# Road to UFC Season 1

Road to UFC Season 1 is the 2022 cycle of Road to UFC, a mixed martial arts event series in which top Asian MMA prospects compete to win contracts with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). It 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 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 Singapore Indoor Stadium, with two five-bout events for each day for a total of 10 bouts per day, ahead of the pay-per-view event UFC 275 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 Abu Dhabi, UAE. The finals were initially scheduled to take place in Seoul, South Korea on February 4, 2023 at UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivak. However, the location for the event was changed to Las Vegas, Nevada with the date kept intact.

## Episode 1

* ↑ Featherweight quarterfinals
* ↑ Lightweight quarterfinals
* ↑ Bantamweight quarterfinals
* ↑ Flyweight quarterfinals

## Episode 2

* ↑ Featherweight quarterfinals
* ↑ Flyweight quarterfinals
* ↑ Lightweight quarterfinals

## Episode 3

* ↑ Featherweight quarterfinals
* ↑ Flyweight quarterfinals
* ↑ Bantamweight quarterfinals

## Episode 4

* ↑ Bantamweight quarterfinals
* ↑ Lightweight quarterfinals
* ↑ Featherweight quarterfinals
* ↑ Flyweight quarterfinals

## Episode 5

* ↑ Featherweight semifinals
* ↑ Flyweight semifinals
* ↑ Lightweight semifinals

## Episode 6

* ↑ Featherweight semifinals
* ↑ Bantamweight semifinals
* ↑ Flyweight semifinals
* ↑ Lightweight semifinals
* ↑ Siqueira missed weight (175 lbs)

## Flyweight tournament bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Choi Seung Guk | UD | | |
| Rama Supandhi | 3 | | |
| Rama Supandhi | 3 | Choi Seung Guk | UD |
| | | Qiu Lun | 3 |
| Qiu Lun | UD | Qiu Lun | 3 |
| Wallen Del Rosario | 3 | | | | |
| Wallen Del Rosario | 3 | | | Choi Seung Guk | 3 |
| | | | | Park Hyun Sung | SUB |
| Topnoi Kiwram | UD | | | Park Hyun Sung | SUB |
| Yuma Horiuchi | 3 | | | | |
| Yuma Horiuchi | 3 | Topnoi Kiwram | 1 | | |
| | | Park Hyun Sung | SUB |
| Park Hyun Sung | TKO | Park Hyun Sung | SUB |
| Jeremia Siregar | 1 | | |

## Bantamweight tournament bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Shohei Nose | TKO | | |
| Wuliji Buren | 1 | | |
| Wuliji Buren | 1 | Shohei Nose | 1 |
| | | Rinya Nakamura | TKO |
| Rinya Nakamura | SUB | Rinya Nakamura | TKO |
| Gugun Gusman | 1 | | | | |
| Gugun Gusman | 1 | | | Rinya Nakamura | KO |
| | | | | Toshiomi Kazama | 1 |
| Kim Min Woo* | BYE | | | Toshiomi Kazama | 1 |
| Xiao Long | — | | | | |
| Xiao Long | — | Kim Min Woo | — | | |
| | | Toshiomi Kazama** | BYE |
| Toshiomi Kazama | UD | Toshiomi Kazama** | BYE |
| Maimaitituoheti Keremuaili | 3 | | |
* 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

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Lu Kai | TKO | | |
| Angga Hans | 2 | | |
| Angga Hans | 2 | Lu Kai | 1 |
| | | Lee Jeong Yeong | KO |
| Lee Jeong Yeong | SUB | Lee Jeong Yeong | KO |
| Xie Bin | 1 | | | | |
| Xie Bin | 1 | | | Lee Jeong Yeong | SD |
| | | | | Yi Zha | 3 |
| Koyomi Matsushima | SD | | | Yi Zha | 3 |
| Hong Jun Young | 3 | | | | |
| Hong Jun Young | 3 | Koyomi Matsushima | 3 | | |
| | | Yi Zha | SD |
| Yi Zha | SUB | Yi Zha | SD |
| Keisuke Sasu | 1 | | |

## Lightweight tournament bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Ki Won Bin | TKO | | |
| Jinnosuke Kashimura | 1 | | |
| Jinnosuke Kashimura | 1 | Ki Won Bin | 1 |
| | | Jeka Saragih | KO |
| Jeka Saragih | KO | Jeka Saragih | KO |
| Pawan Maan Singh | 3 | | | | |
| Pawan Maan Singh | 3 | | | Jeka Saragih | 2 |
| | | | | Anshul Jubli | TKO |
| Anshul Jubli* | BYE | | | Anshul Jubli | TKO |
| Patrick Sho Usami | – | | | | |
| Patrick Sho Usami | – | Anshul Jubli | SD | | |
| | | Kim Kyung Pyo | 3 |
| Kim Kyung Pyo | KO | Kim Kyung Pyo | 3 |
| Asikeerbai Jinensibieke | 1 | | |
* Patrick Sho Usami suffered weight cut issues the day of weigh ins and no replacement was found.