Song Yadong Knocks Out Umar Nurmagomedov in Shanghai
Song Yadong knocked out Umar Nurmagomedov at 1:48 of the second round at UFC Shanghai on August 29, 2026. The bantamweight main event ended by strikes.
The main event ended in round two
Song stopped Nurmagomedov at 1:48 of the second round, according to UFC’s official result. The bout ended before a decision, and the record lists the outcome as a knockout.
Nurmagomedov entered the matchup as a highly ranked bantamweight, making the result a significant divisional win for Song. The official event report establishes the finish without requiring speculation about an immediate title shot.
A headline result in China
UFC Shanghai featured a broad card of finishes and decisions. The event page lists the undercard outcomes, including Gomes’s stoppage of Yan Xiaonan and a split decision for Woodson over Jenkins.
Those results provide context for the event, while Song’s win remains the main-event outcome. UFC’s official page confirms the date, method and time, the facts that anchor the report.
The undercard contained early stoppages, including Gomes’s first-round TKO of Yan Xiaonan and Polastri’s head-kick knockout of Xiong Jingnan. Song’s main event was one of the later finishes, ending at 1:48 of round two.
The result was an official knockout rather than a technical submission. Song’s finish came in the second round, after the opening period had ended.
