Road to UFC Season 2 explained
Road to UFC Season 2 is the 2023 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]
Background
The event series features four divisions—, bantamweight, featherweight and lightweight—each for which eight fighters compete in a "win-and-advance" tournament format.[2] 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.[3] [4]
The opening quarterfinal round of the tournament is to be held across two days, May 27-28, 2023 at the UFC Performance Institute Shanghai, with two five-bout events for each day for a total of 10 bouts per day.[5]
Episode 1
Episode 2
Episode 3
Episode 4
Episode 5
Episode 6
Episode 7
Lightweight tournament bracket
- Park Jae-hyun, who was scheduled to fight Quillan Salkilld in a non-tournament bout, replaced Batebolati Bahatebole who weighed in at 161lbs and was not medically cleared to fight.
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See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Tabuena . Anton . 2022-05-23 . Road to UFC: Four Asian tournament brackets, non-tournament bouts finalized . 2022-05-23 . Bloody Elbow . en.
- See single-elimination tournament.
- Web site: Pettry . Jay . 22 April 2022 . UFC Launching 'Road to UFC' Tourney in Singapore, Featuring 4 Brackets in June . Sherdog . 2022-05-03 .
- Web site: 2022-05-23 . ROAD TO UFC Opening Round Bouts Announced Taiwan News 2022-05-23 10:00:00 . 2022-05-23 . Taiwan News.
- Web site: 2023-04-10 . Road To UFC Season 2 Participants Announced UFC . 2023-04-11 . www.ufc.com . en.