{"id":702753,"date":"2026-05-29T18:47:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T18:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/702753\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T18:47:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T18:47:12","slug":"ufc-macau-preview-song-vs-figueiredo-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/702753\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC Macau preview: \u2018Song Vs Figueiredo\u2019 Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) will once again venture away from the familiarity of its Meta Apex facility<\/a> and ship its cast and crew across the world for the upcoming UFC Macau fight card, locked and loaded for tomorrow night (Sat., May 30, 2026) from inside Galaxy Arena in Macau, China, featuring a 135-pound headliner between No. 5-ranked<\/a> contender Song Yadong and ex-flyweight titleholder Deiveson Figueiredo.<\/p>\n

Remember, you\u2019ll need a subscription to Paramount+<\/a> to stream this weekend\u2019s event (sign up here<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Before we dive into the main and co-main event, which includes the 205-pound showdown between light heavyweight sluggers Alonzo Menifield and Zhang Mingyang, check out Andrew Richardson\u2019s \u201cX-Factor\u201d breakdown for the rest of the UFC Macau main card by clicking here<\/a>. Get all the latest \u201cSong vs. Figueiredo\u201d odds and betting props courtesy of FanDuel right here<\/a>. For UFC Macau live results and play-by-play click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s get down to business.<\/p>\n

135 lbs.: Song Yadong vs. Deiveson Figueiredo<\/p>\n

Song \u201cKung Fu Kid\u201d Yadong
Record: 22-9-1, 1 NC | Age: 28 | Betting line: -600
Wins: 9 KO\/TKO, 3 SUB, 10 DEC | Losses: 2 KO\/TKO, 0 SUB, 6 DEC, 1 DQ
Height: 5\u20198\u201d | Reach: 67\u201d | Stance: Orthodox
Significant Strikes Landed Per Minute: 4.42 | Striking accuracy: 43%
Strikes Absorbed Per Minute: 3.94 | Striking Defense: 55%
Takedown Average: 0.78 (39% accuracy) | Takedown Defense: 73%
Current Ranking: No. 5 | Last fight: Unanimous decision loss to Sean O\u2019Malley<\/p>\n

Deiveson \u201cDeus da Guerra\u201d Figueiredo
Record: 25-6-1 | Age: 38 | Betting line: +440
Wins: 9 KO\/TKO, 9 SUB, 7 DEC | Losses: 2 KO\/TKO, 1 SUB, 3 DEC
Height: 5\u20195\u201c | Reach: 68\u201d | Stance: Orthodox
Significant Strikes Landed Per Minute: 2.63 | Striking accuracy: 53%
Strikes Absorbed Per Minute: 3.47 | Striking Defense: 49%
Takedown Average: 1.61 (35% accuracy) | Takedown Defense: 57%
Current Ranking: No. 7 | Last fight: Unanimous decision loss to Umar Nurmagomedov<\/p>\n

Song Yadong wants to be a championship contender and his Top 5 ranking would suggest he\u2019s in the hunt for the 135-pound title. Unfortunately, every chance the \u201cKung Fu Kid\u201d had to make a statement in the crowded bantamweight division, he came up short. Yadong is 3-3 across his last six with losses to Sean O\u2019Malley, Petr Yan, and Cory Sandhagen. Granted, those are three of the best fighters in his weight class, but those are the kinds of opponents you\u2019re tasked with facing at this level of competition and Yadong couldn\u2019t get it done. I\u2019m also not breaking out the party hats for decision wins over a washed Henry Cejudo or the unranked Chris Gutierrez. It\u2019s also worth pointing out that Yadong has been fighting in UFC for nearly nine years so if he\u2019s going to elevate himself above gatekeeper, it\u2019s now or never. I know that sounds like a harsh criticism for a fighter who is still just 28 years old and likely competing in his athletic prime, but he\u2019s also racked up more than 30 professional fights, so we have to consider mileage (ie wear and tear) as much as we do youth.<\/p>\n

\u201cRight now I\u2019m a tough fighter, Top 5 UFC fighter in the world, I am proud of myself, but I need to get the f*cking belt,\u201d Song told MMA Junkie<\/a>. \u201cThat\u2019s my goal. I need to work hard, win the f*cking fight. Every fight is very important for me, but this fight is big. It\u2019s a fight in my hometown. I have to win. I have to win this fight. [Figueiredo is] a good guy. I met him in my last fight; we were on the same card. We trained together. He\u2019s very friendly; I\u2019m friendly. I feel nothing, no feelings. He\u2019s a good guy. He\u2019s a former flyweight champion. He\u2019s always dangerous. Look who he lost to: Petr Yan, Umar, he lost to the best guys in the world. He\u2019s still very dangerous and has more experience. I will be very serious in the fight.\u201d<\/p>\n

Deiveson Figueiredo is too big to compete at flyweight and too small to go all the way at bantamweight, one of those situations that led boxing to create 742 weight classes. The Brazilian got off a great start when he jumped to 135 pounds back in late 2023, capturing three straight wins over tough outs like Rob Font and Marlon Vera. Then it all fell apart and Figueiredo went on to drop three of his next four, with a close split decision over Montel Jackson serving as his only victory during that span. To be fair, Figueiredo was up against the best bantamweights in the world including Petr Yan and Umar Nurmagomedov, so there\u2019s some forgiveness to be had in terms of his recent performances. The bigger concern for me is the Brazilian\u2019s inability to finish fights, securing just one stoppage over the last six years against the shopworn Cody Garbrandt. Remember, this is the same fighter who started his UFC career with seven finishes in nine wins and now it\u2019s just one decision after another. Perhaps that was the sacrifice to be made for the jump to a higher weight, though I can\u2019t help but wonder if other factors (which shall remain nameless) are at play.<\/p>\n

\u201cDefinitely a lot of things change in my life, not only in my mind,\u201d Figueiredo told MMA Junkie<\/a>. \u201cI just need to do everything correctly. I\u2019m a guy who used to step over the line and outside the line, and I just need to stay within the lines and do everything correctly and, like I said, make my way back to the title. It\u2019s a new beginning right now. I need to do everything correctly right now and get back in the win column and keep making my way towards the belt. I feel 100 percent. My head is in the right place. I feel good, and everything is perfect actually. I\u2019m going to be able to show my best version on Saturday.\u201d<\/p>\n

At flyweight, Figueiredo had advantages in both size and power, two attributes that did not follow him to the bantamweight division. His skill set has carried him this far but at age 38, I\u2019m not sure there\u2019s anywhere to go but down. Song will be the larger and in many ways fresher fighter and this is \u201cKung Fu Kid\u2019s\u201d fight to lose. Don\u2019t be surprised to see the Brazilian stay competitive throughout all five rounds; but in the end, Song will have clearly controlled their contest for a sweep on the judges\u2019 scorecards.<\/p>\n

Prediction: Song def. Figueiredo by decision<\/p>\n

\"Tim<\/a>\"MMA<\/p>\n

UFC Macau – Song vs. Figgy: Who wins and how?<\/p>\n

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205 lbs.: Alonzo Menifield vs. Zhang Mingyang<\/p>\n

\u201cAtomic\u201d Alonzo Menifield
Record: 17-6-1 | Age: 38 | Betting line: +210
Wins: 10 KO\/TKO, 3 SUB, 4 DEC | Losses: 4 KO\/TKO, 0 SUB, 2 DEC
Height: 6\u20190\u201c | Reach: 76\u201d | Stance: Orthodox
Significant Strikes Landed Per Minute: 3.77 | Striking accuracy: 53%
Strikes Absorbed Per Minute: 3.81 | Striking Defense: 50%
Takedown Average: 0.50 (31% accuracy) | Takedown Defense: 78%
Current Ranking: No. 15 | Last fight: Knockout loss to Volkan Oezdemir<\/p>\n

Zhang \u201cMountain Tiger\u201d Mingyang
Record: 19-7 | Age: 27 | Betting line: -260
Wins: 13 KO\/TKO, 6 SUB, 0 DEC | Losses: 4 KO\/TKO, 2 SUB, 1 DEC
Height: 6\u20192\u201c | Reach: 75\u201d | Stance: Orthodox
Significant Strikes Landed Per Minute: 7.71 | Striking accuracy: 60%
Strikes Absorbed Per Minute: 5.33 | Striking Defense: 43%
Takedown Average: 0.00 (0% accuracy) | Takedown Defense: 75%
Current Ranking: Unranked | Last fight: Technical knockout loss to Johnny Walker<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been almost nine years since we first saw Alonzo Menifield on Season 1 of Dana White\u2019s \u201cContender Series\u201d back in summer 2017, a TKO loss (eye injury) that forced \u201cAtomic\u201d to try again on Season 2, where he steamrolled Dashawn Boatwright in just eight seconds. In the years that followed, Menifield would register 17 fights inside the Octagon with a 10-6-1 record and a spot in the Top 15 of the light heavyweight division. That said, the one-time Bellator bruiser has dropped three of his last five, getting obliterated in all three losses. He also turns 39 this fall, so I\u2019m not expecting him to suddenly reverse course and make a run at the Top 5. His Muay Thai styled offense is nothing flashy but nevertheless effective and his kicks could prove to be a potent weapon against the hometown hero, assuming he remains upright long enough to implement them. Volkan Oezdemir and Carlos Ulberg both made it look easy against Menifield, who went down in flames in the opening round.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s opportunities there in that area that Johnny Walker found and then for me, there\u2019s others,\u201d Menifield told UFC.com<\/a>. \u201cSo, I\u2019m excited to see and find out. He\u2019s a first-round fighter. He fights hard. I\u2019m excited. I think they call it a \u2018Clash of the Titans.\u2019 Expect us to go at it (and) entertain. I mean, I have experience in Australia, being not the hometown favorite. It\u2019s like, \u2018Alright, cool,\u2019 you know? It allows me to get into it. So I\u2019m excited. In a perfect world, he gets into his zone, and I catch him (and) put him away. Getting in the Top 10, getting a main event, a poster, you know? That\u2019s what I\u2019m aiming for, trying to get up there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zhang Mingyang first appeared on Road to UFC back in June 2022, leveling George Tokkos by way of first-round knockout. That brought the 27-year-old \u201cMountain Tiger\u201d to UFC, where he quickly racked up three first-round finishes and a spot in the division Top 15. Unfortunately, the Zhang bandwagon went careening off the side of a cliff against Johnny Walker at UFC Shanghai last August. It was a performance that looked as though Zhang had never seen a leg kick in his life, as the Brazilian easily chopped him down and pounded away until referee Marc Goddard intervened. Zhang is a striker by trade and clearly has knockout power but his defense has more holes in it than Junie Browning\u2019s liver. It will be interesting to see what adjustments the Zhang camp made in the wake of his Walker loss because Menifield, an experienced Muay Thai practitioner, is definitely going for the legs \u2014 early and often. There\u2019s no point in talking about their wrestling because neither fighter seems particularly interested in the ground game, based on what they\u2019ve done thus far inside the cage.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would say the loss in my last fight is a very good experience,\u201d Zhang told UFC.com<\/a>. \u201cEven now I still experience that. I can feel what the loss can bring to me. So, to me, you should see the loss in a positive way. You cannot see it in a negative way. So, I think it is a test in front of you. You can either be determined to be the one you want to be, and overcome the difficulties, or you just get crushed by the loss. You need to choose which way you want to be, and obviously I choose to be the first one. I need to move forward. I always prepare for a full [fight], either 15 minutes or 25 minutes. We never prepare for a first-round early finish. We have several different gameplans, so we prepare for anything, but if the chance comes up, whenever it is in the fight, I will catch it. So, maybe it\u2019ll be an early finish, maybe it\u2019ll be a three-round fight.\u201d<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t like to use the word \u201cexposed\u201d or throw fighters like Zhang out the window after one loss but Walker made it look so easy there\u2019s definitely cause for concern. Fortunately for Zhang, he\u2019s facing a combatant at the tail end of his career who\u2019s been knocked out in four of his six losses. I think if \u201cMountain Tiger\u201d comes out like Alex Pereira did against Magomed Ankalaev in their championship rematch, Zhang wins by first round knockout. If he tries to play the waiting game, things could start to get ugly by the second stanza. Much like the UFC Macau main event, it\u2019s much safer to side with youth in a contest that has a number of compelling variables.<\/p>\n

Prediction: Zhang def. Menifield by knockout<\/p>\n

\"Tim<\/a>\"MMA<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t forget to check out the rest of the UFC Macau main card predictions RIGHT HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) will once again venture away from the familiarity of its Meta Apex facility and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":702754,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,40762,785,85,1396,179146,19457,7990,1647],"class_list":["post-702753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc-news","tag-ufc-on-paramount","tag-ufc-predictions","tag-ufc-previews","tag-upcoming-ufc-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702753","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=702753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702753\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/702754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=702753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=702753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=702753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}