| Road to UFC Season 2 | |
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| Information | |
| Promotion | UFC |
| First date aired | May 27, 2023 |
Road to UFC Season 2 is the 2023 cycle of Road to UFC, a mixed martial arts (MMA) event series in which top Asian MMA prospects compete to win contracts with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). [1]
The event series 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 is to feature five bouts including one non-tournament bout. [3] [4]
The opening quarterfinal round of the tournament was held across two days, May 27-28, 2023 at the UFC Performance Institute Shanghai, with two five-bout events for each day for a total of 10 bouts per day. [5] The semifinals took place on August 27, 2023 – a day after UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. The Korean Zombie – at Singapore Indoor Stadium. [6] The finals were held at the UFC Apex facility on February 3, 2024. [7]
| Road to UFC: Episode 1 | |
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| Promotion | Road to UFC |
| Date | May 27, 2023 |
| Venue | UFC Performance Institute Shanghai |
| City | Shanghai, China |
| Main Card (UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Featherweight | Kim Sang-won | def. | Keisuke Sasu | KO (punches) | 2 | 1:42 | [a] |
| Flyweight | Mark Climaco | def. | Lee Jung-hyun | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | [b] |
| Featherweight | Yi Zha | def. | Wuziazibieke Jiahefu | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 2:28 | [c] |
| Flyweight | Rei Tsuruya | def. | Ronal Siahaan | Submission (scarf hold armlock) | 2 | 1:19 | [d] |
| Flyweight | Nyamjargal Tumendemberel | def. | Topnoi Kiwram | Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Road to UFC: Episode 2 | |
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| Promotion | Road to UFC |
| Date | May 27, 2023 |
| Venue | UFC Performance Institute Shanghai |
| City | Shanghai, China |
| Main Card (UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Featherweight | Li Kaiwen | def. | Lu Kai | KO (punches) | 1 | 1:11 | [a] |
| Flyweight | Choi Seung-guk | def. | Sumit Kumar | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [b] |
| Featherweight | Kouya Kanda | def. | Yibugele | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [c] |
| Flyweight | Ji Niushiyue | def. | Billy Pasulatan | TKO (punches) | 1 | 3:04 | [d] |
| Welterweight | Taiyilake Nueraji | def. | Kim Han-seul | KO (elbow) | 2 | 1:38 | |
| Road to UFC: Episode 3 | |
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| Promotion | Road to UFC |
| Date | May 28, 2023 |
| Venue | UFC Performance Institute Shanghai |
| City | Shanghai, China |
| Main Card (UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Lightweight | Rong Zhu | def. | Hong Seong-chan | TKO (punches) | 1 | 2:17 | [a] |
| Bantamweight | Shuya Kamikubo | def. | Jieleyisi Baergeng | Decision (split) (30–27, 28–29, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [b] |
| Lightweight | Kim Sang-wook | def. | Kazuma Maruyama | Submission (barbo choke) | 1 | 3:08 | [c] |
| Bantamweight | Xiao Long | def. | Shohei Nose | Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [d] |
| Welterweight | Yoo Sang-hoon | def. | Chris Hofmann | TKO (knee and punches) | 3 | 3:10 | |
| Road to UFC: Episode 4 | |
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| Promotion | Road to UFC |
| Date | May 28, 2023 |
| Venue | UFC Performance Institute Shanghai |
| City | Shanghai, China |
| Main Card (UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Lightweight | Batebolati Bahatebole | def. | Ki Won-bin | Disqualification (punches to back of head) | 2 | 2:22 | [a] |
| Bantamweight | Lee Chang-ho | def. | Rudra Pratap Singh | TKO (elbows and punches) | 1 | 3:52 | [b] |
| Lightweight | Shin Haraguchi | def. | Wendris Patilima | TKO (punches) | 2 | 1:25 | [c] |
| Bantamweight | Daermisi Zhawupasi | def. | Eperaim Ginting | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 0:58 | [d] |
| Flyweight | Peter Danasoe | def. | Sim Kai Xiong | KO (flying knee) | 1 | 4:23 | |
| Road to UFC: Episode 5 | |
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| Promotion | Road to UFC |
| Date | August 27, 2023 |
| Venue | Singapore Indoor Stadium |
| City | Kallang, Singapore |
| Main Card (UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Featherweight | Li Kai Wen | def. | Koya Kanda | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [a] |
| Flyweight | Ji Niushiyue | def. | Choi Seung-guk | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | [b] |
| Featherweight | Yi Zha | def. | Kim Sang-won | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [c] |
| Flyweight | Rei Tsuruya | def. | Mark Climaco | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–27) | 3 | 5:00 | [d] |
| Flyweight | Nyamjargal Tumendemberel | def. | Peter Danasoe | Technical Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 1:02 | |
| Road to UFC: Episode 6 | |
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| Promotion | Road to UFC |
| Date | August 27, 2023 |
| Venue | Singapore Indoor Stadium |
| City | Kallang, Singapore |
| Main Card (UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Lightweight | Shin Haraguchi | def. | Park Jae-hyun | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [a] |
| Bantamweight | Lee Chang-ho | def. | Daermisi Zhawupasi | TKO (punches) | 3 | 3:35 | [b] |
| Featherweight | Rong Zhu | def. | Kim Sang-wook | Decision (unanimous) (30–26, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [c] |
| Bantamweight | Xiao Long | def. | Shuya Kamikubo | Decision (majority) (29–28, 29–27, 28–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [d] |
| Road to UFC: Episode 7 | |
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| Promotion | Road to UFC |
| Date | February 3, 2024 |
| Venue | UFC Apex |
| City | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
The bantamweight final between Xiao Long and Lee Chang-ho was scheduled for this episode. However. Xiao was forced out of the bout due to visa issues and an undisclosed injury. The bout eventually took place at UFC on ABC: Whittaker vs. Aliskerov. [8]
| Main Card (UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Lightweight | Rong Zhu | def. | Shin Haraguchi | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 3 | 3:06 | [a] |
| Featherweight | Yi Zha | def. | Li Kai Wen | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 3:03 | [b] |
| Flyweight | Rei Tsuruya | def. | Ji Niushiyue | TKO (punches) | 1 | 4:59 | [c] |
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
 Rei Tsuruya | SUB | |||||||||
 Ronal Siahaan | 2 | |||||||||
| Rei Tsuruya | UD | |||||||||
 Mark Climaco | 3 | |||||||||
| Mark Climaco | UD | |||||||||
 Lee Jung-hyun | 3 | |||||||||
| Rei Tsuruya | TKO | |||||||||
 Ji Niushiyue | 1 | |||||||||
| Ji Niushiyue | TKO | |||||||||
| Billy Pasulatan | 1 | |||||||||
| Ji Niushiyue | UD | |||||||||
| Choi Seung-guk | 3 | |||||||||
 Sumit Kumar | 3 | |||||||||
| Choi Seung-guk | UD | |||||||||
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Xiao Long | SD | |||||||||
| Shohei Nose | 3 | |||||||||
| Xiao Long | MD | |||||||||
| Shuya Kamikubo | 3 | |||||||||
| Shuya Kamikubo | SD | |||||||||
| Jieleyisi Baergeng | 3 | |||||||||
| Xiao Long | 3 | |||||||||
| Lee Chang-ho | SD | |||||||||
| Eperaim Ginting | 1 | |||||||||
| Daermisi Zhawupasi | SUB | |||||||||
| Daermisi Zhawupasi | 3 | |||||||||
| Lee Chang-ho | TKO | |||||||||
| Lee Chang-ho | TKO | |||||||||
| Rudra Pratap Singh | 1 | |||||||||
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Yi Zha | SUB | |||||||||
| Wuziazibieke Jiahefu | 1 | |||||||||
| Yi Zha | UD | |||||||||
| Kim Sang-won | 3 | |||||||||
| Keisuke Sasu | 2 | |||||||||
| Kim Sang-won | KO | |||||||||
| Yi Zha | SUB | |||||||||
| Li Kai Wen | 1 | |||||||||
| Yibugele | 3 | |||||||||
| Kouya Kanda | UD | |||||||||
| Kouya Kanda | 3 | |||||||||
| Li Kai Wen | UD | |||||||||
| Li Kai Wen | KO | |||||||||
| Lu Kai | 1 | |||||||||
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Hong Seong-chan | 1 | |||||||||
| Rong Zhu | TKO | |||||||||
| Rong Zhu | UD | |||||||||
| Kim Sang-wook | 3 | |||||||||
| Kazuma Maruyama | 1 | |||||||||
| Kim Sang-wook | SUB | |||||||||
| Rong Zhu | SUB | |||||||||
| Shin Haraguchi | 3 | |||||||||
| Wendris Patilima | 2 | |||||||||
| Shin Haraguchi | TKO | |||||||||
| Shin Haraguchi | UD | |||||||||
| Park Jae-hyun* | 3 | |||||||||
| Ki Won-bin | 2 | |||||||||
| Batebolati Bahatebole | DQ | |||||||||
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