In March of this year, UFC 259 issue. When the on-site referee raised the arm of the jiu-jitsu black belt master Keller Phillips, Song Yadong's expression was a little lost, but in the end he calmly accepted such a result.
"My opponents are better than me, the game is like that, sometimes you lose, it's not going to be able to win all the time, but the most important thing is that I'll be back!" Keep up the good work! Song Yadong said after the game.
However, this match not only became the first defeat that Song Yadong encountered after entering the octagon cage, but also let him fall out of the official top fifteen of the UFC.
He even wanted to use this victory to break the longest unbeaten record of Asian players, but he never expected that this unexpected defeat would soon be a bigger dilemma waiting for him.
In the next 5 months, 8 Chinese players, including Song Kenan, Liang Na, Rong Zhong, Ao RiQileng, Zhang Weili, Sha Yilan and Yan Xiaonan, lost one after another, and the latest matches between Wu Yanan and Hu Yaozong were cancelled due to opponents, and the shadow of a losing streak hung over the Chinese players.
Therefore, after half a year, the dilemma of Solving the continuous defeat of Chinese forces in the UFC fell to Song Yadong.
Tonight at 22:30, Qinghai Satellite TV's "UFC of Dragon Fighting" will bring you the UFC 265 tournament, and China's Song Yadong will shoulder the mission of breaking the losing streak and return to the octagon cage against The American Kathy Kenny.
Kathy Kenny, who has a judo jutsu double black belt, was once a double champion of the flyweight and chickweights of LFA events in the United States, and currently has a professional record of 16 wins, 3 losses and 1 draw, including 2 KO and 5 surrender wins, and signed a contract to the UFC in 2019.
Kathy Kenny, like Song Yadong, has played a total of 7 games in an octagon cage, with a record of 5 wins and 2 losses, including beating former flyweight champion challenger Ray Borg and defeating China's Alaten Black Force.
In the last game, Kathy Kenny was divided to lose to former UFC welterweight champion Cruz, but his explosive power, excellent all-round standing and ground ability, became one of the most watched potential rising stars in the octagonal cage.
For Song Yadong and Kathy Kenny, the significance of this game is not only a simple victory or defeat, but also a key battle that determines the future career direction of both sides.
Especially as one of the representative figures of the Chinese Legion, Song Yadong has always been pinned high hopes on Chinese boxing fans. Therefore, this game will also become the starting point for Song Yadong to move forward again.
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August 27, 2021 At 22:30, this issue of Qinghai Satellite TV's "Dragon Fight UFC" will bring you the UFC 265 competition, the official heavyweight "Black Beast" Derek Lewis and the 3rd "good boy" Cyril Gayn, as well as China's Song Yadong against the United States' Kathy Kenny.