China’s Song Yadong forced Brazil’s Deiveson Figueiredo to tap out, giving Song the victory in the bantamweight main event on Saturday at UFC Fight Night in Macau.

Song (23-9-1) locked Figueiredo, 38, in a guillotine choke to force the submission at 4:42 of the second round, handing two-time flyweight champion Figueiredo (25-7-1) his second straight loss and fourth in his last five fights.

It was the first fight on home soil since 2018 for Song, 28, who was coming off a loss by unanimous decision against Sean O’Malley at UFC 324 in January in Las Vegas.

Alonzo Menifield defeated China’s Zhang Mingyang by KO/TKO at 4:15 of the first round in a light heavyweight bout.

Heavyweight Sergei Pavlovich of Russia punched out Brazil’s Tallison Teixeira just 39 seconds into their fight.

Japanese bantamweight Kai Asakura also scored a first-round KO/TKO against Cameron Smotherman.

Other winners included Jake Matthews (welterweight) and Cody Haddon (bantamweight) of Australia; Luis Felipe Dias (middleweight) and Jose Henrique (welterweight) of Brazil; Japan’s Rei Tsuruya (bantamweight); Peru’s Rodrigo Vera (featherweight). Angela Hill and Brazil’s Jaqueline Amorim won their women’s strawweight fights.

–Field Level Media

Tim Ream will captain the U.S. men’s national team at the upcoming World Cup.

Manager Mauricio Pochettino awarded the armband to the 38-year-old Charlotte FC defender on Saturday.

“I am so grateful he is with us — he is a great captain not only (on the) field but more importantly off the field. He has the experience and capacity to be the leader we want,” Pochettino said.

Ream has earned 80 caps with the USMNT since 2010 and started all four matches for the 2022 World Cup squad captained by Tyler Adams in Qatar.

“This is more than a dream come true,” said Ream, who is set to become the oldest American to play in a World Cup. “It’s the highest honor for me.”

The U.S. squad is currently ranked 16th in the world and is in Group D for the World Cup in North America, opening play June 12 against Paraguay in Inglewood, Calif., before matches against Australia (June 19 in Seattle) and Turkey (June 25 in Inglewood, Calif.).

The Americans’ final tune-up friendlies are against Senegal (Sunday in Charlotte) and Germany (June 6 in Chicago).

Professionally, Ream is in his third season with Charlotte and fourth in the MLS. He has two goals and three assists in 105 regular-season matches (102 starts) with the New York Red Bulls (2011) and Charlotte (2024-26). He also played in England for Bolton Wanderers (2012-15) and Fulham (2015-24).

–Field Level Media

The Minnesota Twins designated right-hander Simeon Woods Richardson for assignment Saturday after a disastrous 0-7 start to the season.

Richardson, 25, leads the major leagues in losses and leads the American League in earned runs allowed (41).

His ERA swelled to 7.74 in Thursday’s 6-2 road loss to the Chicago White Sox when he allowed five runs on five hits in 2 2/3 innings. He has struck out 26 batters, walked 25 and surrendered nine homers in 47 2/3 innings. Opponents are batting .330 against him with a .952 OPS in 12 games (10 starts).

Richardson is 12-17 with a 4.76 ERA in 65 career games (61 starts) since making his major league debut with the Twins in 2022.

Minnesota recalled right-hander John Klein from Triple-A St. Paul in a corresponding move. Klein, 24, made his MLB debut on May 2 and is 0-1 with a 7.71 ERA in two relief appearances for the Twins.

–Field Leel Media