UFC Seattle is about for February 22
The UFC returns to Seattle for the primary time since 2013 with a stacked card that includes former champions, high contenders and rising prospects. Within the UFC Seattle foremost occasion, former UFC flyweight and bantamweight champion and present No. 7 ranked bantamweight contender Henry Cejudo returns to motion towards No. 8 ranked Music Yadong.
Within the co-main occasion, No. 9 ranked bantamweight contender Rob Font takes on fellow veteran and former UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz.
UFC FIGHT NIGHT: CEJUDO vs. SONG takes place Sat., February 22 at Local weather Pledge Area in Seattle, Wash. All the card will stream solely on ESPN+ in English and Spanish starting with the prelims at 6 p.m. ET / 3 p.m. PT adopted by the principle card beginning at 9 p.m. ET/ 6 p.m. PT.
A 2008 Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestling for the US, Cejudo (16-4, preventing out of Phoenix, Ariz.) steps again into the Octagon aiming to remind everybody of the talents that noticed him turn out to be simply the fourth fighter in UFC historical past to carry two titles concurrently. Thought of to be among the many biggest fight sports activities athletes of all time, Cejudo holds notable wins over TJ Dillashaw, Demetrious Johnson and Marlon Moraes. He now seems to be to take out Music in dominant trend.
Music (21-8-1 1NC, preventing out of Heilongjiang, China) plans to make a press release in his fourth UFC foremost occasion and insert himself into the title dialog. Nonetheless solely 27 years outdated, he has already cemented himself as one of many high skills within the bantamweight division with wins over Chris Gutierrez, Ricky Sumon and Marlon Moraes. Music now seeks to safe the most important victory of his profession with a standout efficiency.
The at all times thrilling Font (21-8, preventing out of Woburn, Mass.) intends to begin his 2025 marketing campaign by including one other former champion to his resume. A well-rounded athlete, he holds the second most knockouts in UFC bantamweight historical past with six, together with these over Adrian Yanez, Thomas Almeida and Matt Schnell. He now has his sights set on defending his spot within the rankings and beginning one other run in direction of the Prime 5.
Cruz (24-4, preventing out of San Diego, Calif.) returns to motion for the primary time in nearly three years. Among the finest bantamweights in MMA historical past, Cruz holds iconic victories over among the most notable names within the UFC, together with Urijah Faber, T.J. Dillashaw and Demetrious Johnson. He now’s targeted on delivering a classic efficiency in his nineteenth look below the Zuffa banner.
Further bouts on the cardboard embody:
• No. 15 ranked featherweight contender Edson Barboza (24-12, preventing out of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) battles fellow striker Steve Garcia (17-5, preventing out of Albuquerque, N.M.) in a bout assured to provide fireworks• No. 5 ranked UFC heavyweight contender Curtis Blaydes (18-5 1NC, preventing out of Chicago, Unwell.) intends to make a press release towards UFC debutant Rizvan Kuniev (13-2-1 1NC, preventing out of Dagestan, Russia)• Jean Silva (14-2, preventing out of Sao Paulo, Brazil) seems to be to proceed his undefeated run within the UFC when he faces Melsik Baghdasaryan (8-2, preventing out of Glendale, Calif.) in a featherweight contest• Prime middleweight contenders collide as No. 9 ranked Brendan Allen (24-6, preventing out of Milwaukee, Wisc.) faces No. 13 Anthony Hernandez (13-2 1NC, preventing out of Sacramento, Calif.)• Adam Fugitt (10-4, preventing out of Eugene, Ore.) seems to be to spoil the UFC debut of Dana White’s Contender Sequence signee Islam Dulatov (11-1, preventing out of Dusseldorf, Germany)• An all-action mild heavyweight bout sees Ion Cutelaba (18-10-1 1NC, preventing out of Chisinau, Moldova) sq. off with Ibo Aslan (14-1, preventing out of Istanbul, Turkey)• Prime 5 bantamweight contenders lock horns as No. 3 ranked Ketlen Vieira (14-4, preventing out of Manaus, Brazil) goes toe-to-toe with No. 4 Macy Chiasson (11-3, preventing out of Dallas, Texas)• Undefeated Dana White’s Contender Sequence standout Mansur Abdul-Malik (7-0, preventing out of Columbia, Md.) goals to impress towards Antonio Trocoli (12-5 1NC, preventing out of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil)• Modestas Bukauskas (16-6, preventing out of London, England by means of Klaipeda, Lithuania) and Rafael Cerqueira (11-1, preventing out of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil) meet in a lightweight heavyweight bout
