| UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Song | ||||
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 The poster for UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Song | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | February 22, 2025 (2025-02-22) | |||
| Venue | Climate Pledge Arena | |||
| City | Seattle, Washington, United States | |||
| Attendance | 18,287[1] | |||
| Total gate | $3,841,751.94[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Song (also known asUFC Fight Night 252 andUFC on ESPN+ 110) was a mixed martial arts event produced by theUltimate Fighting Championship that took place on February 22, 2025, at theClimate Pledge Arena inSeattle, Washington, United States.[2]
The event marked the promotion's fourth visit to Seattle and first sinceUFC on Fox: Johnson vs. Moraga in July 2013.[3]
A bantamweight bout between formerUFC Flyweight andBantamweight Champion (also2008 Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestling)Henry Cejudo andSong Yadong headlined the event.[4]
A women's bantamweight bout betweenKetlen Vieira andThe Ultimate Fighter: Heavy Hitters women's featherweight winnerMacy Chiasson was expected to take place at the event.[5] However, due to an injury suffered by Chiasson, the bout was removed from the card.[6] The pair was previously scheduled forUFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs. Walker 2 in January 2024, but Vieira was pulled as a result of an injury and the bout was scrapped.[7]
A middleweight bout between Mansur Abdul-Malik and Antonio Trócoli was scheduled for this event.[8] However, Trócoli withdrew for undisclosed reasons and was replaced by Nick Klein.[9]
A welterweight bout between promotional newcomerIslam Dulatov and Adam Fugitt was scheduled for this event.[10] However, Dulatov withdrew from the fight due to an undisclosed injury and was replaced by Billy Goff.[11] In turn, the bout was scrapped during fight week as Fugitt pulled out due to injury.[12]
MiddleweightChidi Njokuani was reportedly linked to this event, but he ended up being scheduled to compete atUFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Dolidze 2 instead.[13][14]
A bantamweight bout between former two-timeUFC Bantamweight Champion (also formerWEC Bantamweight Champion)Dominick Cruz andRob Font was scheduled for this event.[15] However, Cruz withdrew from the fight due to an injury. He then announced his retirement.[16] Jean Matsumoto, who was scheduled to compete atUFC 313, replaced him in a catchweight bout of 140 pounds.[17]
A heavyweight bout between former interimUFC Heavyweight Championship challengerCurtis Blaydes and promotional newcomerRizvan Kuniev was scheduled for this event.[18] However, the bout was moved to March 8 atUFC 313 for undisclosed reasons.[19]
A featherweight bout betweenEdson Barboza andSteve Garcia was scheduled for this event.[20] However, Barboza withdrew from the fight due to an injury and the bout was scrapped.[6]
The Ultimate Fighter: Live lightweight winnerMichael Chiesa was linked to this card with an unnamed opponent.[21] However, no opponent was ever announced so he was removed from the card.[6]
| Main card (ESPN+) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Bantamweight | Song Yadong | def. | Henry Cejudo | Technical Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | [a] |
| Middleweight | Anthony Hernandez | def. | Brendan Allen | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Catchweight (140 lb) | Rob Font | def. | Jean Matsumoto | Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Featherweight | Jean Silva | def. | Melsik Baghdasaryan | TKO (punches and elbows) | 1 | 4:15 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Alonzo Menifield | def. | Julius Walker | Decision (split) (29–28, 30–27, 28–29) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary card (ESPN+) | |||||||
| Light Heavyweight | Ion Cuțelaba | def. | İbo Aslan | Submission (arm-triangle choke) | 1 | 2:51 | |
| Featherweight | Melquizael Costa | def. | Andre Fili | Submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 4:30 | |
| Middleweight | Mansur Abdul-Malik | def. | Nick Klein | TKO (punches) | 2 | 3:24 | |
| Bantamweight | Ricky Simón | def. | Javid Basharat | KO (punches) | 1 | 3:58 | |
| Catchweight (175 lb) | Austin Vanderford | def. | Nikolay Veretennikov | TKO (punches) | 2 | 4:13 | |
| Middleweight | Nursulton Ruziboev | def. | Eric McConico | TKO (punches) | 2 | 0:33 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Modestas Bukauskas | def. | Raffael Cerqueira | KO (punches) | 1 | 2:12 | |
The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses.[23]
The following is the reported payout to the fighters as reported to the Washington State Athletic Commission. It is important to note the amounts do not include sponsor money, discretionary bonuses, viewership points or additional earnings.[24]
