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Road to UFC Season 1 Promotion UFC First date aired June 9, 2022 (2022-06-09 )
Road to UFC Season 1 [ 1] is the 2022 cycle of Road to UFC , a mixed martial arts event series in which top Asian MMA prospects compete to win contracts with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). It features four divisions—flyweight , bantamweight , featherweight and lightweight —each for which eight fighters compete in a "win-and-advance" tournament format.[ 2] The tournament winner for each division is awarded a UFC contract. Each event in the series features five bouts including one non-tournament bout.[ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
The opening quarterfinal round of the tournament was 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.[ 3] [ 6] The contestants for the tournament came from China (through the UFC Academy), India,[ 7] Indonesia, Japan, Korea, the Philippines, and Thailand.[ 8] [ 1] The semifinals took place on October 23, 2022 – a day after UFC 281 – in Abu Dhabi , UAE .[ 9] 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.[ 10]
Main Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Weight class
Method
Round
Time
Notes
Featherweight
Yi Zha
def.
Keisuke Sasu
Submission (rear-naked choke)
1
2:14
[ a]
Lightweight
Ki Won Bin
def.
Jinnosuke Kashimura
TKO (elbows)
1
4:45
[ b]
Bantamweight
Toshiomi Kazama
def.
Maimaitituoheti Keremuaili
Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28)
3
5:00
[ c]
Flyweight
Choi Seung Guk
def.
Rama Supandhi
Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)
3
5:00
[ d]
Light Heavyweight
Zhang Mingyang
def.
George Tokkos
KO (punches)
1
3:57
[ 11]
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
[ a]
Flyweight
Qiu Lun
def.
Wallen Del Rosario
Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)
3
5:00
[ b]
Lightweight
Jeka Saragih
def.
Pawan Maan Singh
KO (spinning backfist)
3
2:24
[ c]
Flyweight
Takeru Uchida
def.
Shaun Etchell
Submission (rear-naked choke)
1
3:26
[ 12]
Main Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Weight class
Method
Round
Time
Notes
Featherweight
Lee Jeong-yeong
def.
Xie Bin
Submission (armbar)
1
0:36
[ a]
Flyweight
Topnoi Kiwram
def.
Yuma Horiuchi
Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–27, 29–27)
3
5:00
[ b]
Bantamweight
Rinya Nakamura
def.
Gugun Gusman
Submission (keylock)
1
3:24
[ c]
Women's Strawweight
Josefine Lindgren Knutsson
def.
Seo Ye Dam
Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–26)
3
5:00
[ 13]
Main Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Weight class
Method
Round
Time
Notes
Bantamweight
Shohei Nose
def.
Wuliji Buren
TKO (knee injury)
1
1:13
[ a]
Lightweight
Kim Kyung Pyo
def.
Asikeerbai Jinensibieke
KO (punches)
1
0:30
[ b]
Featherweight
Lu Kai
def.
Angga Hans
TKO (punches)
2
4:33
[ c]
Flyweight
Park Hyun Sung
def.
Jeremia Siregar
TKO (punches)
1
3:56
[ d]
Welterweight
Han Seul Kim
def.
John Adajar
Submission (triangle armbar)
1
4:37
[ 14]
Road to UFC: Episode 5 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
[ a]
Flyweight
Choi Seung Guk
def.
Qiu Lun
Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)
3
5:00
[ b]
Lightweight
Jeka Saragih
def.
Ki Won Bin
KO (punch)
1
2:41
[ c]
Featherweight
Keisuke Sasu
def.
Balajin
Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28)
3
5:00
Road to UFC: Episode 6 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
[ a]
Bantamweight
Rinya Nakamura
def.
Shohei Nose
KO (punches)
1
2:21
[ b]
Flyweight
Park Hyun Sung
def.
Topnoi Kiwram
Submission (rear-naked choke)
1
3:05
[ c]
Lightweight
Anshul Jubli
def.
Kim Kyung Pyo
Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28)
3
5:00
[ d]
Catchweight (175 lbs)
Samandar Murodov
def.
Gian Siqueira
Submission (rear-naked choke)
1
4:59
[ e]
Flyweight tournament bracket [ edit ]
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 Guk3
Park Hyun Sung SUB
Topnoi Kiwram UD
Yuma Horiuchi 3
Topnoi Kiwram1
Park Hyun Sung SUB
Park Hyun Sung TKO
Jeremia Siregar 1
Bantamweight tournament bracket [ edit ]
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 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 [ edit ]
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
Lu Kai TKO
Angga Hans2
Lu Kai 1
Lee Jeong Yeong KO
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 [ edit ]
* Patrick Sho Usami suffered weight cut issues the day of weigh ins and no replacement was found.
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