Road to UFC Season 1 is the 2022 cycle of

Road to UFC Road to UFC is a recurring mixed martial arts (MMA) event series in which top Asian MMA prospects compete to win contracts with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Overview Structured into "seasons" and "episodes," it features a number of ...

, a

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event series in which top Asian MMA prospects compete to win contracts with the

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(UFC). It features four divisions—

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and

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—each for which eight fighters compete in a "win-and-advance" tournament format. The tournament winner for each division is awarded a UFC contract. Each event in the series features five bouts including one non-tournament bout. The opening quarterfinal round of the tournament was held across two days, June 9–10, 2022 at

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, with two five-bout events for each day for a total of 10 bouts per day, ahead of the pay-per-view event

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on June 11. The contestants for the tournament came from China (through the UFC Academy), India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, the Philippines, and Thailand. The semifinals took place on October 23, 2022 – a day after UFC 281 – in

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. The finals were initially scheduled to take place in

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on February 4, 2023 at UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivak. However, the location for the event was changed to

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with the date kept intact.

Episode 1

Episode 2

Episode 3

Episode 4

Episode 5

Episode 6

Flyweight tournament bracket

Bantamweight tournament bracket

''* 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

Lightweight tournament bracket

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

External links

Road to UFC

References

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