Feb 22, 2025; Seattle, Washington, USA; Music Yadong (blue gloves) celebrates after defeating Henry Cejudo (purple gloves) within the bantamweight bout throughout UFC Struggle Night time at Local weather Pledge Enviornment. Obligatory Credit score: Steven Bisig-Imagn Photos Bantamweight Music Yadong gained a technical choice over former UFC two-division champion Henry Cejudo at UFC 313 on Saturday night time in Seattle.
Yadong (22-8-1 MMA, 11-3-1 UFC) poked Cejudo (16-5, 10-5) within the left eye by accident close to the top of Spherical 3 of the scheduled five-round essential occasion, primarily a hanging battle. After Cejudo used his allotted 5 minutes of restoration time, he completed the spherical with out difficulty.
Between rounds, Cejudo expressed to his nook his incapacity to see. Given the place the struggle was, Spherical 4 briefly started earlier than referee Jason Herzog halted the motion.
Yadong was forward on the judges’ scorecards for the three accomplished rounds, 29-28, 29-28, 30-27.
He was emphatically apologetic towards Cejudo after the choice was awarded, proposing a rematch to serve its rightful conclusion.
“Let’s run it again,” Yadong mentioned. “I discovered so much from this struggle.”
Cejudo confirmed he had bother seeing out of his left eye after the poke, making the stoppage justifiable.
“I could not see from the left (eye),” Cejudo mentioned. “I wished to proceed, but when I am unable to see, it is gonna damage me.”
Cejudo added he would gladly oblige Yadong’s rematch request.
“We are able to run it again, 100%,” Cejudo mentioned. “That finger went in my eye fairly good.”
Yadong has gained three out of his final 4 fights. Cejudo has dropped three in a row, which features a loss to present bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili.
A grappling-heavy co-main occasion noticed middleweight Anthony Hernandez (14-2 MMA) overcome Brendan Allen (24-7 MMA) to win by unanimous choice 29-28 on three scorecards to extend his divisional streak to seven. Hernandez additionally made UFC historical past, surpassing Chris Weidman for probably the most takedowns in promotional historical past with 41.
Allen has now misplaced two in a row after successful seven straight fights from February 2022 by means of April 2024.
Rob Font squeaked out a break up choice towards Jean Matsumoto in a 140-pound catchweight bout on two of three judges’ scorecards: 29-28, 28-29, 29-28. Font congratulated Matsumoto on a hard-fought bout as each males placed on a hanging clinic.
Font (22-8 MMA) has gained two in a row, whereas Matsumoto (16-1 MMA) stepped in on brief discover by changing former UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz, who ultimately retired shortly thereafter.
Featherweight Jean Silva wanted 4:15 of the opening spherical to complete Melsik Baghdasaryan by TKO, incomes his fourth straight UFC win. Silva (15-2 MMA) known as out fellow contender Bryce Mitchell (17-4 MMA) for a possible future struggle.
In the meantime, Baghdasaryan (8-3 MMA) has misplaced two of his final three, nonetheless searching for a win for the primary time since a unanimous choice win towards Tucker Lutz (12-4 MMA) final July.
The UFC Seattle essential card opened with Alonzo Menifield keeping off UFC debutant and ex-college basketball participant Julius Walker in a back-and-forth hanging contest. Menifield (16-5-1 MMA) handed Walker (6-1 MMA) his first loss, incomes a break up choice 29-28, 30-27, 28-29.
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