The UFC made its fifth stop in Macau on Saturday with UFC Fight Night 277, which went down at Galaxy Macau and featured a record-tying amount of first-round finishes for a modern-era event.
One fighter who got a stoppage, but didn’t do so inside the opening round, was Song Yadong (23-9-1 MMA, 12-4-1 UFC), who returned to the win column with a second-round choke of former two-time flyweight king Deiveson Figueiredo (25-7-1 MMA, 14-7-1 UFC) in their bantamweight headliner.
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For more on the numbers, check out MMA Junkie’s UFC Fight Night 277 post-event facts.
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UFC Fight Night 277 featured seven first-round stoppages, tied for the single-event record in modern UFC history.
The UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payout for the event totaled $215,000.
Debuting fighters went 3-4 at the event.
Song, Kai Asakura, Alonzo Menifield and Zhang Mingyang earned $100,000 UFC Fight Night 277 fight-night bonuses. Six other fighters earned $25,000 finish bonuses.
UFC Fight Night 277 did not have an announced gate or attendance figure.
Betting favorites went 8-3 on the card. One fight had even odds and one ended in a no contest.
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Betting favorites improved to 7-8 in UFC headliners this year. Two main events had even odds.
Total fight time for the 13-bout card was 1:28:15.
Song Yadong def. Deiveson Figueiredo
Song improved to 4-1 in UFC headliners.
Song improved to 10-2-1 since he dropped to the UFC bantamweight division.
Yadong has earned seven of his 12 UFC victories by stoppage.
Figueiredo fell to 4-4 since he moved up to the UFC bantamweight division in December 2023.
Alonzo Menifield def. Zhang Mingyang
Alonzo Menifield (18-6-1 MMA, 11-6-1 UFC) has earned 14 of his 18 career victories by stoppage.
Zhang Mingyang (19-8 MMA, 3-2 UFC) has suffered seven of his eight career losses by stoppage.
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Serghei Pavlovich def. Tallison Teixeira
Sergei Pavlovich’s (20-3 MMA, 9-3 UFC) three-fight UFC winning streak at heavyweight is tied for the second-longest active streak in the division behind Valter Walker (four).
Pavlovich has earned 16 of his 20 carer victories by stoppage. He’s finished all of those wins by knockout.
Pavlovich has earned seven of his nine UFC victories by first-round knockout.
Tallison Teixeira (9-2 MMA, 2-2 UFC) fell to 1-2 in his past three fights after starting his career 8-0.
Teixeira has suffered both of his career losses by knockout.
Kai Asakura def. Cameron Smotherman
Kai Asakura (22-6 MMA, 1-2 UFC) was successful in his UFC bantamweight debut.
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Asakura has earned 17 of his 22 career victories by stoppage.
Cameron Smotherman’s (12-7 MMA, 1-3 UFC) three-fight losing skid is the longest of his career. He hasn’t earned a victory since October 2024.
Smotherman has suffered all three of his career stoppage losses by knockout.
Jake Matthews def. Carlston Harris
Jake Matthews (22-8 MMA, 16-8 UFC) has earned eight of his 12 UFC welterweight victories by decision.
Alex Perez vs. Su Mudaerji
Su Mudaerji (19-7 MMA, 6-4 UFC) is 5-2 with one no contest since he dropped to the UFC flyweight division in November 2020.
Luis Felipe Dias def. Yi Sak Lee
Luis Felipe Dias (18-5 MMA, 1-0 UFC) has earned 17 of his 18 career victories by stoppage.
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Yi Sak Lee (8-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC) has suffered both of his career losses by stoppage.
Lee suffered the first knockout loss of his career.
Cody Haddon def. Aori Qileng
Cody Haddon (9-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC) has earned eight of his nine career victories by stoppage.
Rei Tsuruya vs. Luis Gurule
Rei Tsuruya (11-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) has earned nine of his 11 career victories by stoppage.
Luis Gurule (11-4 MMA, 1-4 UFC) suffered the first submission loss of his career.
Angela Hill def. Xiong Jingnan
Angela Hill (19-16 MMA, 14-16 UFC) has earned 11 of her 14 UFC victories by decision.
Hill’s 14 victories in UFC women’s competition are tied for fourth-most in company history behind Jessica Andrade (17), Amanda Nunes (16) and Valentina Shevchenko (15).
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Hill’s 13 victories in UFC strawweight competition are most in divisional history.
Hill has landed 2,364 significant strikes in UFC competition, the third-most in company history behind Max Holloway (3,681) and Sean Strickland (2,430).
Hill’s total fight time of 6:57:45 in UFC strawweight competition is most in divisional history.
Xiong Jingnan (19-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC) has suffered two of her three career losses by decision.
Rodrigo Vera def. Zhu Kangjie
Zhu Kangjie (21-5 MMA, 0-1 UFC) suffered the first knockout loss of his career.
Jaqueline Amorim def. Loma Lookboonmee
Jaqueline Amorim (11-2 MMA, 5-2 UFC) has earned all 11 of her career victories by stoppage.
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Amorim has earned nine of her 11 career victories by submission.
Amorim earned the first armbar submission in UFC competition in 2026.
Amorim’s five stoppage victories in UFC strawweight competition are tied for second-most in divisional history behind Andrade (six).
Amorim’s four submission victories in UFC strawweight competition are tied for second-most in divisional history behind Mackenzie Dern (five).
Loma Lookboonmee (10-5 MMA, 7-4 UFC) has suffered both of her career stoppage losses by submission.
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 post-event facts: Modern-era finish record matched
