Road to UFC (2022)
| Road to UFC | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Sports |
| Created by | Dana White |
| Starring | Dana White |
| Country of origin | Singapore |
| Release | |
| Original release | June 9, 2022 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Road to UFC: Japan |
| External links | |
| [{{#property:P856}} Website] | |
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]
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]
Contents
Episode 1
| Road to UFC: Episode 1 | |
|---|---|
| Information | |
| Promotion | Road to UFC |
| Date | June 9, 2022 |
| Venue | Singapore Indoor Stadium |
| City | Kallang, 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 | |
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| Road to UFC: Episode 2 | |
|---|---|
| Information | |
| Promotion | Road to UFC |
| Date | June 9, 2022 |
| Venue | Singapore Indoor Stadium |
| City | Kallang, 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 5] |
| Flyweight | Qiu Lun | def. | Wallen Del Rosario | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 6] |
| Lightweight | Jeka Saragih | def. | Pawan Maan Singh | KO (spinning backfist) | 3 | 2:24 | [lower-alpha 7] |
| Flyweight | Takeru Uchida | def. | Shaun Etchell | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 3:26 | |
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| Road to UFC: Episode 3 | |
|---|---|
| Information | |
| Promotion | Road to UFC |
| Date | June 10, 2022 |
| Venue | Singapore Indoor Stadium |
| City | Kallang, 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 8] |
| Flyweight | Topnoi Kiwram | def. | Yuma Horiuchi | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–27, 29–27) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 9] |
| Bantamweight | Rinya Nakamura | def. | Gugun Gusman | Submission (keylock) | 1 | 3:24 | [lower-alpha 10] |
| Women's Strawweight | Josefine Lindgren Knutsson | def. | Seo Ye Dam | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–26) | 3 | 5:00 | |
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| Road to UFC: Episode 4 | |
|---|---|
| Information | |
| Promotion | Road to UFC |
| Date | June 10, 2022 |
| Venue | Singapore Indoor Stadium |
| City | Kallang, 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 11] |
| Lightweight | Kim Kyung Pyo | def. | Asikeerbai Jinensibieke | KO (punches) | 1 | 0:30 | [lower-alpha 12] |
| Featherweight | Lu Kai | def. | Angga Hans | TKO (punches) | 2 | 4:33 | [lower-alpha 13] |
| Flyweight | Park Hyun Sung | def. | Jeremia Siregar | TKO (punches) | 1 | 3:56 | [lower-alpha 14] |
| Welterweight | Han Seul Kim | def. | John Adajar | Submission (triangle armbar) | 1 | 4:37 | |
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<references />, or <references group="..." />Episode 5
| Road to UFC: Episode 5 | |
|---|---|
| Information | |
| Promotion | Road to UFC |
| Date | October 23, 2022 |
| Venue | Etihad Arena |
| City | Abu 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 15] |
| Flyweight | Choi Seung Guk | def. | Qiu Lun | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 16] |
| Lightweight | Jeka Saragih | def. | Ki Won Bin | KO (punch) | 1 | 2:41 | [lower-alpha 17] |
| Featherweight | Keisuke Sasu | def. | Balajin | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
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<references />, or <references group="..." />Episode 6
| Road to UFC: Episode 6 | |
|---|---|
| Information | |
| Promotion | Road to UFC |
| Date | October 23, 2022 |
| Venue | Etihad Arena |
| City | Abu 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 18] |
| Bantamweight | Rinya Nakamura | def. | Shohei Nose | KO (punches) | 1 | 2:21 | [lower-alpha 19] |
| Flyweight | Park Hyun Sung | def. | Topnoi Kiwram | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 3:05 | [lower-alpha 20] |
| Lightweight | Anshul Jubli | def. | Kim Kyung Pyo | Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 21] |
| Catchweight (175 lbs) | Samandar Murodov | def. | Gian Siqueira | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 4:59 | [lower-alpha 22] |
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| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
 Choi Seung Guk |
UD | |||||||||
 Rama Supandhi |
3 | |||||||||
| Choi Seung Guk |
UD | |||||||||
 Qiu Lun |
3 | |||||||||
| Qiu Lun |
UD | |||||||||
 Wallen Del Rosario |
3 | |||||||||
| Choi Seung Guk |
3 | |||||||||
| 'Park Hyun Sung |
SUB | |||||||||
 Topnoi Kiwram |
UD | |||||||||
 Yuma Horiuchi |
3 | |||||||||
| Topnoi Kiwram |
1 | |||||||||
| Park Hyun Sung |
SUB | |||||||||
| Park Hyun Sung |
TKO | |||||||||
| Jeremia Siregar |
1 | |||||||||
Bantamweight tournament bracket
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Shohei Nose |
TKO | |||||||||
| Wuliji Buren |
1 | |||||||||
| Shohei Nose |
1 | |||||||||
| Rinya Nakamura |
TKO | |||||||||
| Rinya Nakamura |
SUB | |||||||||
| Gugun Gusman |
1 | |||||||||
| Rinya Nakamura |
KO | |||||||||
| Toshiomi Kazama |
1 | |||||||||
| Kim Min Woo* |
BYE | |||||||||
| Xiao Long |
— | |||||||||
| Kim Min Woo |
— | |||||||||
| Toshiomi Kazama** |
BYE | |||||||||
| Toshiomi Kazama |
UD | |||||||||
| Maimaitituoheti Keremuaili |
3 | |||||||||
* 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-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Lu Kai |
TKO | |||||||||
| Angga Hans |
2 | |||||||||
| Lu Kai |
1 | |||||||||
| Lee Jeong Yeong |
KO
|
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| Lee Jeong Yeong |
SUB | |||||||||
| Xie Bin |
1 | |||||||||
| Lee Jeong Yeong |
SD | |||||||||
| Yi Zha |
3 | |||||||||
| Koyomi Matsushima |
SD | |||||||||
| Hong Jun Young |
3 | |||||||||
| Koyomi Matsushima |
3 | |||||||||
| Yi Zha |
SD
|
|||||||||
| Yi Zha |
SUB | |||||||||
| Keisuke Sasu |
1 | |||||||||
Lightweight tournament bracket
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 'Ki Won Bin |
TKO | |||||||||
| Jinnosuke Kashimura |
1 | |||||||||
| Ki Won Bin |
1 | |||||||||
| Jeka Saragih |
KO | |||||||||
| Jeka Saragih |
KO | |||||||||
 Pawan Maan Singh |
3 | |||||||||
| Jeka Saragih |
2 | |||||||||
| Anshul Jubli |
TKO | |||||||||
| Anshul Jubli* |
BYE | |||||||||
| Patrick Sho Usami |
– | |||||||||
| Anshul Jubli |
SD | |||||||||
| Kim Kyung Pyo |
3 | |||||||||
| Kim Kyung Pyo |
KO | |||||||||
| Asikeerbai Jinensibieke |
1 | |||||||||
* Patrick Sho Usami suffered weight cut issues the day of weigh ins and no replacement was found.
External links
See also
References
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