Galaxy Arena’s Saturday tickets are gone. UFC Fight Night: Song vs Figueiredo at the 12,000-seat arena on 30 May is sold out two weeks before weigh-ins, matching what the 2024 card here pulled off too. The combo packages covering all three nights of fight week are about the only way left in.

Anyone who was at the 2024 Yan vs Figueiredo card knows the excitement those tickets are buying. “I had floor seats with some friends, and 90 percent of the time we were on our feet because fight after fight ended in knockouts,” says Scott Olfindo, the Macao-born Filipino boxer who was at the event. He’s not embellishing – the Yan vs Figueiredo undercard produced multiple Performance of the Night finishes at a sold-out arena, and this year’s card looks built for the same.

Here’s all you need to know about the UFC Fight Night in Macao this year.

Song Yadong vs Deiveson Figueiredo: The headline act

The Saturday headliner is a top-10 bantamweight collision between China’s No. 5-ranked Song Yadong and former two-time UFC flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo, currently No. 7 at 135 pounds. On paper, it’s a ranked-vs-ranked clash. In practice, it’s something more interesting: both men are coming off losses at the same January pay-per-view.

Song, the 28-year-old “Kung Fu Kid” out of Heilongjiang, dropped a decision to former bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley at UFC 324. Figueiredo, the Brazilian finisher with nine knockouts and nine submissions on his ledger, lost to Umar Nurmagomedov on the same card after missing weight by 2.5 pounds. Both have spent four months watching the title conversation move on without them, and both want back in.

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For Song, this is also a homecoming. He hasn’t fought on Chinese soil since 2018 – seven-plus years and more than a dozen UFC bouts ago – and he returns as one of the most recognisable Chinese fighters in the promotion. 

Stylistically, the matchup is a striker’s puzzle – Song’s combinations and pace against Figueiredo’s power and the chin that carried him through two flyweight title runs. If the boxers are still standing in round three, the crowd will be too.

Olfindo, for his part, is hoping Song delivers what he’s known for. “He’s an exceptional striker,” he says. “I’m hoping to see a crazy knockout.”

Figueiredo, meanwhile, is the closest thing to a Macao regular on the card. The November 2024 Fight Night here was also a loss for him – a unanimous decision to Petr Yan that capped UFC’s first Macao event in a decade. Now he’s back in the same arena, trying to make sure his Macao file doesn’t read 0-2. He went 3-0 in his first three bantamweight outings before stumbling to 1-3 in the last four.

The full UFC Macao 2026 fight card

As for picks beyond the main event, “People should keep an eye on Salikhov and Pavlovich,” Olfindo says. “Both are great strikers and have knockout power.”

Muslim Salikhov – the 41-year-old “King of Kung Fu” – fought on the 2024 Macao card and meets Australia’s Jake Matthews at welterweight in a bout that could end fast. Sergei Pavlovich is the heavyweight headache: No. 3 in the division, facing No. 11 Tallison Teixeira in a fight that has no business being this far down a Fight Night.

The actual co-main is a light heavyweight scrap: China’s No. 15 Zhang Mingyang vs American veteran Alonzo Menifield, both knockout artists. Elsewhere on the card, Sichuan’s “Tibetan Eagle” Sumudaerji faces No. 10 flyweight Alex Perez, Thailand’s Muay Thai world champion Loma Lookboonmee meets grappling specialist Jaqueline Amorim, and Kai Asakura returns at bantamweight against Cameron Smotherman.

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Thursday and Friday are also compelling. Road to UFC Season 5 opens those nights, with 32 Asia-Pacific prospects fighting for UFC contracts. Friday’s main event has its own pull – Road to UFC Season 3 winner Shi Ming faces Puja Tomar, the first and only Indian woman to compete in the UFC. 

The whole week marks the front edge of a four-year partnership that brings three Fight Night events to Galaxy Arena through 2029, and Olfindo sees a longer game in that. “It’s a game-changer. Most people here have never stepped into a combat gym because they’re afraid to try. With the UFC committing to Macao through 2029, I’m hoping it motivates locals to step out of their comfort zone and give the sport a shot.”

How to watch UFC Fight Night: Song vs Figueiredo

The main card on Saturday, 30 May kicks off at 7 pm China Standard Time, with prelims at 4 pm CST. Road to UFC nights start at 6 pm CST on Thursday and Friday. International viewers can stream via UFC Fight Pass, with regional broadcasters handling local distribution.

Remaining tickets – combo packages and select Road to UFC seats – are at galaxyticketing.com.

For anyone with a ticket, Olfindo offers one last bit of advice on what TV doesn’t catch. “You can hear the coaches in both corners yelling out specific instructions, and there’s that tense silence right before a knockout hits – then a second later, the crowd either goes wild or is left in shock.” Two weeks from now, Galaxy Arena will be exactly that kind of room again.