Song Yadong calls knocking out Umar Nurmagomedov at UFC Shanghai ‘the best moment of my life’

Song Yadong is riding high.

On Saturday, Song scored the biggest win of his career, knocking out Umar Nurmagomedov in the main event of UFC Shanghai. Not only was it a huge upset win for Song, but it also put him right back into the title mix at 135 pounds, and it all happened in his home country. So afterward, “The Kung Fu Kid” was understandably ecstatic about the win.

“Amazing. I’m feeling amazing,” Song told UFC on Paramount+. “I feel like this is the best moment in my life, right now. I knocked out Umar. Everybody’s saying he’s the best fighter and he has very good grappling. Everyone’s saying he’s a future champion. See what happened? I k