Road to UFC Season 3 | |
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Information | |
Promotion | UFC |
First date aired | May 18, 2024 |
Road to UFC Season 3 is the 2024 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] [2]
The event series features four divisions—flyweight, bantamweight, featherweight, and, notably, women's strawweight (replacing lightweight)—each for which eight fighters compete in a "win-and-advance" tournament format. [3] The tournament winner of each division is awarded a UFC contract. Each event within the series contains five bouts, one of which is a non-tournament match-up. [4]
The inaugural quarterfinal stage of the tournament took place over two days, May 18-19, 2024, at the UFC Performance Institute Shanghai, with two five-bout events for each day for a total of 10 bouts per day. [4] The semifinals were held at the UFC Apex facility on August 23, 2024. [5] The finals took place at UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Figueiredo on November 23, 2024. [6]
Road to UFC: Episode 1 | |
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Promotion | Road to UFC |
Date | May 18, 2024 |
Venue | UFC Performance Institute Shanghai |
City | Shanghai, China |
Main Card (UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Featherweight | Zhu Kangjie | def. | Tatsuya Ando | Decision (unanimous) (30–26, 30–26, 30–25) | 3 | 5:00 | [a] |
Featherweight | Shin Haraguchi | def. | Jun Young Hong | Decision (unanimous) (30–25, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | [b] |
Women's Strawweight | Feng Xiaocan | def. | Kiran Singh | TKO (punches) | 1 | 2:03 | [c] |
Welterweight | Bahatebole Batebolati | def. | Han Seul Kim | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 |
Road to UFC: Episode 2 | |
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Promotion | Road to UFC |
Date | May 18, 2024 |
Venue | UFC Performance Institute Shanghai |
City | Shanghai, China |
Main Card (UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Featherweight | Xie Bin | def. | Yibugele | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | [a] |
Women's Strawweight | Shi Ming | def. | Ye Dam Seo | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [b] |
Featherweight | Masuto Kawana | def. | Young Jae Song | Decision (unanimous) (30–26, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | [c] |
Women's Strawweight | Dong Huaxiang | def. | Priya Sharma | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | [d] |
Women's Flyweight | Wang Cong | def. | Paula Luna | Submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 3:04 |
Road to UFC: Episode 3 | |
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Promotion | Road to UFC |
Date | May 19, 2024 |
Venue | UFC Performance Institute Shanghai |
City | Shanghai, China |
Main Card (UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Bantamweight | Daermisi Zhawupasi | def. | Ren Ozaki | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [a] |
Flyweight | Angad Bisht | def. | John Dave Almanza | TKO (elbows and punches) | 1 | 3:39 | [b] |
Bantamweight | Su Young You | def. | Shohei Nose | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [c] |
Flyweight | Dong Hun Choi | def. | Ji Niushiyue | Decision (split) (29–28, 29–28, 28–29) | 3 | 5:00 | [d] |
Lightweight | Won Bin Ki | def. | Tatsuya Saika | TKO (punches) | 2 | 0:51 |
Road to UFC: Episode 4 | |
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Promotion | Road to UFC |
Date | May 19, 2024 |
Venue | UFC Performance Institute Shanghai |
City | Shanghai, China |
Main Card (UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Bantamweight | Baergeng Jieleyisi | def. | Li Yunfeng | Technical Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 4:25 | [a] |
Flyweight | Kiru Singh Sahota | def. | Yin Shuai | Decision (split) (29–28, 27–30, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [b] |
Bantamweight | Tokitaka Nakanishi | def. | Kyu Sung Kim | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–27) | 3 | 5:00 | [c] |
Women's Flyweight | Yan Qihui | def. | Lisa Kyriacou | Decision (split) (30–27, 28–29, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 |
Road to UFC: Episode 5 | |
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Promotion | Road to UFC |
Date | August 23, 2024 |
Venue | UFC Apex |
City | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
Main Card (UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Bantamweight | Baergeng Jieleyisi | def. | Tokitaka Nakanishi | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [a] |
Flyweight | Dong Hun Choi | def. | Angad Bisht | Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [b] |
Bantamweight | Su Young You | def. | Daermisi Zhawupasi | Decision (split) (30–27, 28–29, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [c] |
Flyweight | Kiru Singh Sahota | def. | Ruel Pañales | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [d] |
Women's Flyweight | Danni McCormack | def. | Yan Qihui | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–27) | 3 | 5:00 |
Road to UFC: Episode 6 | |
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Promotion | Road to UFC |
Date | August 23, 2024 |
Venue | UFC Apex |
City | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
Main Card (UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Featherweight | Xie Bin | def. | Masuto Kawana | KO (punches) | 1 | 4:17 | [a] |
Women's Strawweight | Shi Ming | vs. | Dong Huaxiang | Decision (split) (29–28, 27–30, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [b] |
Featherweight | Zhu Kangjie | def. | Shin Haraguchi | Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [c] |
Women's Strawweight | Feng Xiaocan | def. | Miki Motono | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [d] |
Welterweight | Samandar Murodov | def. | Jonathan Piersma | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | [e] |
*Toki Matsui missed weight (132 lbs), therefore the bout was cancelled and Pañales proceeded to the semi-finals
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* Huang Feier missed weight (116.7 lbs), therefore the bout was canceled and Motono proceeded to semi-final