Song Yadong returned to the win column at UFC Seattle, but not how he hoped. After two-and-a-half rounds of back-and-forth action, China's Song landed an grisly eye poke to fellow headliner Henry Cejudo that halted the action for the entire five-minute recovery period Cejudo was allotted.

Song accidentally poked Cejudo in the eye midway through Round 3, but Cejudo opted to continue fighting after using all five minutes to try and recover. However, by the end of Round 3, Cejudo complained to his corner that he couldn’t see, and the commission decided to put an end to the fight by going to the judges’ scorecards.