On the morning of March 7, Beijing time, in the UFC 259 digital match in Las Vegas, song Yadong defeated the Rising Star Keller Phillips of the United States with a slight score.
It has been almost ten months since the last time he stepped into the octagon cage, and the original opponent will be Asongsan, who is currently ranked in the top ten, but in the case that Song Yadong has signed a competition contract, Asongsang has withdrawn twice due to injury, and the game can only be annulled.
Although his opponent Kyler Phillips is not ranked, his strength cannot be underestimated, Keller has a double black belt of karate and Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and the jiu-jitsu coach is the famous world champion Augusto Mendes. Winning the Dalai Challenge, the UFC won two consecutive wins and got a $50,000 post-match bonus, enough to see his potential.
At the beginning of the first leg, Song Yadong did not rush to attack, and constantly used his pace to adapt to the rhythm of the opponent. Opponent Keller, on the other hand, appeared to be very active, using high sweeps and turning kicks to achieve some obvious advantages. Slowly Song Yadong adapted to the state of the field, constantly approaching the opponent, trying to kill and injure the opponent with his fists. And Keller saw the opportunity to quickly dive down and hug the fall, and successfully won, but Song Yadong quickly got up and continued to look for opportunities to fight with the opponent's boxing, which shows that after being dropped, Song Yadong still made a lot of effort.
In the second round, Song Yadong's rhythm was significantly faster, and he occupied the center of the cage to suppress his opponent as soon as he came up, while Keller tried to fight again. After returning to standing, both attacks were retained, and Song Yadong occupied the center of the cage most of the time to suppress the opponent. In the second half of the round, Keller once again managed to hold the ball and get to the top position to achieve a brief suppressive advantage. However, in the process of deploying the ambush technology, Song Yadong successfully escaped and got up. Keeping the game on the stand again, the effective number of hits for the two in this round is very close.
In the last round, Song Yadong continued to press the approaching opponent, while Keller continued to use flexible footsteps to keep moving, waiting for the opportunity to punch Yadong with his backhand. Then Song Yadong's group of heavy punches was very beautiful, and the opponents who hit him retreated one after another. In the confrontation, Song Yadong's heavy punch also opened Keller's left eyebrow bow. In the last minute and a half of the game, Keller once again successfully performed a hug, but when he tried to take his back at the edge of the cage, he was successfully reversed by Yadong and suppressed under him until the end of the game. In the last ten seconds, Keller tried to surrender, and Yadong took the opportunity to smash his fists and successfully hit multiple times.
According to the scorecard of the referee, it can be seen that the opponent Keller won the first and second rounds, and Song Yadong won the third round.
This time the game also exposed that Song Yadong still had some places to strengthen in defense and anti-hugging falls, and the preparation for dealing with the opponent's sudden hug fell was slightly insufficient. Although you can always successfully get up or counteract, every time you get up, it takes a lot of physical energy, after all, you have to cope with the strength of your opponent, but also bear the weight of the other party.
Every turn in UFC matches counts for every second, so getting into the game quickly is still a must for every boxer. Yadong also needs to enrich his arsenal, fists, legs, elbows and knees and jiu-jitsu are weapons in the game, when you slowly become famous, each of your opponents will know you better, the more single the easier it is to be targeted.
In this game, Yadong also used a lot of large hook punches to try to win with one blow, but there were some subtle loopholes in the defense, and I believe he will also learn the lessons of this time, and become smarter and stronger in the next training and competition.
In the last three matches, Yadong's three opponents have been different styles of players, Cody Starman is a wrestler, Marlon Villa is more inclined to Muay Thai + Jiu-Jitsu, and Keller Phillips is a double black belt of karate and jiu-jitsu, and the pace on the field is very flexible. Facing these players of different styles, it will naturally expose some shortcomings, but these are not important, if you blindly pursue the ranking, it will gradually drift away from the ranking, only to enhance the strength of the strong mentality, naturally come to fruition.
Although he lost the game, the 23-year-old Song Yadong still has a long way to go, winning or losing is a common thing for soldiers, as long as he is willing to pay, I believe that his future is still bright.