Cooper Albers breaks down his DraftKings Pick6 selections for UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Figueiredo.
A battle of the bantamweights headlines Saturday night, as Song Yadong faces former two-time flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo in the main event of UFC Macau.
Yadong enters as a heavy -600 moneyline favorite on DraftKings Sportsbook. Figueiredo is a +440 underdog, with the fight total set at O/U 4.5 rounds.
Along with traditional sports betting and daily fantasy, you can now have more action than ever for UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Figueiredo. Check out DraftKings UFC Pick6 for my favorite picks for Saturday’s UFC event.
Former two-time flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo (25–6–1, 14–6–1 UFC) has looked outmatched against top competition at 135 pounds. “Deus da Guerra,” 38, was stopped by Cory Sandhagen and dropped one-sided decisions to Petr Yan and, most recently, Umar Nurmagomedov in January.
That spells trouble against another top-five contender in Song Yadong (22–9–1, 11–4–1 UFC). The “Kung Fu Kid,” 28, is coming off a competitive decision loss to former bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley, and he enters Saturday with significant height and age advantages. With solid jiu-jitsu and crisp boxing, Yadong has all the tools to impose his will and rack up fantasy points in the process. Yadong has cleared 100.5 fantasy points in two of his last three wins, including a knockout and a unanimous decision, underscoring his fantasy-friendly skill set.
Chinese light heavyweight Zhang Mingyang (19–7, 3–1 UFC) enters Saturday night with a favorable opportunity to rebound from his first UFC loss: a second-round TKO against Johnny Walker in August 2025. Before that defeat, the thrilling prospect, 27, carried a 12-fight winning streak, all by first-round stoppage, highlighted by three straight KOs to kick-start his Octagon tenure.
Mingyang boasts a 100% career finish rate, featuring 13 knockouts. And on Saturday, he’s primed to add to that tally against a formidable but aging veteran in Alonzo Menifield (17–6–1, 10–6–1 UFC). The 38-year-old American has been knocked out in three of his last five bouts dating back to May 2024.
One of the UFC’s more prolific knockout artists hasn’t been seen in quite some time. Russian heavyweight Sergei Pavlovich (20–3, 8–3 UFC) returns to the cage for the first time since August 2025, when he scored a unanimous decision victory over Waldo Cortes-Acosta. While it marked his second straight win, Pavlovich is now 2–2 over his last four fights without a single finish, falling below 99.5 fantasy points in each bout.
It seems unlikely that Pavlovich, 34, bucks the trend against rising prospect Tallison Teixeira (9–1, 2–1 UFC). The 26-year-old Brazilian is a knockout threat himself. Still, he showed a much more reserved, grapple-heavy approach in his most recent bout — notching a lethargic unanimous decision over Tai Tuivasa in January. If Teixeira enters with a similar game plan on Saturday, the Octagon could resemble a fantasy-point wasteland.
The Octagon has not been kind to Kai Asakura (21–6, 0–2 UFC) — though he may have been competing in the wrong division. The two-time Rizin bantamweight champion was fast-tracked into the flyweight title picture upon his arrival, and he’s gone winless in two tries at 125 pounds.
On Saturday, the Japanese former top prospect returns to his natural weight class, where he can comfortably showcase his strong jiu-jitsu and elite striking. Asakura’s Rizin experience should prove the difference against struggling prospect Cameron Smotherman (12–6, 1–2 UFC), allowing him to surpass his modest 42.5 significant strikes line.
Somebody’s hitting the canvas in this one. Of the 43 combined victories between debuting welterweights Ding Meng (35–9, 0–0 UFC) and Jose Henrique (8–1, 0–0 UFC), 34 have come by knockout. The former does a bit of the heavy lifting in that tally, boasting 28 KOs on his resume.
Meng, 31, is coming off a second-round knockout win over Mirali Huseynov on Urijah Faber’s A1 Combat in October, while his 24-year-old opponent hasn’t competed in MMA since 2024. With heavy hands on both sides, “The Assassin” seems most likely to land the decisive blow.
Longtime UFC strawweight Angela Hill (18–16, 13–16 UFC) has never been known for her finishing ability, and her stoppage wins have grown fewer and farther between in the twilight of her career. “Overkill” Hill, 41, has recorded just one victory inside the distance — a second-round submission of Luana Pinheiro in May 2024 — in the last six years.
Expect more scorecards on Saturday, when Hill lines up across from debuting Jingnan Xiong (19–2, 0–0 UFC). While the 38-year-old veteran has 10 knockout wins under her belt, “The Panda” capped her ONE Championship run with five-straight decisions, albeit all wins.
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