Song Yadong was the lone Chinese winner on a seven-fighter home card, choking out Figueiredo with a guillotine late in the second round. Sergei Pavlovich needed just 39 seconds to finish Glover Teixeira. The event produced nine finishes across 13 bouts, with seven coming in the first round, and performance bonuses went to Song and Ricky Asakura.
UFC Macao delivered a finish-heavy night on June 1, with Song Yadong submitting Deiveson Figueiredo via guillotine choke late in the second round and Sergei Pavlovich stopping Glover Teixeira in just 39 seconds to headline the action.
Song, nicknamed "Kung Fu Kid," served as the lone Chinese fighter to pick up a victory on a seven-man home card, making the result particularly meaningful for the local crowd. The 28-year-old bantamweight sits sixth in his division and carries a record of 22-9-1. He averages 4.42 significant strikes per minute and showed a rarely seen submission dimension by sinking the guillotine to close out the second round.
Pavlovich was characteristically devastating. The third-ranked heavyweight from Russia stopped Teixeira inside the opening minute, needing only 39 seconds to finish the veteran Brazilian. Standing six-foot-three with an 84-inch reach, the 34-year-old Eagles MMA product lands 4.43 significant strikes per minute and has never recorded a submission attempt in his UFC career, relying entirely on his striking to get the job done.
Teixeira, now 33-9-0, is 46 years old and has long been one of the most durable competitors in the heavyweight and light heavyweight divisions. He carries a 76-inch reach and a solid 2.11 takedowns per 15 minutes, but Pavlovich gave him no opportunity to engage.
Why it matters
- Song's guillotine finish earns him a performance bonus and keeps him in the thick of the bantamweight top-ten conversation at sixth in the rankings.
- Pavlovich's 39-second destruction reinforces his status as one of the most dangerous finishers in the heavyweight division at number three.
- The event produced nine finishes across 13 bouts, seven of them in the first round, signaling an unusually aggressive night of action that could shift several divisional pictures.
- Ricky Asakura also earned a performance bonus, adding another notable performance to an already finish-heavy card.
