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UFC Fight Night 252 Cejudo vs Song

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Sat 22nd February 2025 4:00pm Local
Sun 23rd February 2025 12:00am UTC

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UFC

Season
2025

Round
Round 6

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Climate Pledge Arena

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UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Song (also known as UFC Fight Night 252 and UFC on ESPN+ 110) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on February 22, 2025, at the Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Washington, United States.

Background
The event marked the promotion's fourth visit to Seattle and first since UFC on Fox: Johnson vs. Moraga in July 2013.

A bantamweight bout between former UFC Flyweight and Bantamweight Champion (also 2008 Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestling) Henry Cejudo and Song Yadong headlined the event.

A women's bantamweight bout between Ketlen Vieira and The Ultimate Fighter: Heavy Hitters women's featherweight winner Macy Chiasson was expected to take place at the event. However, due to an injury suffered by Chiasson, the bout was removed from the card. The pair was previously scheduled for UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs. Walker 2 in January 2024, but Vieira was pulled as a result of an injury and the bout was scrapped.

A middleweight bout between Mansur Abdul-Malik and Antonio Trócoli was scheduled for this event. However, Trócoli withdrew for undisclosed reasons and was replaced by Nick Klein.

A welterweight bout between promotional newcomer Islam Dulatov and Adam Fugitt was scheduled for this event. However, Dulatov withdrew from the fight due to an undisclosed injury and was replaced by Billy Goff. In turn, the bout was scrapped during fight week as Fugitt pulled out due to injury.

Middleweight Chidi Njokuani was reportedly linked to this event, but he ended up being scheduled to compete at UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Dolidze 2 instead.

A bantamweight bout between former two-time UFC Bantamweight Champion (also former WEC Bantamweight Champion) Dominick Cruz and Rob Font was scheduled for this event. However, Cruz withdrew from the fight due to an injury. He then announced his retirement. Jean Matsumoto, who was scheduled to compete at UFC 313, replaced him in a catchweight bout of 140 pounds.

A heavyweight bout between former interim UFC Heavyweight Championship challenger Curtis Blaydes and promotional newcomer Rizvan Kuniev was scheduled for this event. However, the bout was moved to March 8 at UFC 313 for undisclosed reasons.

A featherweight bout between Edson Barboza and Steve Garcia was scheduled for this event. However, Barboza withdrew from the fight due to an injury and the bout was scrapped.

The Ultimate Fighter: Live lightweight winner Michael Chiesa was linked to this card with an unnamed opponent. However, no opponent was ever announced so he was removed from the card.

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Result List

01	Song Yadong	UFC Bantamweight	WIN
01	Henry Cejudo	UFC Bantamweight	LOSS
02	Anthony Hernandez	UFC Middleweight	WIN
02	Brendan Allen	UFC Middleweight	LOSS
03	Rob Font	UFC Catchweight	WIN
03	Jean Matsumoto	UFC Catchweight	LOSS
04	Jean Silva	UFC Featherweight	WIN
04	Melsik Baghdasaryan	UFC Featherweight	LOSS
05	Alonzo Menifield	UFC Light Heavyweight	WIN
05	Julius Walker	UFC Light Heavyweight	LOSS
06	Ion Cutelaba	UFC Light Heavyweight	WIN
06	Ibo Aslan	UFC Light Heavyweight	LOSS
07	Melquizael Costa	UFC Featherweight	WIN
07	Andre Fili	UFC Featherweight	LOSS
08	Mansur Abdul-Malik	UFC Middleweight	WIN
08	Nick Klein	UFC Middleweight	LOSS
09	Ricky Simon	UFC Bantamweight	WIN
09	Javid Basharat	UFC Bantamweight	LOSS
10	Austin Vanderford	UFC Catchweight	WIN
10	Nikolay Veretennikov	UFC Catchweight	LOSS
11	Nursulton Ruziboev	UFC Middleweight	WIN
11	Eric McConico	UFC Middleweight	LOSS
12	Modestas Bukauskas	UFC Light Heavyweight	WIN
12	Rafael Cerqueira	UFC Light Heavyweight	LOSS

Result Description

Main card (ESPN+)
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Bantamweight Song Yadong def. Henry Cejudo Technical Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 30–27) 3 5:00
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

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