Alonzo Menifield stopped Zhang Mingyang by first-round TKO at UFC Macau, taking out the Chinese light heavyweight in the co-main event at Galaxy Arena.
Zhang entered the fight trying to rebound from his August 2025 TKO loss to Johnny Walker in the UFC Shanghai main event. Menifield traded in close range, forced Zhang backward, and finished him with hooks along the fence at 4:15 of Round 1.
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THROWING DOWN 💥
Zhang Mingyang vs Alonzo Menifield
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PLAYING SPOILER 😤
Alonzo Menifield silenced the #UFCMacau crowd with a RD1 finish!
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‘ATOMIC’ WITH THE KNOCKOUT 💥
Alonzo Menifield earns the deafening victory at #UFCMacau!
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His hands are EXPLOSIVE 🚨
Alonzo Menifield just showed why they call him ‘Atomic!’
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Menifield Answers Zhang’s Pressure With Power
Zhang had opened his UFC run with three straight first-round finishes over Brendson Ribeiro, Ozzy Diaz, and Anthony Smith. All three wins earned Performance of the Night bonuses.
Menifield did not give him the same kind of fight. After early exchanges, Menifield backed Zhang to the fence and kept punching until the referee stepped in.
“Damn right that was the g*ddamn plan,” Menifield said when asked if standing with Zhang was the plan. “I’m going to come in here and fight him. You think I’m going to run and wrestle? Hell no. I came here and I fought him and I got him.”
The win moves Menifield to 18-7-1 overall and 11-6-1 in the UFC. It also gets him back on track after a knockout loss to Volkan Oezdemir in November.
Zhang falls to 19-8 after back-to-back TKO losses in China. He is still 27, but the Walker and Menifield fights showed the same issue. When opponents survive the first wave and fire back, Zhang can be forced into exchanges where his defense breaks down.
For Menifield, this is the kind of win that keeps him useful in a light heavyweight division that always needs dangerous veterans. For Zhang, the next booking matters because a third straight loss would turn a fast UFC rise into a real rebuild.
