Road to UFC is a 2023 Ultimate Fighting Championship mixed martial arts event series in which top Asian MMA prospects compete in a tournament to win UFC contracts. The event series features four divisions—flyweight, bantamweight, featherweight and lightweight—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 is to feature five bouts including one non-tournament bout.
Episode 1
Shanghai: Episode 1
May 27, 2023
The ROAD TO UFC Season 2, Episode 1 round features 4 tournament bouts and 1 featured bout that pits prospects Top Noi Kiwram vs. Nyamjargal Tumbendemberel, the first live evnet from the UFC PI Shanghai, the world's largest, state-of-the-art MMA training and development facility, on May 27, 2023.
Episode 2
Shanghai: Episode 2
May 27, 2023
The ROAD TO UFC Season 2, Episode 2, the opening round continues with 4 tournaments bouts and one featured fight that pits prospects Taiyilake Nueraji vs. HanSeul Kim, the first live event from the UFC PI Shanghai, the world's largest, state-of-the-art MMA training and developmental facility, on May 27, 2023.
Episode 3
Shanghai: Episode 3
May 28, 2023
Episode 4
Shanghai: Episode 4
May 28, 2023