Zhu Rong
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Oct 27, 2026
Zach RugerHOST
Second straight win, going to be his fifth career knockout, seventh career finish, and just a feel-good moment for Cody Steele.
Zach RugerHOST
And I will say his only loss to Rong Zhu is aging pretty freaking good.
Zach RugerHOST
Mind you, that was a fight of the night.
Zach RugerHOST
On the year, he's 2-0.
Jack SlackHOST
Turns out he hits really hard too when he started his MMA career.
Jack SlackHOST
But ran up against a brick wall in Rongzhu who is like Mr. Sprawl and Brawl.
Jack SlackHOST
But he was having trouble with Guignol here and Guignol made a sort of error here where he was going to look for an elbow or something.
Jack SlackHOST
He started extending his hands to check Cody Steele's.
BradHOST
His UFC debut was pretty rough.
BradHOST
Rong Zhu went decision, lost the decision.
BradHOST
He was undefeated.
BradHOST
But outside of that, he got a heel hook in his next fight.
Jed MeshewHOST
I still have questions about some of his tactical choices, right? Which is, you know, he trains at Syndicate, so he works at a good gym, but...
Jed MeshewHOST
Against Rong Zhu, the guy who defeated him in his UFC debut.
Jed MeshewHOST
Rong Zhu, good fighter, by the way.
Jed MeshewHOST
Cody Steele can at times be too willing to engage in striking contests.
Jed MeshewHOST
That's better than being unwilling, but he is not a great striker.
Austin SwaimHOST
I really just...
Austin SwaimHOST
The Rong Zhu, as you mentioned, the Rong Zhu decision aged much better for him.
Austin SwaimHOST
It was a relief to see that against Rafa Garcia because that Rong Zhu fight for Cody was very ugly.
Austin SwaimHOST
Hasn't had much opposition the other times we've seen him.
Austin SwaimHOST
I really don't know what to expect from Guignol.
Zach RugerHOST
Won on Season 8 of the Quintero Series.
Zach RugerHOST
Had one of my favorite fights of 2025 against Rong Zhu.
Zach RugerHOST
And then heel-hooked Dom Marfan in May out in the, what's it called, Australia card.
Zach RugerHOST
So...
NoahHOST
Cody Steele, we call it a barn burner, dude.
NoahHOST
Cody Steele, really durable, had that famous photo against Rong Zhu where he was like screaming in the cage.
NoahHOST
That is so crazy.
NoahHOST
That was insane.
Clint MacLeanHOST
Like, he can bite down on the mouthpiece and swing hard, and, you know, he's got some...
Clint MacLeanHOST
some some uh natural power to him right when he hits people that's all good his grappling he's a decent wrestler but i'm not seeing like blow my hair back oh my god this guy is so good his grappling is not oh my god like i've got to be all over this guy on the mat right And so then he gets to the UFC and he immediately loses to Rong Zhu.
Clint MacLeanHOST
I'm like, ah, that's it.
Clint MacLeanHOST
You know, the UFC gives him a layup in Donmar Fan, his second fight.
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Yes, it is.
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They're both incredibly looping.
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You know, the reason that I'm especially concerned about Cody Steele at minus 172 is because of his fight IQ, right? So like that Rong Zhu fight, he should have wrestled.
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He tried one takedown, failed it, didn't try again, and just went out there throwing crazy hooks the whole fight with a much more technical Rong Zhu.
Quinn JacksonGUEST
I
Mako SharkHOST
do know him because he had that rip-up fight against Rongzhu in Sydney.
Mako SharkHOST
I'm just looking at that.
Mako SharkHOST
He was a fight of the night banger.
Mako SharkHOST
And he beat Don Marfan, the Aussie.
Quinn JacksonGUEST
Yeah, he'll hook him straight away nearly much, pretty much, on that protest card I was just talking about.
Quinn JacksonGUEST
So, yeah, that Rongzhu fight, I think that was his only loss on three.
Mako SharkHOST
Yeah, but it was a banger.
Marcel DorffHOST
I think he looked really good.
Marcel DorffHOST
Uh, Cody Steele, uh, lost his debut against Rongzhu, but, uh, bounced back with a good win over, uh, over...
Marcel DorffHOST
What's his name again? Domar Fan, right?
Adam MartinHOST
Yep.
Adam MartinHOST
Fucking go.
Adam MartinHOST
But I'm taking him by knockout 'cause I actually think he can knock Cody out.
Adam MartinHOST
You know, I like Cody, but that fight with, uh, uh, Rongzhu where he, he just got, like, pieced up, dude.
Adam MartinHOST
Like, I think if that happens here against a guy like Gunuon who has, like, hammers in his fists, I think he can actually put Cody Steele away.
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