Song Yadong was just seconds removed from picking up the biggest win of his career after he knocked out Umar Nurmagomedov in the UFC Shanghai main event, and he decided to run around the octagon in celebration. But he ended up in a direct collision with Umar's brother Usman Nurmagomedov, and for a brief second, it appeared that the PFL lightweight champion may have actually taken a swing at Song as he circled the cage.
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For his part, Song didn't blink during the brief altercation and Usman later released a statement denying that he tried to hit his brother's opponent. In that moment, Usman was just trying to get to his brother to make sure he was OK after the vicious finish.
Retired UFC welterweight Matt Brown, who now owns his own gym and regularly serves as a corner man to his fighters competing in the octagon, chalks the whole incident up as much ado about nothing.
“It's one of those situations where the news is a little slow this week, and I wish I could get a good headline clip out of this but realistically I think it was a nothing burger,†Brown said on the latest episode of The Fighter vs. The Writer. “I think it will be forgotten. I don't think Usman meant anything by it. Like he said, like [Daniel] Cormier said, he didn't hit him — if he wanted to hit him, he would have hit him.
“His brother just got knocked out. The emotions that you go through, even if it's not your brother, just as a cornerman, you care about your guy and you're running in there and you're trying to help him out and support as best you can and make sure he's OK. A lot of crazy shit is happening.â€
Brown knows from his own personal experience how emotional that experience can be, especially for the coaches and corner men stuck watching from the outside looking in.
He just recently went through something similar when one of his fighters made his UFC debut, and the fight ended with a brutal knockout.
“The fact is it's an absolutely intense, crazy situation,†Brown said. “I dealt with it for the first time the last time I cornered a guy in the UFC. My fighter Josiah Harrell and he got knocked out and they yelled at me to go help him out, because he couldn't tell who was who and what was what. It's a f*cking intense situation.
“It's the first time I ever ran inside the cage when I had a fighter knocked out. I can tell you, what's going through your head, you're living off instinct. There's really not a lot of thought. You only care about one single thing.â€
As much as that moment made it appear that Usman Nurmagomedov was potentially taking a swing at Song Yadong, Brown is confident the only thing Usman was thinking about was his brother.
“This isn't tennis or basketball or something,†Brown said. “You're getting knocked out, there's blood, there's permanent damage that can happen. You're getting injured. It's very intense. The emotions are way different.
“Cornering is tough because you can't control anything. It's really tough. All you can do is hope for the best and yell out the best advice you can give. It's up to them. It makes a tough situation. I don't think [Usman] tried to hit him, obviously he didn't hit him. His mind was 1000 percent focused on his brother and that's that.â€
If Brown had any advice for Usman Nurmagomedov moving forward, it's the reality that maybe he shouldn't corner his brother again due to the extreme emotional turmoil that comes along with that particular pairing.
But whether it's blood relation or not, Brown knows the entire Nurmagomedov team is like family so it's almost impossible to avoid those situations. It really just comes down to handling the emotions in those moments and not allowing something bad to happen like what nearly unfolded on Saturday at UFC Shanghai.
“This is the exact reason why I don't think it's the best to have someone close to you in the corner,†Brown said. “You just don't know what's going to happen. It doesn't matter how much you were supposed to win. It doesn't matter how much better you are then [the opponent]. This is MMA. Insane shit happens all the time.â€
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The card airs live in the U.S. on Paramount+ with the prelims
starting at 5 p.m. ET/ 2 p.m. PT, followed by the main card at 8
p.m. ET/ 5 p.m. PT.<p>Surging middleweight contenders <a href=”/fighter/Brendan-Allen-201703″>Brendan
Allen</a> (27-7) and <a href=”/fighter/Christian-Leroy-Duncan-209939″>Christian
Leroy Duncan</a> (15-2) will headline the card. Allen is coming off
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Vettori</a>, <a href=”/fighter/Reinier-de-Ridder-133677″>Reinier
de Ridder</a> and <a href=”/fighter/Edmen-Shahbazyan-247691″>Edmen
Shahbazyan</a>. Meanwhile, Duncan is riding a five-fight winning
streak, topped off by victories against <a href=”/fighter/Roman-Dolidze-240323″>Roman
Dolidze</a> and <a href=”/fighter/Jared-Cannonier-78628″>Jared
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a.m. BST on Sunday, Oct. 11.<p>Here's a look at the complete UFC Vegas 122 card as of Oct. 8:</p><p><a href=”/fighter/Brendan-Allen-201703″>Brendan
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Leroy Duncan</a><br/>
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Godinez</a> vs. <a href=”/fighter/Ketlen-Souza-272209″>Ketlen
Souza</a><br/>
<a href=”/fighter/Andre-Fili-58385″>Andre
Fili</a> vs. <a href=”/fighter/Kai-Kamaka-III-117585″>Kai Kamaka
III</a><br/>
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Wellmaker</a> vs. <a href=”/fighter/Otari-Tanzilovi-333455″>Otari
Tanzilovi</a><br/>
<a href=”/fighter/Julius-Walker-366067″>Julius
Walker</a> vs. <a href=”/fighter/Gerald-Meerschaert-21501″>Gerald
Meerschaert</a><br/>
<a href=”/fighter/Francisco-Prado-337565″>Francisco
Prado</a> vs. <a href=”/fighter/Ismael-Bonfim-84528″>Ismael
Bonfim</a><br/>
<a href=”/fighter/Niko-Price-96921″>Niko
Price</a> vs. <a href=”/fighter/Leon-Shahbazyan-158231″>Leon
Shahbazyan</a><br/>
<a href=”/fighter/Felipe-Franco-415770″>Felipe
Franco</a> vs. <a href=”/fighter/Brendson-Ribeiro-210539″>Brendson
Ribeiro</a><br/>
<a href=”/fighter/Allen-Frye-395495″>Allen
Frye</a> Jr. vs. <a href=”/fighter/Richard-Harris-429363″>Richard
Harris</a><br/>
<a href=”/fighter/Alice-Pereira-433004″>Alice
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Andre Fili discusses not landing extra shots after epic UFC knockout: ‘I’m a criminal, but I’m not a piece of s***’
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Andre Fili knows where to draw the line.
On Saturday, Fili scored possibly the best knockout of his career, knocking out Kai Kamaka III with a head kick on the main card of UFC Vegas 122. The finish was brutal, putting Kamaka out before he even hit the canvas, but as he rushed forward to finish the fight, Fili pulled up before landing any follow-up shots, realizing Kamaka was unconscious.
At his post-fight press conference afterward, Fili expounded on the moment.
“I say this all the time: I'm a criminal, but I'm not a piece of shit,†Fili said. “I don't litter. I treat people with respect. And when I knock someone out, there's no reason to land that extra shot. He's got kids, he's got a wife, he's got a future outside of fighting. It's just not necessary, man. I hope he's OK. I didn't even really want to watch the replay back.
“Hurting people is part of the sport. I like being good at fighting. I like winning fights. I like getting paid to win fights. I like being on TV. Hurting people is a byproduct of that; it's not a driving force for me. So I'm not gonna land that extra shot.â€
Widely seen as one of the “good guys†of MMA, Fili has been a UFC veteran since 2013, and seemed to be getting emotional during his post-fight scrum. When asked about why, Fili explained.
“I poured everything I am, and everything I have into this performance, and I just really — I'm not scared of anybody in that cage,†Fili said. “Any apprehension or nerves or excitement or butterflies, it's all because I want to perform. I want to make my people proud, I want to make myself proud. I want to perform the way I know I can perform. And when it works out that way, it feels really good.
“And now I'm making enough money to where I can change the trajectory of my entire family. I come from violence and drug abuse and poverty. I live below the poverty line in America, which I know is different from being in some of these other countries, but it's below the poverty line nonetheless, and I'm here to break some generational curses. This shit's hard work.â€
MMA
Christian Leroy Duncan eyes UFC title shot with Brendan Allen win
Published
15 hours agoon
October 11, 2026
Christian
Leroy Duncan believes a win over Brendan
Allen would warrant a shot at
Ultimate Fighting Championship gold or a matchup with a former
titleholder.Christian Leroy Duncan targets former champion as next step
Leroy Duncan believes a win over Brendan
Allen would warrant a shot at
Ultimate Fighting Championship gold or a matchup with a former
titleholder.
Duncan (15-2) is scheduled to headline
UFC Vegas 122 against Allen (27-7) on Saturday at Meta Apex in
Las Vegas. The Englishman has defeated Roman
Dolidze and Jared
Cannonier in his last two outings and hopes a victory over
Allen will earn him one of those opportunities.
Christian Leroy Duncan targets former champion as next step
after Brendan Allen
Duncan is 8-2 in the UFC and has won five straight fights. He
believes an impressive performance against Allen could propel him
past other middleweight contenders or put him one step closer to a
title shot.
‘I don't see why not [a title shot next],†Duncan told MMA
Fighting. “We get a good performance this weekend, I don't see why
not… Brendan Allen being Top 4, it puts us in that title contention
section where we've got Strickland and Imavov who are supposed to
be fighting next. We've got DDP amongst that mix of former
champions. It will be great to then put my hat in at the top level.
This year I fought Roman being a Top 15 fighter, Cannonier being a
Top 10 fighter and now Brendan Allen being a Top 5, so the natural
progression from that would be a former champion.â€
Middleweight champion Sean
Strickland has said compensation remains an obstacle to
finalizing the first title defense of his second reign, with
Nassourdine
Imavov his expected challenger. Former champions Khamzat
Chimaev and Dricus Du
Plessis are also seeking another fight with the 185-pound
titleholder. Chimaev lost the belt to Strickland earlier this year,
while du Plessis holds two wins over the American.
Christian
Leroy Duncan wants a No. 1 fight — or a straight title shot —
with a win at #UFCVegas122: “I fought Roman being a Top 15 fighter,
Cannonier being a Top 10 fight, and now Brendan
Allen being a Top 5, so the natural progression from that would
be a former champion.” (🎥 @guicruzzz)— MMA Fighting (@MMAFighting)
October 8, 2026
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