Track Yadong had a hotly contested bout within the first quarter of 2026 with Sean O’Malley and whereas he got here out on the shedding finish, a previous opponent of the Chinese language combatant felt like he ought to have acquired the nod towards ‘Suga’ at UFC 324.
The referenced blended martial artist is Julio Arce who mentioned the Yadong-O’Malley bout forward of his personal struggle at PFL Pittsburgh towards Alexei Pergande on March twenty eighth. Arce competed towards Track Yadong within the UFC octagon in November 2021 in an affair that noticed the previous lose to the latter. When discussing Yadong’s current struggle towards Sean O’Malley on January twenty fourth, Arce stated [via Bowks Talking Bouts],
“For my part, I assumed that Track [Yadong] took that struggle. It was really; it was very shut. It was very shut. I assumed Track took that struggle however once more, it will get left in judges’ arms. Who is aware of? They could see; lots of people see it a technique, then some individuals see it the opposite means. However I assumed Track took that struggle and, you understand what, guess he’s type of again to the drafting board. However look, he’s made it to; he’s what? Within the high 10. He’s a beast.”
Track Yadong returns for UFC Macau headliner towards ex-UFC champion
Track Yadong will likely be an enormous a part of UFC’s upcoming run of reveals at Galaxy Enviornment in Macau because the quantity 5 ranked contender will conflict with the quantity seven bantamweight contender who has additionally beforehand held gold within the UFC.
Yadong will look to point out out because the partisan favourite right here and switch his aggressive fortunes round for this calendar 12 months when he fights Deiveson Figueiredo. The battle with Yadong and Figueiredo transpires on Could thirtieth in what ends off a trifecta of reveals for the promotion in a 3 day stretch.
The prior two days will see Street to UFC stay occasions emanate from the identical venue because the Saturday UFC FN effort with season 5 of Street to UFC kicking off on Could twenty eighth and Could twenty ninth.
