news

한어Русский языкEnglishFrançaisIndonesianSanskrit日本語DeutschPortuguêsΕλληνικάespañolItalianoSuomalainenLatina

ufc china news macau and las vegas joint news - the world's top mixed martial arts organization ufc (ultimate fighting championship) officially announced today that the lineup for the 2024 ufc fight night macau station, which will be held on november 23, has been confirmed. yan xiaonan, song kenan, zhang mingyang, wang cong and other 9 "chinese powers" will appear together at home. the game will be officially ticketed at 11 am on october 11 (friday) on damai.com, which means that this highly anticipated fighting feast will enter the countdown!

the main event of the night will be led by two of the world's top bantamweight masters. former ufc bantamweight champion and official no. 3 russian player petr yan will face former ufc flyweight champion and official no. 5 brazilian player deiveson figueiredo. with 1/4 chinese ancestry, petr yan has excellent striking ability and aggression. with 17 wins and 5 losses (including 7 kos and 1 submission win), he has long been at the top of the ufc bantamweight list. deiveson figueiredo has a professional record of 24 wins, 3 losses and 1 draw (including 9 kos and 9 submission wins). he sees this match as a good opportunity to win his second ufc championship belt.

yan xiaonan, the first chinese female player to sign with the ufc and currently ranked no. 2, will face no. 9 tabatha ricci in the co-main event. while people are still immersed in the classic "china derby" that yan xiaonan and zhang weili jointly presented in april this year, the former ufc women's strawweight champion challenger has turned his attention to the next top-level contest. yan xiaonan's current professional record is 17 wins, 4 losses and 1 no result (including 8 ko wins), and her macau opponent tabatha ricci entered the ufc in 2021 and currently has a professional record of 11 wins and 2 losses (including 1 ko and 3 submission wins). through this game, yan xiaonan will once again challenge the qualification to challenge the championship, and ricci also admitted that the duel with yan xiaonan will be the most difficult challenge in his career, but it is also an excellent opportunity to seize the opponent's ranking.

song kenan, known as the "jade-faced assassin", will fight against muslim salikhov, the "kung fu king" who has a large number of fans in china. in 2017, song kenan won by tko in just 15 seconds at the fight night shanghai station, setting the fastest ko record for chinese players in the ufc. in the ufc305 digital competition that just ended last month, song kenan won by points to prove that he is in hot form. muslim, the opponent in the macau station, made his debut and became famous in china. he was once regarded as the "strongest foreign enemy of chinese sanda". in 2017, he transformed into a mixed martial arts player and started his ufc career in shanghai with a record of 13 wins and 1 loss in the same year. this light heavyweight showdown will be a direct meeting between the best sanda players.

at the ufc fight night held in las vegas in august, chinese martial arts star wang cong knocked out his opponent in just 62 seconds in his ufc debut, and received a bonus from ufc president dana white after the match. in this macau event, wang cong will fight gabriella fernandes, who has a professional record of 9 wins and 3 losses, in the flyweight match. from breaking out of the elite road and officially signing with ufc in may this year to stunning the world in his first appearance in the main competition just three months later, the 32-year-old wang cong will undoubtedly be one of the most watched star players in this macau event.

zhang mingyang, the "descending tiger" who knocked out his opponent in just 101 seconds in his ufc debut in february this year and won the "bonus" award of the current event, and also won china's first ufc major-level victory, will face ozzy diaz, who has a professional record of 9 wins and 2 losses, in the light heavyweight competition in macau. as a signed player of the first season of ufc elite road, the 26-year-old zhang mingyang is regarded as one of the leading figures in china's mixed martial arts major-level with his delicate boxing and swift attack.

since ufc established its asian headquarters in shanghai in 2019, it has been actively developing the asian market while cultivating asian mixed martial arts players, including a large number of chinese players. its groundbreaking "chinese power" has become a slogan that inspires countless chinese sports fans. zhang mingyang and wang cong both obtained ufc contracts through the "ufc elite road". this selection competition for asian rookies has opened a promotion channel to the world's top stage for top fighting rookies from asia with a breakthrough competition system of "win and advance". this year's third season of the ufc elite road has produced 8 winners in the semi-finals held at the ufc apex in las vegas in august, and they will compete in the finals at this fight night macau. five chinese players, jelais bargen, zhu kangjie, xie bin, feng xiaocan and shi ming, will fight with the cheers of the home crowd and launch the final attack on their long-coveted ufc contract. among them, featherweight zhu kangjie and xie bin, and strawweight feng xiaocan and shi ming will engage in two chinese rookie derbies.

as the world's leading mixed martial arts organization (mma), ufc now has more than 700 million fans worldwide, 266 million social media followers, and nearly 16 million social media fans in china. every year, ufc hosts more than 40 events in the world's most prestigious venues and broadcasts to nearly 975 million tv households in more than 170 countries and regions. this fight night macau station will be exclusively live broadcasted by migu video and china mobile hd starting at 16:00 on november 23.

the 2024 ufc fight night macau will be the first time that ufc will hold a competition in china in 4 years, and it will also be the fourth time that macau will host this world's top mixed martial arts event. every previous competition held in macau has left many classic moments. the participation of zhang tiequan, the first chinese ufc fighter in 2012, is regarded as the starting point of ufc in china. after a 12-year cycle, this year's competition will be held in the galaxy macau arena, the largest and newest indoor arena in macau. as one of the venues for the guangdong-hong kong-macao national games a year later, the galaxy macau arena was packed with guests after its completion. just a few days ago, the "bay area rising moon" 2024 greater bay area film and music gala was held here. representatives of olympic athletes and more than 100 groups of filmmakers and musicians from both sides of the taiwan strait and hong kong and macao jointly painted the golden autumn scenery of the greater bay area. in less than two months, a sports feast will once again ignite this large venue that can accommodate 16,000 spectators.