UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Song
| UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Song | ||||
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| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | February 22, 2025 | |||
| Venue | Climate Pledge Arena | |||
| City | Seattle, Washington, United States | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Song (also known as UFC Fight Night 252) is a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that is scheduled to take place on February 22, 2025, at the Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Washington, United States.[1]
Background
The event will mark the promotion's fourth visit to Seattle and first since UFC on Fox: Johnson vs. Moraga in July 2013.[2]
A bantamweight bout between former UFC Flyweight and Bantamweight Champion (also 2008 Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestling) Henry Cejudo and Song Yadong is scheduled to headline the event.[3]
A women's bantamweight bout between Ketlen Vieira and The Ultimate Fighter: Heavy Hitters women's featherweight winner Macy Chiasson is expected to take place at the event.[4] 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.[5]
A middleweight bout between Mansur Abdul-Malik and Antonio Trócoli was scheduled for this event.[6] However, Trócoli withdrew for unknown reasons and was replaced by Nick Klein.[7]
A welterweight bout between promotional newcomer Islam Dulatov and Adam Fugitt was scheduled for this event.[8] However, Dulatov withdrew from the fight due to an undisclosed injury and was replaced by Billy Goff, who was scheduled to compete at UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Rodrigues one week before but was moved to this event after his original opponent Nikolay Veretennikov withdrew.[9]
Fight card
| Main card (ESPN+) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Bantamweight | Henry Cejudo | vs. | Song Yadong | ||||
| Bantamweight | Rob Font | vs. | Dominick Cruz | ||||
| Heavyweight | Curtis Blaydes | vs. | Rizvan Kuniev | ||||
| Featherweight | Edson Barboza | vs. | Steve Garcia | ||||
| Featherweight | Jean Silva | vs. | Melsik Baghdasaryan | ||||
| Light Heavyweight | Ion Cuțelaba | vs. | Ibo Aslan | ||||
| Middleweight | Brendan Allen | vs. | Anthony Hernandez | ||||
| Women's Bantamweight | Ketlen Vieira | vs. | Macy Chiasson | ||||
| Light Heavyweight | Modestas Bukauskas | vs. | Raffael Cerqueira | ||||
Announced bouts
- Welterweight bout: Michael Chiesa vs. TBD[11]
- Welterweight bout: Chidi Njokuani vs. TBD[11]
- Bantamweight bout: Ricky Simón vs. Javid Basharat[12]
- Featherweight bout: Andre Fili vs. Melquizael Costa[13]
- Middleweight bout: Mansur Abdul-Malik vs. Nick Klein[7]
- Welterweight bout: Adam Fugitt vs. Billy Goff[9]
See also
References
- ^ Nolan King (2024-11-16). "UFC announces 2025 schedule including slew of new events". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
- ^ Nolan King (2024-12-07). "UFC makes Seattle return official for early 2025". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2024-12-07.
- ^ Harvey Leonard (2025-01-06). "Henry Cejudo vs. Song Yadong headlines UFC Seattle, Dominick Cruz returns in co-main event". mmanews.com. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
- ^ Tristen Critchfield (2024-11-05). "Macy Chiasson vs. Ketlen Vieira set for UFC event on Feb. 22". sherdog.com. Retrieved 2024-11-06.
- ^ Jay Anderson (2023-12-30). "Loss of Macy Chiasson vs. Ketlen Vieira among hits to UFC Vegas 84". cagesidepress.com. Retrieved 2024-06-17.
- ^ Nolan King (2025-01-03). "UFC Seattle adds Mansur Abdul-Malik vs. Antonio Trocoli". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2025-01-25.
- ^ a b Nolan King (2025-01-25). "Nick Klein steps into short-notice debut at UFC Fight Night 252 vs. Mansur Abdul-Malik". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2025-01-25.
- ^ Jay Anderson (2024-12-03). "Adam Fugitt vs. Islam Dulatov Lands on UFC Seattle". cagesidepress.com. Retrieved 2025-01-28.
- ^ a b Jay Anderson (2025-01-28). "Islam Dulatov Out of UFC Debut on Feb. 22, Billy Goff In". cagesidepress.com. Retrieved 2025-01-28.
- ^ "UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Song". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2024-12-21.
- ^ a b Brian Mazique (2025-01-07). "UFC Announces Huge Main And Co-Main Events With 2 Former Champions". forbes.com. Retrieved 2025-01-07.
- ^ Harvey Leonard (2025-01-12). "UFC Matchmaking Bulletin: Johnny Walker Out Of UFC 311, Replacement Revealed". mmanews.com. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
- ^ Nolan King (2025-01-23). "UFC Fight Night 252 adds Andre Fili vs. Melquizael Costa". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2025-01-23.
