Yan vs Song

Who won Yan vs Song?

Petr Yan beat Yadong Song by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC 299, on Saturday 9th March 2024 at Kaseya Center in Miami.

The scorecards were announced as 29-28, 29-28, 29-28 in favor of the winner Petr Yan.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Yan vs Song stats

Petr Yan stepped into the octagon with a record of 16 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Yadong Song made his way to the cage with a record of 21 wins, 7 losses and 1 draw, 9 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Petr Yan's UFC record stood at 9-4-0, while Yadong Song's came in at 10-3-1.

The stats suggested Yan had a slight advantage in power over Song, with a 44% knock out percentage over Song's 43%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Song had a slight advantage over Yan, with a 14% submission rate over Yan's 6%.

Petr Yan was the older man by 5 years, at 31 years old.

Song had a height advantage of 1 inch over Yan. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Yan was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 8 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2013, 11 years and 1 month later than Song, whose first professional fight was in . He had fought 6 less professional rounds, 72 to Song's 78.

Yan vs Song form

Song had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Chris Gutierrez at UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Gutierrez on 9th December 2023 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Ricky Simon at UFC Fight Night – Song vs. Simon on 29th April 2023 by knockout in the 5th round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Cory Sandhagen at UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Song on 17th September 2022 by knockout in the 4th round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had defeated Marlon Moraes at UFC Fight Night on 12th March 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He was victorious against Julio Arce at UFC Vegas 42 on 13th November 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Yan's last 4 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 2 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.5 rounds on average.

Song's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 5 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Yan vs Song?

Petr Yan was a 29/50 (-170) favourite going into the contest, while Yadong Song made his way into the ring at 7/5 (+140) with oddsmakers.