{"id":696279,"date":"2026-05-26T19:18:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T19:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/696279\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T19:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T19:18:08","slug":"ufc-champ-petr-yan-celebrates-his-kids-facing-off-as-yadong-song-stares-down-deiveson-figueiredo-in-macau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/696279\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC champ Petr Yan celebrates his \u2018kids\u2019 facing off as Yadong Song stares down Deiveson Figueiredo in Macau"},"content":{"rendered":"

Top bantamweight contenders Yadong Song and Deiveson Figueiredo will collide atop the UFC Macau event<\/a> this weekend at Galaxy Arena in Macau, China, and the promotion brought them face-to-face a few days early to hype up their five-round showdown on the Paramount+<\/a> digital network.<\/p>\n

Reigning champion, Petr Yan, hold victories over both combatants.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a very good fighter with a lot of experience, a former champion,\u201d Song told Times of India<\/a>. \u201cBut I know what he\u2019s going to do. Whether it\u2019s grappling or striking, I\u2019m totally prepared for everything he brings. I know he\u2019s going to try to take me down. But I\u2019m a black belt too. I can handle it. I believe my jiu-jitsu is better than his. It\u2019s going to be hard for him to take me down. I really focused on my offense, especially my kicking. I\u2019ve been training Muay Thai for many years. I want to use my kicks more in this fight.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been eight years since I last fought in China,\u201d Song added. \u201cI\u2019m so excited about this fight. Fighting in front of a Chinese crowd again is going to be something special. It\u2019s a great feeling. It\u2019s going to be a really great feeling. For me, I don\u2019t feel any pressure. I\u2019ve already headlined main events before, so I just treat this like any other fight, stay calm, stay focused. I\u2019m good.\u201d<\/p>\n

For the rest of the UFC Macau fight card and Paramount+<\/a> lineup click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Top bantamweight contenders Yadong Song and Deiveson Figueiredo will collide atop the UFC Macau event this weekend at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":696280,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,63173,40762,785,85,1396,179146,46234,1647],"class_list":["post-696279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-international-mma-news-results","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc-news","tag-ufc-on-paramount","tag-ufc-videos","tag-upcoming-ufc-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=696279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696279\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/696280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=696279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=696279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=696279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}