UFC Fight Night: Nurmagomedov vs. Song
| UFC Fight Night: Nurmagomedov vs. Song | ||||
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 The poster for UFC Fight Night: Nurmagomedov vs. Song | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | August 29, 2026 | |||
| Venue | SPD Bank Oriental Sports Center | |||
| City | Shanghai, China | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: Nurmagomedov vs. Song (also known as UFC Fight Night 286) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that is scheduled to take place on August 29, 2026, at the SPD Bank Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai, China.[1]
Background
The event will mark the promotion's third visit to Shanghai and first since UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Zhang in August 2025.[1]
A bantamweight bout between former UFC Bantamweight Championship challenger Umar Nurmagomedov and Song Yadong is scheduled to headline this event.[2]
Liu Ce and Junior Tafa were expected to meet in a light heavyweight bout at the event, but Tafa pulled out due to undisclosed reasons and was replaced by Levi Rodrigues Jr.[3][4]
Fight card
| Main card (Paramount+) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Bantamweight | Umar Nurmagomedov | vs. | Song Yadong | ||||
| Women's Strawweight | Yan Xiaonan | vs. | Denise Gomes | ||||
| Bantamweight | Aori Qileng | vs. | Kai Asakura | ||||
| Flyweight | Su Mudaerji | vs. | Alex Perez | ||||
| Light Heavyweight | Liu Ce | vs. | Levi Rodrigues Jr. | ||||
| Flyweight | Bilal Hasan | vs. | Nilson Rojas | ||||
| Preliminary card (Paramount+) | |||||||
| Flyweight | Namsrai Batbayar | vs. | André Lima | ||||
| Flyweight | Rei Tsuruya | vs. | Kevin Borjas | ||||
| Bantamweight | Xiao Long | vs. | Francesco Nuzzi | ||||
| Featherweight | Jack Jenkins | vs. | Sean Woodson | ||||
| Bantamweight | Lawrence Lui | vs. | Hector Santiago | ||||
| Women's Strawweight | Xiong Jingnan | vs. | Julia Polastri | ||||
| Welterweight | Ding Meng | vs. | Cameron Nelson | ||||
See also
References
- 1 2 Ma Yue (2026-06-18). "UFC returns to Shanghai for two-night event in August". citynewsservice.cn. Retrieved 2026-06-18.
- ↑ Farah Hannoun (2026-07-02). "Umar Nurmagomedov vs. Song Yadong headlines UFC Shanghai on Aug. 29". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2026-07-02.
- ↑ Marcel Dorff (2026-07-07). "More Fights Added to UFC Shanghai Event in August". heavy.com. Retrieved 2026-07-08.
- ↑ Staff (2026-08-24). "Conheça os lutadores brasileiros do UFC Xangai". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2026-08-25. (in Brazilian Portuguese)
- ↑ "UFC Fight Night: Nurmagomedov vs. Song". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2026-07-08.
