UFC Fight Night 277: Song Yadong vs. Deiveson Figueiredo Prediction for Saturday, 05/30/26

The Main Event at UFC Fight Night 277 will see Song Yadong take on Deiveson Figueiredo. This will be a fight in the UFC Bantamweight division. Yadong enters this fight with an MMA record of 22-9-1 and 11-4-1 in the UFC. He is averaging 4.42 significant strikes per minute and has a striking accuracy of 43%. Yadong is absorbing 3.94 strikes and has a striking defense of 55%. His grappling is decent, averaging 0.78 takedowns every 15 minutes. He has a takedown accuracy of 39% and a takedown defense of 73%.

Figueiredo comes into this fight with an MMA record of 25-6-1 and 14-6-1 in the UFC. He is averaging 2.63 significant strikes per minute and has a striking accuracy of 53%. Figueiredo absorbs 3.47 strikes and has a striking defense of 49%. His grappling is also solid, averaging 1.61 takedowns per 15 minutes and 1.2 submission attempts during the same period. His takedown accuracy is 35%, and he has a takedown defense of 57%.

Yadong is one of the biggest favorites on this fight card; therefore, we will be looking for this fight to go the distance. Figueiredo has seen 4 of his last 5 UFC fights go the distance, while Yadong has seen his last 4 UFC fights in a row do the same. For that reason, backing this fight to go the distance will be our best bet.