Song Beats Cejudo by Technical Decision in Seattle
Song Yadong defeated Henry Cejudo by technical decision in their bantamweight main event in Seattle on February 22, 2025. The bout was halted after an accidental eye poke left Cejudo unable to continue. The official event results list the decision as 29–28, 29–28, and 30–27 for Yadong.
Cejudo’s return ends in a technical decision
The result ended Cejudo’s bid to move back toward the bantamweight title picture. Later that year, he faced Payton Talbott in his final appearance with the promotion and lost a unanimous decision, 30–27 on all three cards, on December 6, 2025. The official scorecards record the Talbott result.
What the Seattle scorecards show
All three judges favored Song when the bout went to the cards. Two scored two rounds for him and one for Cejudo, while the third gave Song all three. The technical-decision designation distinguishes this result from a knockout or submission: the winner was determined by the judges’ scores after the contest ended early.
The headliner took place at Climate Pledge Arena as part of the UFC’s February 2025 return to Seattle. It paired Song with an opponent whose résumé included championships in two UFC divisions. Cejudo had previously held both the flyweight and bantamweight titles and won freestyle-wrestling gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, as recorded in his official UFC profile.
Song’s place in the matchup
Song entered the contest after a unanimous-decision loss to Petr Yan at UFC 299 in March 2024. His earlier UFC victories included Ricky Simon and Chris Gutierrez. The promotion’s fighter history places the Seattle appearance within that sequence of high-level bantamweight matchups.
The win added a former two-division champion to Song’s list of opponents defeated, although the unusual ending remained central to how the result was discussed.
