UFC Macau LIVE: Start time, full fight card and where to watch Song Yadong vs Deiveson Figueiredo

UFC Macau goes down this weekend as Song Yadong looks to cement his status among the elite against Deiveson Figueiredo.

Chinese star Yadong fell in the pecking order at bantamweight when he suffered a close unanimous decision to Sean O’Malley last time out at UFC 324.

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But a win against fellow top-ranked 135lbs fighter and former UFC champion Figueiredo will surge him right back up there.

After a dominant start to his UFC journey and a four-fight flyweight championship series with Brandon Moreno, Figueiredo moved up to the bantamweight division in 2023.

The 38-year-old was soundly beaten by bantamweight title contender Umar Nurmagomedov in his last fight, which came on the same Las Vegas card as Yadong’s loss to O’Malley.

However, the Brazilian still holds ambitions of winning his second world title.

Yadong vs Figueiredo headlines a well-shaped card in Macau that features a whole host of top Asian talents.

UFC Macau: Start time and how to follow

Known as the ‘Las Vegas of Asia,’ Macau, a former Portuguese colony, is a special administrative region of China.

The UFC Fight Night card takes place on Saturday, May 30, at Galaxy Arena in Taipa, Macau.

Preliminary action kicks off at 9am GMT (4am ET, 1am PT) as Thai fighter Loma Lookboonmee faces Brazil’s Jaqueline Amorim at women’s strawweight to open the card.

The main card is then scheduled to begin at 12pm GMT (7am ET, 4am PT).

American flyweight Alex Perez takes on Su Mudaerji—one of seven Chinese fighters competing at UFC Macau, with Japan, South Korea and Australia all represented—in the first main card fight.

Yadong’s bantamweight headliner against Figueiredo is expected to take place around 2.30pm GMT (9.30am ET, 6.30am PT).

The preliminary card will stream live on UFC Fight Pass for fans in the UK and Ireland.

TNT Sports and HBO Max will then broadcast the main card.

For those in America, Australia and Latin America (including Brazil), UFC Macau will be live on Paramount+.

talkSPORT.com will also be across the latest news leading up to fight night and right through to the conclusion of the main event.

UFC Macau: Fight card

Subject to change

Main card

• MAIN EVENT: Song Yadong vs Deiveson Figueiredo – Bantamweight
• Co-main: Zhang Mingyang vs Alonzo Menifield – Light Heavyweight
• Sergei Pavlovich vs Tallison Teixeira – Heavyweight
• Kai Asakura vs Cameron Smotherman – Bantamweight
• Muslim Salikhov vs Jake Matthews – Welterweight
• Alex Perez vs Su Mudaerji – Flyweight

Prelims

• YiSak Lee vs Luis Felipe Dias – Middleweight
• Ding Meng vs Jose Henrique – Welterweight
• Qileng Aori vs Cody Haddon – Bantamweight
• Rei Tsuruya vs Jesus Aguilar – Bantamweight
• Angela Hill vs Jingnan Xiong – Women’s Strawweight
• Zhu Kangjie vs Ramon Taveras – Featherweight
• Loma Lookboonmee vs Jaqueline Amorim – Women’s Strawweight

UFC Macau: What has been said?

“I feel great in this division,” Figueiredo, a former UFC flyweight champion, told UFC.com.

“I feel like I’m getting stronger with every fight. This fight week, I’ve been here for a while. I’ve brought my family, we’re gonna be here for another week and go to another city in China.

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“All of that is going to make me stronger.”

The Brazilian added: “I think this fight is going to be great.

“I’m a heavy hitter who likes to get into fights, so I think it’s going to be tough but good on Saturday.”

Figueiredo made it clear he wants to finish his career and retire in the UFC, but still believes he can become champion of his new division.