The UFC returns from a one-week break to close out its May scheduled on Saturday with UFC Fight Night 277, which take place at Galaxy Macau in Macau (Paramount+).
Bantamweight contenders clash in the main event. Song Yadong (22-9-1 MMA, 11-4-1 UFC) is set to take on former flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo (25-6-1 MMA, 14-6-1 UFC) in a matchup of critical importance for both men.
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For more on the numbers, check below for MMA Junkie’s UFC Fight Night 277 pre-event facts.
Song Yadong vs. Deiveson Figueiredo
Song Yadong vs. Deiveson Figueiredo, UFC Fight Night 277
Song competes in his fifth UFC headliner. He’s 3-1 in his previous main events.
Figueiredo, a former two-time flyweight champion, is 4-3 since he moved up to the UFC bantamweight division in December 2023.
Figueiredo is one of six flyweight champions in UFC history. Joshua Van, Alexandre Pantoja, Brandon Moreno, Henry Cejudo and Demetrious Johnson also held the title. He and Moreno are the only members of the group to have multiple reigns.
Figueiredo and Moreno are the only opponents in UFC history to face each other four times.
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Figueiredo made the fastest title-fight turnaround in UFC history at 21 days at UFC 255 and UFC 256.
Figueiredo’s seven stoppage victories in UFC flyweight competition are tied with Johnson for second-most in divisional history behind Pantoja (eight).
Figueiredo’s four knockout victories in UFC flyweight competition are tied for third-most in divisional history behind Joseph Benavidez (five) and Manel Kape (five).
Figueiredo’s 11 knockdowns landed in UFC flyweight competition are tied for most in divisional history.
Zhang Mingyang vs. Alonzo Menifield
Zhang Mingyang (19-7 MMA, 3-1 UFC) has earned all 19 of his career victories by stoppage. He’s finished all of those wins in Round 1.
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Alonzo Menifield (17-6-1 MMA, 10-6-1 UFC) has recorded one of eight Von Flue submission finishes in UFC history. He accomplished the feat at UFC 260.
Serghei Pavlovich vs. Tallison Teixeira
Sergei Pavlovich’s (19-3 MMA, 8-3 UFC) six-fight UFC knockout streak, which ended at UFC 295, is tied with Don Frye for second-longest in company history behind Chuck Liddell (seven).
Kai Asakura vs. Cameron Smotherman
Kai Asakura (21-6 MMA, 0-2 UFC) moves up to bantamweight after spending his first two octagon appearance at flyweight.
Carlston Harris vs. Jake Matthews
Jake Matthews (21-8 MMA, 15-8 UFC) makes his 24th octagon appearance, the most by any Australian-born fighter in company history.
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Alex Perez vs. Su Mudaerji
Alex Perez’s (25-10 MMA, 7-6 UFC) average fight time of 6:25 in UFC flyweight competition is second-shortest in divisional history behind Daniel Lacerda (4:19).
Perez’s four knockout victories in UFC flyweight competition are tied for third-most in divisional history behind Benavidez (five) and Kape (five).
Perez has recorded one of 18 finishes in UFC history stemming from leg kicks. He accomplished the feat at UFC 250.
Su Mudaerji (19-7 MMA, 6-4 UFC) is 5-2 since he dropped to the UFC flyweight division in November 2020.
Angela Hill vs. Xiong Jingnan
Xiong Jingnan vs. Angela Hill, UFC Macau
Angela Hill (18-16 MMA, 13-16 UFC) competes in her 29th UFC strawweight bout, the most appearances in divisional history.
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Hill’s total fight time of 6:42:45 in UFC strawweight competition is most in divisional history.
Hill is one of two females in UFC history to make 25 or more octagon appearances. Jessica Andrade was first to accomplish the feat.
Hill’s 12 victories in UFC strawweight competition are most in divisional history.
Hill has landed 2,242 significant strikes in UFC competition, the third-most in company history behind Max Holloway (3,681) and Sean Strickland (2,430).
Hill’s 16 losses in UFC competition are most of any female in company history.
Xiong Jingnan (19-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC) makes her debut at the biggest UFC experience discrepancy of any female fight history at 30 fights compared to Hill.
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Loma Lookboonmee vs. Jaqueline Amorim
Loma Lookboonmee’s (9-4 MMA, 6-3 UFC) has earned seven of her nine career victories by decision. That includes five of her six UFC wins.
Jaqueline Amorim (10-2 MMA, 4-2 UFC) has earned all 10 of her career victories by stoppage. She’s finished eight of those wins by submission.
Amorim’s three submission victories in UFC strawweight competition are tied for the third-most in divisional history behind Mackenzie Dern (five) and Tatiana Suarez (four).
UFC research analyst and live statistics producer Michael Carroll contributed to this story. Follow him on X @MJCflipdascript.
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: UFC Macau pre-event facts: Angela Hill in historic matchup
