Song defeated Deiveson Figueiredo by guillotine choke at UFC Macau, continuing Team Alpha Male's legacy with the submission. The gym has produced guillotine finishes from Urijah Faber over Jens Pulver and Dominick Cruz, and multiple other top-level submissions.
Yadong Song submitted Deiveson Figueiredo via guillotine choke at UFC Macau, adding another chapter to Team Alpha Male's long tradition of finishing fights on the mat.
The victory extended a notable lineage of guillotine finishes associated with the Sacramento-based gym. Urijah Faber, the 47-year-old Team Alpha Male founder and one of the most decorated fighters in MMA history, built much of his reputation around exactly that technique. Faber carries a career record of 35-11 and averaged 0.8 submission attempts per 15 minutes throughout his career, with a striking accuracy of 40 percent. His guillotine finish over Jens Pulver became one of the most memorable moments in the gym's history.
Pulver, the 51-year-old southpaw from the United States who fought under the banner of Team Extreme, finished his career with a record of 27-19-1. He averaged 2.12 significant strikes landed per minute across his career and remained active at the top levels of the sport for well over a decade.
Dominick Cruz, 41, another fighter tied to Team Alpha Male's broader circle through his time competing in the same era and regional scene, holds a record of 24-4 and fights out of Alliance MMA. Cruz averaged 3.91 significant strikes per minute across his career, among the busiest outputs in bantamweight history, and averaged 2.82 takedowns per 15 minutes.
Why it matters
- Song's guillotine finish over Figueiredo reinforces Team Alpha Male's identity as a submission-finishing program at the highest level
- Figueiredo is a former flyweight champion, making the stoppage a significant scalp
- The result has immediate implications for the bantamweight or flyweight divisional picture depending on where both fighters are ranked following the bout
