Yang Dongi began his professional career in South Korea in a tournament.
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Yang Dongi followed this up with a win at the Super Sambo Festival, again via TKO.
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Yang Dongi then joined Sengoku and competed in their Sengoku Fourth Battle event.
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Yang Dongi then defeated two opponents; one in Japan and one in the Northern Mariana Islands.
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In June 2010, Yang Dongi signed with the UFC, joining Chan Sung Jung as the members of Korean Top Team competing in Zuffa organizations.
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Yang Dongi began the fight with a successful takedown, followed by ground-and-pound.
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Yang Dongi next fight was against Rob Kimmons on March 3,2011 at UFC Live: Sanchez vs Kampmann.
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Yang Dongi won the fight by TKO near the end of the second round, giving him his first UFC win.
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Yang Dongi faced Court McGee on September 17,2011 in the co-main event at UFC Fight Night 25.
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Yang Dongi was able to have some success and connected with some punches that wobbled McGee, in the end it was not enough to get the victory.
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Yang Dongi faced Brad Tavares on May 15,2012 at UFC on Fuel TV: Korean Zombie vs Poirier.
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Yang Dongi was defeated by Tavares via unanimous decision and was released from the promotion.
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On June 29,2013 Yang Dongi defeated ROAD FC veteran Jae Young Kim by TKO in the second round at Top FC 1 in South Korea.
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Yang Dongi followed that up with an impressive first round TKO of fellow UFC veteran Dennis Hallman at Top FC 6 on April 5,2015.
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Yang Dongi faced Jake Collier at UFC Fight Night 79 on November 28,2015.
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Yang Dongi won the fight via TKO in the second round.
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Yang Dongi was expected to face promotional newcomer Ryan Janes on October 15,2016 at UFC Fight Night 97.
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Yang Dongi returned to competition three years later to face Chinese fighter Paul Cheng.
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Yang Dongi fought again a year later against Brazilian Callyugibrainn Marinho Borges.