# Road to UFC Season 3

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).

## Background

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. 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.
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. The semifinals were held at the UFC Apex facility on August 23, 2024. The finals are scheduled for UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Figueiredo on November 23, 2024.

## Episode 1

* ↑ Road to UFC Season 3 Featherweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
* ↑ Road to UFC Season 3 Featherweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
* ↑ Road to UFC Season 3 Women's Strawweight Tournament Quarterfinal.

## Episode 2

* ↑ Road to UFC Season 3 Featherweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
* ↑ Road to UFC Season 3 Women's Strawweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
* ↑ Road to UFC Season 3 Featherweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
* ↑ Road to UFC Season 3 Women's Strawweight Tournament Quarterfinal.

## Episode 3

* ↑ Road to UFC Season 3 Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
* ↑ Road to UFC Season 3 Flyweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
* ↑ Road to UFC Season 3 Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
* ↑ Road to UFC Season 3 Flyweight Tournament Quarterfinal.

## Episode 4

* ↑ Road to UFC Season 3 Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
* ↑ Road to UFC Season 3 Flyweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
* ↑ Road to UFC Season 3 Flyweight Tournament Quarterfinal.

## Episode 5

* ↑ Road to UFC Season 3 Bantamweight Tournament Semifinal.
* ↑ Road to UFC Season 3 Flyweight Tournament Semifinal.
* ↑ Road to UFC Season 3 Bantamweight Tournament Semifinal.
* ↑ Road to UFC Season 3 Flyweight Tournament Semifinal.

## Episode 6

* ↑ Road to UFC Season 3 Featherweight Tournament Semifinal.
* ↑ Road to UFC Season 3 Women's Strawweight Tournament Semifinal.
* ↑ Road to UFC Season 3 Featherweight Tournament Semifinal.
* ↑ Road to UFC Season 3 Women's Strawweight Tournament Semifinal.
* ↑ Piersma missed weight (174 lb).

## Brackets
### Flyweight

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Yin Shuai | 3 | | |
| Kiru Singh Sahota | SD | | |
| Kiru Singh Sahota | SD | Kiru Singh Sahota | UD |
| | | Ruel Pañales | 3 |
| Ruel Pañales* | BYE | Ruel Pañales | 3 |
| Toki Matsui | – | | | | |
| Toki Matsui | – | | | Kiru Singh Sahota | 1 |
| | | | | Dong Hun Choi | KO |
| Ji Niushiyue | 3 | | | Dong Hun Choi | KO |
| Dong Hun Choi | SD | | | | |
| Dong Hun Choi | SD | Dong Hun Choi | SD | | |
| | | Angad Bisht | 3 |
| Angad Bisht | TKO | Angad Bisht | 3 |
| John Dave Almanza | 1 | | |
*Toki Matsui missed weight (132 lbs), therefore the bout was cancelled and Pañales proceeded to the semi-finals

### Bantamweight

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Kyu Sung Kim | 3 | | |
| Tokitaka Nakanishi | UD | | |
| Tokitaka Nakanishi | UD | Tokitaka Nakanishi | 3 |
| | | Baergeng Jieleyisi | UD |
| Li Yunfeng | 2 | Baergeng Jieleyisi | UD |
| Baergeng Jieleyisi | SUB | | | | |
| Baergeng Jieleyisi | SUB | | | Baergeng Jieleyisi | 3 |
| | | | | Su Young You | UD |
| Ren Ozaki | 3 | | | Su Young You | UD |
| Daermisi Zhawupasi | UD | | | | |
| Daermisi Zhawupasi | UD | Daermisi Zhawupasi | 3 | | |
| | | Su Young You | SD |
| Su Young You | UD | Su Young You | SD |
| Shohei Nose | 3 | | |

### Featherweight

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final |
| Xie Bin | UD | | |
| Yibugele | 3 | | |
| Yibugele | 3 | Xie Bin | KO |
| | | Masuto Kawana | 3 |
| Young Jae Song | 3 | Masuto Kawana | 3 |
| Masuto Kawana | UD | | | |
| Masuto Kawana | UD | | | Xie Bin |
| | | | | Zhu Kangjie |
| Zhu Kangjie | UD | | | Zhu Kangjie |
| Tatsuya Ando | 3 | | | |
| Tatsuya Ando | 3 | Zhu Kangjie | SD | |
| | | Shin Haraguchi | 3 |
| Jun Young Hong | 3 | Shin Haraguchi | 3 |
| Shin Haraguchi | UD | | |

### Women's Strawweight

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Priya Sharma | 3 | | |
| Dong Huaxiang | UD | | |
| Dong Huaxiang | UD | Dong Huaxiang | 3 |
| | | Shi Ming | SD |
| Ye Dam Seo | 3 | Shi Ming | SD |
| Shi Ming | UD | | | | |
| Shi Ming | UD | | | Shi Ming | KO |
| | | | | Feng Xiaocan | 3 |
| Feng Xiaocan | TKO | | | Feng Xiaocan | 3 |
| Kiran Singh | 1 | | | | |
| Kiran Singh | 1 | Feng Xiaocan | UD | | |
| | | Miki Motono | 3 |
| Miki Motono* | BYE | Miki Motono | 3 |
| Huang Feier | – | | |
* Huang Feier missed weight (116.7 lbs), therefore the bout was canceled and Motono proceeded to semi-final