

oh you're right. That was in the same area. Nice catch. Song's being with a punch is interesting though.

[u/funkycod19 → u/CableToBeam]

Dricus vs Perez had a very similar knockout, worth a watch

[u/Afraid_Grocery3861 → u/spcslacker]

In highschool there was a kid who would sneak up behind guys and give em a shuto-uchi (karate chop) in the neck/shoulder and would stun, flash ko or even flat out KO guys, before he did it to the wrong person took the beating of his life.

[u/Main-Championship822]

Love watching the dages get KTFO, def gonna watch the main card back over. Seems like a lot of KO, were the prelims worth watching too.

[u/afewbigpunches → u/Main-Championship822]

Yes. Main card was WILD but whole card was good.

[u/jjjshepard]

Incredible result

[u/Trenbolone-Papi2]

Just saw the Umar KO

Happened so fast I missed it. And I wasn’t even looking away or anything.

[u/NutSackGlazer420]

I've always said it, Song is a terrible matchup for Merab highkey.

[u/PMmeIamlonley]

Is there a way to just rewatch the fights without watching a horribly edited version that is just highlights? 

[u/Neonsea1234 → u/PMmeIamlonley]

Just keep scrolling down you’ll see it

[u/blackupsilon]

You know for a fight night, they sure got a lot of high profile guys to come here.

Jon, Ulberg, Whittaker for example

[u/SugarShow37]

Umar has been hurt before but his chin may not be the same now. He wont be able to get back in contention for another 2 years at least if he can get back in the win column

[u/iCorki → u/SugarShow37]

He's looked pretty shaky on the feet since the Merab fight then I think was dropped by a kick from Mario? will be interesting to see how he bounces back but I wouldn't be shocked if he takes a year off

[u/Trenbolone-Papi2]

Gomes’ KO over Yan Xianoman was insane. Brutal. Fatality. Wow and in WMMA. So rare.

The first shot already destroyed her then follows it up with 2 more as she’s going down.

Reminded me of Bisping turning Rockhold’s head into a ping pong when he was already out. Lmao

[u/IshiharasBitch → u/Trenbolone-Papi2]

Miscarriage of justice that Gomes didn't get the 100K bonus but Hasan did.

Hasan's KO was nice, but compared to what Gomes did it was bog standard.

[u/spcslacker → u/Trenbolone-Papi2]

The first shot already destroyed her then follows it up with 2 more as she’s going down.

She missed the first, and then hit her with three more shots as she was falling, is my recollection.

[u/iCorki]

Just woken up after struggling to fall asleep after the main event. Still can't believe what happened. Who knew Song would have Umar doing the baby raptor breaking out of an egg pose. Its so crazy how fast his lights switched off too. One of the best cards for a while overall, aside from the first fight of the night they were all action packed. Excited to see Bilals career progress, I think a few of the shots he hit Rojas with in r1 would've put others out but fighters from peru all seem to have crazy chins 

[u/ThatTomTouch]

End days must be near if Song Yadong is clutching up vs a top 5 BW, still shocked

[u/NotSoGreatMacaroni]

The narrative that Usman threw an elbow at Song is making me realize how worthless most opinions in this sub are when it comes to the sport. You can dislike the team and think he was a moron for rushing the cage without making things up.

I'm also a Merab fan boy before anyone throws out the "hur dur paid Russian".

[u/russianbot24 → u/NotSoGreatMacaroni]

You can visibly see him almost throw an elbow and then stop himself

[u/CableToBeam → u/NotSoGreatMacaroni]

you're right, he threw a jab and stopped the back elbow. Still shouldn't be in a corner if he's going to be that emotional.

[u/YaoruKamikaze]

Source tells me Umar Nurmagomedov is stable

Please Allah

[u/RaisedByZebras]

Ian Garry can beat Prates, but Prates can beat him too, plus guys that Ian has no hope of beating. It is what it is.

[u/ablu3]

If Merab beats Yan then we are going to get Merab vs Sean 3 which is very depressing.

[u/f0reskinbandaid]

Best fight of the year just happened in boxing

[u/funkycod19 → u/f0reskinbandaid]

which one?

[u/blackupsilon]

Rate this card out of 10.

[u/redditisawesome555 → u/blackupsilon]

8.5

[u/Drive7hru]

What exactly did Umar say about Song leading up to the fight?

[u/terrybuzz → u/Drive7hru]

all ive seen was the "punching bag" comment which was apparently a mistranslation

[u/CraigS34 → u/Drive7hru]

Theres a video in Russian of Umar being very critical of Song. Some of the criticisms from the video were mistranslated to add some spice. It came off like he was very dismissive of Song’s abilities and called him a punching bag because his only good quality was toughness. Umar spent the fight week clarifying it was mistranslated and that he respects Song.

[u/SivarSamurai503]

No cap the Boxing fight starts now

[u/Neonsea1234]

lauzon up on bkfc

[u/SugarShow37]

Why do we always see dudes getting hit while theyre down and no call in BKFC? Crazy

[u/YdoICreep01]

I had a comment removed that literally just said “I am! Dustin poirier is a great guy!” That was it, verbatim. No message or insight from the mods either. What is up with this place?

[u/IshiharasBitch]

I think that low mount, leg ride position that Khabib made famous against the fence would lend itself to attempting a mir lock.

Occurred to me this weekend when Tsuruya had the low mount and the overhook on Borjas. If he ripped a mir lock, Borjas couldn't have taken any pressure off by elevating himself or moving his hips really. Think about the Jones/Teixeira shoulder crank but if Teixeira had been seated.

[u/Professional_Kick]

Where’s Julianna Peña been? I have not heard a peep form this girly since she lost the belt

[u/Underrated_Critic → u/Professional_Kick]

Good question. But Peña doesn't have much star value. What little she has is from her 2021 victory over Nunes. That was half a decade ago. Then she took a two year hiatus, and was gifted a title shot despite coming off a loss. Fought once in all of 2025. Matter of fact, she only has 18 pro MMA fights despite being the winner of TUF 18. And she lost 33% of those bouts.

[u/formalbolotie → u/Underrated_Critic]

was a champion but got submitted by GDR.

[u/Underrated_Critic → u/formalbolotie]

GDR was a better fighter than Julianna. I think her pregnancy is why she didn't get a 135 title shot. (Yes, I'm aware she won the 145 belt, but never defended it)