Aug 31, 2026
“Everybody said he was the best fighter and a future champion. See what happened? I knocked him out.” — Song Yadong | Quote of the Day
Song Yadong, the 28-year-old from Harbin nicknamed ‘The Kung Fu Kid,’ on the two sentences he shouted into the microphone in Shanghai after the most improbable night of his career — knocking out the undefeated Umar Nurmagomedov, the man everyone said was a future champion, in the main event of UFC Shanghai. His words circled the world as his Wikipedia page surged past 114,000 views the next day.