Saturday, August 29, 2026Oriental Sports Center, Pudong District, China
Cameron Nelson defeated Ding Meng by Unanimous Decision in round 3 (5:00) in the Welterweight bout of UFC Fight Night: Nurmagomedov vs Song, held Saturday, August 29, 2026 at Oriental Sports Center, Pudong District. The judges scored it 29-28, 29-28, 29-28, Cameron Nelson won the decision.
Ding Meng vs Cameron Nelson
Fight stats: totals
Same scale left and right on every row; the pale tail behind a bar is attempts
Ding MengCameron Nelson
0
Knockdowns0
39 / 79
Significant strikes41 / 70
49%
Sig. strike accuracy59%
72 / 116
Total strikes47 / 80
0 / 1
Takedowns4 / 11
0%
Takedown accuracy36%
1:10
Control time6:34
Where it landed
Significant strikes landed by target in this fight
Ding MengCameron Nelson
1231%3278%
Head
1333%12%
Body
1436%820%
Leg
Where it happened
Share of fight time at distance, in the clinch and on the ground
54%16%30%
■ Distance■ Clinch■ Ground
Range × target
Significant strikes landed by range and target in this fight · landed / attempted in each cell
Ding Meng39 landed
Head
Body
Leg
Distance
1010/39
1010/18
1414/17
Clinch
22/2
33/3
0
Ground
0
0
0
Cameron Nelson41 landed
Head
Body
Leg
Distance
66/17
11/2
88/11
Clinch
11/2
0
0
Ground
2525/38
0
0
Round by round
Significant strikes landed per round · the judges' scores under each
Ding MengCameron Nelson
R1
13
18
10-910-910-9
R2
12
20
10-910-910-9
R3
14
3
10-910-910-9
Bars share one scale across rounds. Each chip is one judge's score for the round, coloured by who they gave it to.
Round 1Judges: Cameron Nelson
0
Knockdowns0
13 / 30
Significant strikes18 / 26
43%
Sig. strike accuracy69%
23 / 41
Total strikes19 / 28
0 / 0
Takedowns1 / 1
0:00
Control time1:54
Round 2Judges: Cameron Nelson
0
Knockdowns0
12 / 27
Significant strikes20 / 39
44%
Sig. strike accuracy51%
26 / 42
Total strikes23 / 43
0 / 0
Takedowns2 / 2
0:00
Control time2:42
Round 3Judges: Ding Meng
0
Knockdowns0
14 / 22
Significant strikes3 / 5
64%
Sig. strike accuracy60%
23 / 33
Total strikes5 / 9
0 / 1
Takedowns1 / 8
0%
Takedown accuracy13%
1:10
Control time1:58
Judges' Scorecards
Media Scores
0
Ding Meng
3
Cameron Nelson
●29-28 Nelson×3
All 3 media scorecards
- Danny Segura · MMAJunkie.com29-28Nelson
- Sherdog.com29-28Nelson
- Ryan Frederick · WrestlingObserver.com29-28Nelson
Fan Scorecards
31 fan scorecards submitted
32%
Ding Meng
68%
Cameron Nelson
●29-28 Nelson64.5%●29-28 Meng25.8%●30-27 Meng6.5%●30-27 Nelson3.2%
Fans' round-by-round verdict
R1
68%
Nelson
R2
90%
Nelson
R3
94%
Meng
Betting Odds
Ding Meng
-145
59% implied win probability
Open: -114Best: -133
Cameron Nelson
+123
45% implied win probability
Open: -108Best: +141
Average moneyline across 19 sportsbooks.
Line Movement
| Sportsbook | Ding Meng | Cameron Nelson | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4casters | -138 | +125 | |
| 4Cx | -141 | +141 | |
| Bet105 | -136 | +121 | |
| BetAnything | -145 | +115 | |
| BetMGM | -150 | +125 | |
| BetOnline | -143 | +123 | |
| BetRivers | -147 | +118 | |
| BetUS | -145 | +122 | |
| Betway | -138 | +110 | |
| Bookmaker | -145 | +125 | |
| Bovada | -135 | +115 | |
| Caesars | -145 | +122 | |
| Circa | -155 | +135 | |
| Cloudbet | -141 | +118 | |
| DraftKings | -142 | +120 | |
| FanDuel | -154 | +130 | |
| HardRockBet | -145 | +125 | |
| Kalshi | -138 | +133 | |
| mybookie | -147 | +120 | |
| Pinnacle | -155 | +137 | |
| Polymarket | -133 | +127 | |
| ProphetX | -162 | -138 | |
| SXBet | -161 | +130 | |
| YouWager | -143 | +123 |
Odds are for information only.
Build with this line: the same consensus odds, with opening and closing lines, are in the UFCalendar Fight API. Odds in the MMA Fight Data API
Insights
- Cameron Nelson stops 100% of takedowns, better than 97% of UFC fighters.
- Cameron Nelson lands 4.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, more than 95% of UFC fighters.
Style & credentials
Ding Meng
SandaKickboxing
- 2025A1 Combat Welterweight ChampionshipUrijah Faber's A1 Combat
- 2022JCK Welterweight (次中量级) Bounty Challenge championshipJCK (JCK MMA / 战觉城 - Jue Cheng King)
- 2016WLF season-finale Welterweight (次中量级) gold beltWLF (Wu Lin Feng / 武林风)
- 2024Competitor · DWCS
Cameron Nelson
BJJ
- —Brown belt · BJJRenzo Gracie PEI (Matt MacGrath lineage; Renzo Gracie Halifax affiliation, formerly Lot 36 BJJ)
- 2026FLA Welterweight ChampionFight League Atlantic
- —Finalist · Submission Series
- —Amateur MMA 3-0Record
Sig. strikes by zone
Where each fighter lands, as a share of significant strikes
25%78%
Head
28%2%
Body
47%20%
Leg
Time in position
Share of fight time at distance, in the clinch and on the ground
Ding Menglast 3 fights
69%21%10%
Cameron Nelsonlast 1 fight
54%16%30%
■ Distance■ Clinch■ Ground
How good, really
Each stat against every UFC fighter, in plain words
Ding Meng Cameron Nelson
Strikes landed / min
3.402.73
PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite
Ding Meng · Average · better than 49% of UFC fightersCameron Nelson · Below avg · better than 28% of UFC fighters
Strikes taken / minfewer is better
3.802.60
PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite
Ding Meng · Below avg · better than 37% of UFC fightersCameron Nelson · Good · better than 77% of UFC fighters
Takedowns landed / 15 min
0.334.00
PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite
Ding Meng · Poor · better than 15% of UFC fightersCameron Nelson · Elite · better than 95% of UFC fighters
Takedown accuracy
33%36%
PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite
Ding Meng · Below avg · better than 36% of UFC fightersCameron Nelson · Average · better than 47% of UFC fighters
Takedown defence
63%100%
PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite
Ding Meng · Average · better than 49% of UFC fightersCameron Nelson · Elite · better than 97% of UFC fighters
Submission attempts / 15 min
0.000.00
PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite
Ding Meng · Poor · better than 0% of UFC fightersCameron Nelson · Poor · better than 0% of UFC fighters
Ranked against 1498 UFC fighters with five or more UFC fights.
Striking & grappling
Same scale left and right on every row
3.40
Strikes landed / min2.73
3.80
Strikes taken / minfewer is better2.60
0.33 / 1.0
Takedowns landed / 15 min4.00 / 11.1
33%
Takedown accuracy36%
63%
Takedown defence100%
1:27
Control time / fight6:34
0.00
Submission attempts / 15 min0.00
Bars in a row share one scale. The stronger side is solid; the pale tail behind takedowns is attempts.
Where the strikes land
Range × target
Ding Meng3 UFC fights · 153 landed
Head
Body
Leg
Distance
23%35/157
23%35/66
46%71/92
Clinch
1%2/2
5%8/8
1%1/1
Ground
1%1/1
0%0/0
0%0/0
Cameron Nelson1 UFC fight · 41 landed
Head
Body
Leg
Distance
15%6/17
2%1/2
20%8/11
Clinch
2%1/2
0%0/0
0%0/0
Ground
61%25/38
0%0/0
0%0/0
Share of significant strikes landed by range and target · landed / attempted in each cell.
When it ends
Every early finish of their careers, placed at the minute it ended
Ding Meng37 of 47 ended early · 79%10 went the distance
R1R2R3R4R5
2 early stoppages have no logged time
Cameron Nelson5 of 9 ended early · 56%4 went the distance
R1R2R3R4R5
finished the opponent got finished· placed at the minute the fight ended
Recent form · last 5
Ding Meng2-3
- LCameron NelsonUFC Fight Night: Nurmagomedov vs Song · Aug 29, 2026Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight
- LJose HenriqueUFC Fight Night: Song vs Figueiredo · May 30, 2026Split Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight
- WMirali HuseynovUrijah Faber's A1 Combat 30 · Oct 4, 2025TKO · R2 · 2:45 · Welterweight
- LDana White's Contender Series 67 · Aug 13, 2024Unanimous Decision · R1 · 5:00 · Welterweight
- WKuerbanjiang TuluosibakeJCK Fight Night 72 · Oct 28, 2023TKO · R3 · 0:23 · Welterweight
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- WQi WangJCK Fight Night 2022-2023 · Jul 9, 2023TKO · R2 · 1:30 · Welterweight
- LKuerbanjiang TuluosibakeJCK Fight Night 2022-2023 · Apr 30, 2023Unanimous Decision · Welterweight
- WDamu WuJCK Fight Night 2022 · Jul 31, 2022TKO · R1 · 2:03 · Welterweight
- WSejilahuJCK Fight Night 2022 · Jun 18, 2022TKO · R1 · 4:23 · Welterweight
- WAorigeleJCK Fight Night 2022 · May 7, 2022TKO · R2 · 2:55 · Welterweight
- WTaiyilake NuerajiJCK Night Cage Series · Dec 18, 2021TKO · R3 · 3:48 · Welterweight
- WWulan MuhamaitihaliJCK Night Cage Series · Oct 30, 2021TKO · R3 · 1:34 · Welterweight
- WGongyi ZouJCK Night Cage Series · Oct 2, 2021TKO · R1 · 3:49 · Welterweight
- WKewei XuJCK Night Cage Series · Jul 3, 2021TKO · R1 · 2:27 · Welterweight
- LKuerbanjiang TuluosibakeJCK Bounty Challenge Series · Jan 23, 2021Submission · R3 · 2:47 · Welterweight
- WXiangxu QiJCK Night Cage Series · Dec 19, 2020Submission · R2 · 3:58 · Welterweight
- WQi WangJCK Night Cage Series · Nov 28, 2020TKO · R2 · 1:56 · Welterweight
- WYuhe ZhangJCK Night Cage Series · Nov 7, 2020TKO · R1 · 1:43 · Welterweight
- WZhouzeyihangJCK City Qualifier Series · Oct 10, 2020TKO · R1 · 2:28 · Welterweight
- WAerdake ApaerJCK City Qualifier Series · Sep 12, 2020TKO · R1 · 1:57 · Welterweight
- LLu ZhengONE Hero Series September · Sep 23, 2019KO · R1 · Lightweight
- LZheng LuONE Hero Series September · Sep 23, 2019KO · R1 · 2:36 · Welterweight
- LAlisson BarbosaChinese MMA Super League · Jul 28, 2019Submission · R1 · 4:39 · Welterweight
- WYeerasili AhelibiekeChinese MMA Super League · Jul 28, 2019TKO · R1 · 0:45 · Welterweight
- WJiaqiang HanChinese MMA Super League · Jul 27, 2019TKO · R1 · 0:58 · Lightweight
- W
- WSagyndyk MukhanovChinese Kungfu Championships · Feb 23, 2019TKO · R1 · 2:53 · Welterweight
- WNuerdebieke BahetihanFight Nights Global Chinese Tryouts · Apr 22, 2018TKO · R1 · 1:05 · Welterweight
- WQihao WeiChinese MMA Super League · Nov 12, 2017Submission · R1 · 1:01 · Welterweight
- WPascal BriceWLF W.A.R.S. 17 · Sep 16, 2017Unanimous Decision · Welterweight
- WViktor KokhnoWLF W.A.R.S. 16 · Jul 22, 2017TKO · R3 · 2:42 · Welterweight
- LRogelio GonzalezWLF W.A.R.S. 12 · Mar 11, 2017Submission · R1 · 2:48 · Welterweight
- WKuerbanjiang TuluosibakeWu Lin Feng · Jan 13, 2017Unanimous Decision · Welterweight
- WBrokken HowellWLF W.A.R.S. 10 · Nov 26, 2016TKO · R2 · 5:00 · Welterweight
- WArtur TemishevWLF E.P.I.C. 9 · Oct 24, 2016Unanimous Decision · Welterweight
- WFarzad GhaderiChinese MMA Super League · Oct 15, 2016TKO · R2 · 2:05 · Welterweight
- WByung Ha LimChinese MMA Super League · Oct 14, 2016TKO · R2 · 2:55 · Welterweight
- WBatyrmurat HojamuradovWLF E.P.I.C. 8 · Sep 28, 2016Unanimous Decision · Welterweight
- WSung Won SonWLF E.P.I.C. 7 · Aug 20, 2016Unanimous Decision · Catchweight
- L
- LSergey LesnikovWKG MMA 2 · Jul 7, 2016TKO · R1 · 4:09 · Welterweight
- WPeng YangChinese MMA Super League · Jun 7, 2016TKO · R1 · 1:47 · Welterweight
- WWenquan QiaoChinese MMA Super League · Jun 6, 2016TKO · R1 · 2:01 · Welterweight
- LKuerbanjiang TuluosibakeChinese MMA Super League · Jan 30, 2016Submission · R2 · 1:54 · Welterweight
- WNuerdebieke BahetihanChinese MMA Super League · Jan 29, 2016TKO · R2 · 3:55 · Welterweight
- WYusheng WangChinese MMA Super League · Jan 28, 2016TKO · R1 · 1:51 · Welterweight
- WShining SunCMSL Season 3 Day 5／WBK 10 · Dec 31, 2015TKO · R1 · 5:00 · Welterweight
Cameron Nelson5-0
- WUFC Fight Night: Nurmagomedov vs Song · Aug 29, 2026Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight
- WLuis GuerreroFLA 25 · Jun 6, 2026TKO · R2 · 1:47 · Welterweight
- WJoão MachadoFLA 23 · Feb 7, 2026Submission · R2 · 2:13 · Welterweight
- WKenyon MooreFLA 21 · Sep 20, 2025TKO · R1 · 2:43 · Welterweight
- WManuel GarciaFLA 18 · Feb 1, 2025Unanimous Decision · Welterweight
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- WRyan RohovichFLA 16 · Sep 21, 2024Unanimous Decision · Welterweight
- LChristian TremayneFLA 12 · Nov 18, 2023Split Decision · Welterweight
- WIrving MolinaFLA 9 · May 6, 2023Submission · R3 · 3:36 · Welterweight
- WColton Braden SimonFLA 7 · Jan 28, 2023Submission · R1 · 3:33 · Welterweight
Frequently asked questions
Who won Ding Meng vs Cameron Nelson?
Cameron Nelson defeated Ding Meng by Unanimous Decision in round 3 (5:00) in the Welterweight bout of UFC Fight Night: Nurmagomedov vs Song, held Saturday, August 29, 2026 at Oriental Sports Center, Pudong District. The judges scored it 29-28, 29-28, 29-28, Cameron Nelson won the decision.
What were the judges' scorecards for Ding Meng vs Cameron Nelson?
The judges scored it 29-28, 29-28, 29-28, Cameron Nelson won the decision.
Was Ding Meng vs Cameron Nelson a robbery?
Public scoring backed the judges: 68% of 31 fan cards scored it for Cameron Nelson.