UFC Seattle: Event Highlights and Key Fight Results
Seattle’s February 22, 2025 fight card at Climate Pledge Arena produced a technical decision in the main event and seven finishes across the preliminary bouts and eight across the entire card, including Silva’s main-card TKO. Song Yadong led Henry Cejudo on all three scorecards after three rounds, while several preliminaries ended before the final bell. The official main-card results and preliminary results list the winners, methods and finish times.
Song Yadong wins after Cejudo cannot continue
The main event ended after an accidental eye poke left Cejudo unable to continue following the third round. Because three rounds had been completed, the result went to the judges rather than being ruled a no contest. Song earned a technical decision by scores of 29–28, 29–28 and 30–27. The official event report confirms both the outcome and the circumstances of the stoppage. That distinction matters: Song did not win by knockout or by a conventional decision after five rounds.
Anthony Hernandez won the co-main event against Brendan Allen by unanimous decision, 29–28 on all three cards. Rob Font also went the distance, defeating Jean Matsumoto by split decision in their 140-pound catchweight bout. Jean Silva stopped Melsik Baghdasaryan with strikes at 4:15 of Round 1, and Alonzo Menifield edged Julius Walker by split decision.
Eight finishes opened the night
The preliminary card delivered a finish in each of its seven bouts, and Silva’s main-card stoppage brought the night’s total to eight. Ion Cutelaba submitted Ibo Aslan with an arm-triangle choke at 2:51 of Round 1. Melquizael Costa tapped Andre Fili with a guillotine at 4:30 of the first. Mansur Abdul-Malik stopped Nick Klein with strikes at 3:24 of Round 2, while Ricky Simon knocked out Javid Basharat with a right hand at 3:15 of Round 1.
Austin Vanderford made his promotional debut with a second-round TKO of Nikolay Veretennikov at 4:13. Nursulton Ruziboev stopped Eric McConico at 0:33 of Round 2, and Modestas Bukauskas closed the preliminary slate with a first-round knockout of Rafael Cerqueira at 2:12. The official results identify the methods and times; the embedded highlight compilation, posted by the promotion’s verified YouTube channel, brings together all eight finishes.
The card mixed close decisions with quick endings: four of the five main-card bouts reached the judges, while the preliminary lineup never went the distance. Font and Menifield both earned split-decision wins, while Hernandez added a second career victory over Allen, according to the event coverage. Those results meant the featured portion of the card combined two split decisions, two unanimous or technical decisions, and one finish.
With the record corrected, the key results are clear: Song earned a technical decision over Cejudo; Hernandez, Font, Silva and Menifield also won on the main card; and all seven preliminaries ended by stoppage. The official event reports provide the scorecards and finish details for anyone checking the full slate.
