Road to UFC (2022)

Road to UFC is a 2022 Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) mixed martial arts (MMA) event series in which top Asian MMA prospects compete in a tournament to win UFC contracts. It features four divisions—flyweight, bantamweight, featherweight and lightweight—each for which eight fighters compete in a "win-and-advance" tournament format.[1] The tournament winner for each division is awarded a UFC contract. Each event in the series is to feature five bouts including one non-tournament bout.[2][3][4]

Road to UFC (2022)
Information
PromotionUFC
First date airedJune 9, 2022 (2022-06-09)

The opening quarterfinal round of the tournament is to be held across two days, June 9–10, 2022 at Singapore Indoor Stadium, with two five-bout events for each day for a total of 10 bouts per day, ahead of the pay-per-view event UFC 275 on June 11.[2][5] The contestants for the tournament are expected to come from China (through the UFC Academy), India,[6] Indonesia, Japan, Korea, the Philippines, and Thailand.[7] The semifinal and final rounds are scheduled for later in 2022, with location and venue to be announced.[8][9][10] Eventually, the semifinals took place on October 23, 2022 – a day after UFC 281 – in Abu Dhabi, UAE.[11] The finals were initially scheduled to take place in Seoul, South Korea on February 4, 2023 at UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivak. However, the location for the event was changed to Las Vegas, Nevada with the date kept intact.[12]

The "Road to UFC" branding was previously used in 2015 for Road to UFC: Japan, a similar Japan-based tournament awarding a UFC contract, formatted as a reality competition, and marketed as an Asian-centric analog to The Ultimate Fighter.[2]

Episode 1
Road to UFC: Episode 1
Information
PromotionRoad to UFC
DateJune 9, 2022
VenueSingapore Indoor Stadium
CityKallang, Singapore
Main Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Featherweight Yi Zha def. Keisuke Sasu Submission (rear-naked choke) 1 2:14 [lower-alpha 1]
Lightweight Ki Won Bin def. Jinnosuke Kashimura TKO (elbows) 1 4:45 [lower-alpha 2]
Bantamweight Toshiomi Kazama def. Maimaitituoheti Keremuaili Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) 3 5:00 [lower-alpha 3]
Flyweight Choi Seung Guk def. Rama Supandhi Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) 3 5:00 [lower-alpha 4]
Light Heavyweight Zhang Mingyang def. George Tokkos KO (punches) 1 3:57
  1. Featherweight quarterfinals
  2. Lightweight quarterfinals
  3. Bantamweight quarterfinals
  4. Flyweight quarterfinals

[13]

Episode 2
Road to UFC: Episode 2
Information
PromotionRoad to UFC
DateJune 9, 2022
VenueSingapore Indoor Stadium
CityKallang, Singapore
Main Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Featherweight Koyomi Matsushima def. Jun Young Hong Decision (split) (28–29, 30–27, 30–27) 3 5:00 [lower-alpha 1]
Flyweight Qiu Lun def. Wallen Del Rosario Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) 3 5:00 [lower-alpha 2]
Lightweight Jeka Saragih def. Pawan Maan Singh KO (spinning backfist) 3 2:24 [lower-alpha 3]
Flyweight Takeru Uchida def. Shaun Etchell Submission (rear-naked choke) 1 3:26
  1. Featherweight quarterfinals
  2. Flyweight quarterfinals
  3. Lightweight quarterfinals

[14]

Episode 3
Road to UFC: Episode 3
Information
PromotionRoad to UFC
DateJune 10, 2022
VenueSingapore Indoor Stadium
CityKallang, Singapore
Main Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Featherweight Lee Jeong-yeong def. Xie Bin Submission (armbar) 1 0:36 [lower-alpha 1]
Flyweight Topnoi Kiwram def. Yuma Horiuchi Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–27, 29–27) 3 5:00 [lower-alpha 2]
Bantamweight Rinya Nakamura def. Gugun Gusman Submission (keylock) 1 3:24 [lower-alpha 3]
Women's Strawweight Josefine Lindgren Knutsson def. Seo Ye Dam Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–26) 3 5:00
  1. Featherweight quarterfinals
  2. Flyweight quarterfinals
  3. Bantamweight quarterfinals

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Episode 4
Road to UFC: Episode 4
Information
PromotionRoad to UFC
DateJune 10, 2022
VenueSingapore Indoor Stadium
CityKallang, Singapore
Main Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Bantamweight Shohei Nose def. Wuliji Buren TKO (knee injury) 1 1:13 [lower-alpha 1]
Lightweight Kim Kyung Pyo def. Asikeerbai Jinensibieke KO (punches) 1 0:30 [lower-alpha 2]
Featherweight Lu Kai def. Angga Hans TKO (punches) 2 4:33 [lower-alpha 3]
Flyweight Park Hyun Sung def. Jeremia Siregar TKO (punches) 1 3:56 [lower-alpha 4]
Welterweight Han Seul Kim def. John Adajar Submission (triangle armbar) 1 4:37
  1. Bantamweight quarterfinals
  2. Lightweight quarterfinals
  3. Featherweight quarterfinals
  4. Flyweight quarterfinals

[16]

Episode 5
Road to UFC: Episode 5
Information
PromotionRoad to UFC
DateOctober 23, 2022
VenueEtihad Arena
CityAbu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Main Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Featherweight Yi Zha def. Koyomi Matsushima Decision (split) (27–30, 29–28, 29–28) 3 5:00 [lower-alpha 1]
Flyweight Choi Seung Guk def. Qiu Lun Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) 3 5:00 [lower-alpha 2]
Lightweight Jeka Saragih def. Ki Won Bin KO (punch) 1 2:41 [lower-alpha 3]
Featherweight Keisuke Sasu def. Balajin Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) 3 5:00
  1. Featherweight semifinals
  2. Flyweight semifinals
  3. Lightweight semifinals

Episode 6
Road to UFC: Episode 6
Information
PromotionRoad to UFC
DateOctober 23, 2022
VenueEtihad Arena
CityAbu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Main Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Featherweight Lee Jeong-yeong def. Lu Kai KO (punches) 1 0:42 [lower-alpha 1]
Bantamweight Rinya Nakamura def. Shohei Nose KO (punches) 1 2:21 [lower-alpha 2]
Flyweight Park Hyun Sung def. Topnoi Kiwram Submission (rear-naked choke) 1 3:05 [lower-alpha 3]
Lightweight Anshul Jubli def. Kim Kyung Pyo Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) 3 5:00 [lower-alpha 4]
Catchweight (175 lbs) Samandar Murodov def. Gian Siqueira Submission (rear-naked choke) 1 4:59 [lower-alpha 5]
  1. Featherweight semifinals
  2. Bantamweight semifinals
  3. Flyweight semifinals
  4. Lightweight semifinals
  5. Siqueira missed weight (175 lbs)

Flyweight tournament bracket
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
South Korea Choi Seung Guk UD
 
 
 
Indonesia Rama Supandhi 3
 
South Korea Choi Seung Guk UD
 
 
 
China Qiu Lun 3
 
China Qiu Lun UD
 
 
 
Philippines Wallen Del Rosario 3
 
South Korea Choi Seung Guk3
 
 
 
 South Korea Park Hyun SungSUB
 
Thailand Topnoi Kiwram UD
 
 
 
Japan Yuma Horiuchi 3
 
Thailand Topnoi Kiwram1
 
 
 
South Korea Park Hyun Sung SUB
 
South Korea Park Hyun Sung TKO
 
 
Indonesia Jeremia Siregar 1
 

Bantamweight tournament bracket
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
Japan Shohei Nose TKO
 
 
 
China Wuliji Buren 1
 
Japan Shohei Nose 1
 
 
 
 Japan Rinya NakamuraTKO
 
Japan Rinya NakamuraSUB
 
 
 
Indonesia Gugun Gusman 1
 
Japan Rinya NakamuraKO
 
 
 
 Japan Toshiomi Kazama 1
 
South Korea Kim Min Woo* BYE
 
 
 
China Xiao Long —
 
South Korea Kim Min Woo —
 
 
 
 Japan Toshiomi Kazama** BYE
 
Japan Toshiomi KazamaUD
 
 
China Maimaitituoheti Keremuaili3
 

* Xiao Long withdrew due to illness during fight week and no replacement was able to be found.
** Min Woo Kim missed weight (139.5 lbs), therefore the bout was canceled and Kazama proceeded to final

Featherweight tournament bracket
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
China Lu Kai TKO
 
 
 
Indonesia Angga Hans2
 
China Lu Kai 1
 
 
 
South Korea Lee Jeong YeongKO
 
South Korea Lee Jeong Yeong SUB
 
 
 
China Xie Bin 1
 
South Korea Lee Jeong YeongSD
 
 
 
 China Yi Zha3
 
Japan Koyomi Matsushima SD
 
 
 
South Korea Hong Jun Young 3
 
Japan Koyomi Matsushima 3
 
 
 
China Yi Zha SD
 
China Yi ZhaSUB
 
 
Japan Keisuke Sasu 1
 

Lightweight tournament bracket
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
South Korea Ki Won BinTKO
 
 
 
Japan Jinnosuke Kashimura 1
 
South Korea Ki Won Bin1
 
 
 
Indonesia Jeka Saragih KO
 
Indonesia Jeka Saragih KO
 
 
 
India Pawan Maan Singh 3
 
Indonesia Jeka Saragih2
 
 
 
 India Anshul JubliTKO
 
India Anshul Jubli* BYE
 
 
 
Japan Patrick Sho Usami –
 
India Anshul Jubli SD
 
 
 
South Korea Kim Kyung Pyo 3
 
South Korea Kim Kyung Pyo KO
 
 
China Asikeerbai Jinensibieke 1
 

* Patrick Sho Usami suffered weight cut issues the day of weigh ins and no replacement was found.

See also

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