Former UFC flyweight champ and current bantamweight contender Deiveson Figueiredo returns to action, and to Macau, this Saturday atop the promotion’s latest Fight Night event.
UFC Macau sees Figueiredo facing off against China’s own Song Yadong in enemy territory, looking to get back in the win column after losing a decision to Umar Nurmagomedov in January.
Figueiredo also headlined in Macau in November of 2024, losing to Petr Yan. It’s been a rough patch since, with the Brazilian’s overall record falling to 1-3 in his last four bouts starting with the Yan fight.
“This fight with Song, I’m going to show that I’m still here, I’m still fighting well, I’m still on the run for the title,” Figueiredo (25-6-1) told media on hand in Macau in Wednesday. “I feel 100% physically and mentally, and I’m going to show everything on Saturday.”
The odds are not in Deiveson’s favor at age 38. Yet while it has been a rough patch, Figueiredo wanted to underscore during the UFC Macau media day that the Yan fight, for one, had been an anomaly.
“I just want to make one thing really clear, I was not 100% for that fight against Petr Yan,” Figueiredo said during translator. “And right now I’m 100%. I’m very dangerous and very prepared.”
As for Song Yadong, who enters UFC Macau off a loss to “Sugar” Sean O’Malley, “Song’s a guy that always comes to deliver a great fight,” stated Figueiredo. “His fight with Sean O’Malley was great. I feel like Sean didn’t necessarily face him that much, but I think that Song always delivers.”
Watch the full UFC Macau media day appearance by Deiveson Figueiredo above.
