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Road to UFC Season 4
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PromotionUltimate Fighting Championship
First date airedMay 22, 2025 (2025-05-22)

Road to UFC Season 4 is the 2025 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

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The event series will be feature four divisions—flyweight, bantamweight, featherweight, and lightweight—each for which eight fighters compete in a "win-and-advance" tournament format.[2] 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.[3]

The quarterfinal stage of the tournament will take place over two days on May 22-23, 2025, at the UFC Performance Institute Shanghai, with two five-bout events for each day for a total of 10 bouts per day.[4]

Episode 1

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Road to UFC: Episode 1
PromotionRoad to UFC
DateMay 22, 2025
VenueUFC Performance Institute Shanghai
CityShanghai, China
Main Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Featherweight Sebastian Szalay def. Baergeng Jieleyisi Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) 3 5:00 [a]
Flyweight Yin Shuai def. Kai Yoshida TKO (punches) 1 4:38 [b]
Featherweight Keiichiro Nakamura def. Park Eoh-jin KO (knee) 2 2:24 [c]
Flyweight Namsrai Batbayar def. Wataru Yamauchi KO (punch) 2 0:46 [d]
Women's Strawweight Arisa Matsuda def. Feng Xiaocan Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) 3 5:00
  1. ^ Road to UFC Season 4 Featherweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
  2. ^ Road to UFC Season 4 Flyweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
  3. ^ Road to UFC Season 4 Featherweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
  4. ^ Road to UFC Season 4 Flyweight Tournament Quarterfinal.

Episode 2

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Road to UFC: Episode 2
PromotionRoad to UFC
DateMay 22, 2025
VenueUFC Performance Institute Shanghai
CityShanghai, China
Main Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Featherweight Li Kaiwen def. Seo Dong-hyun TKO (punches) 2 3:21 [a]
Flyweight Agulali def. Mridul Saikia KO (punch) 1 0:37 [b]
Featherweight Yoon Chang-min def. Jin Aoi Decision (split) (30–27, 28–29, 30–27) 3 5:00 [c]
Flyweight Aaron Tau def. Rio Tirto TKO (punches and elbows) 1 1:26 [d]
Lightweight Mansher Khera def. Aziz Khaydarov Decision (unanimous) (30–26, 29–28, 29–28) 3 5:00
  1. ^ Road to UFC Season 4 Featherweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
  2. ^ Road to UFC Season 4 Flyweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
  3. ^ Road to UFC Season 4 Featherweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
  4. ^ Road to UFC Season 4 Flyweight Tournament Quarterfinal.

Episode 3

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Road to UFC: Episode 3
PromotionRoad to UFC
DateMay 23, 2025
VenueUFC Performance Institute Shanghai
CityShanghai, China
Main Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Bantamweight Sulang Langbo def. Peter Danesoe KO (punches) 1 3:48 [a]
Lightweight Park Jae-hyun def. Jack Becker TKO (punches and elbows) 2 3:56 [b]
Bantamweight Sim Kai Xiong def. Kuya Ito Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) 3 5:00 [c]
Lightweight Ren Yawei def. Deni Daffa Technical Submission (guillotine choke) 1 2:01 [d]
Welterweight Kitt Campbell def. Shogo Sato TKO (knee and elbows) 1 0:56
  1. ^ Road to UFC Season 4 Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
  2. ^ Road to UFC Season 4 Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
  3. ^ Road to UFC Season 4 Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
  4. ^ Road to UFC Season 4 Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinal.

Episode 4

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Road to UFC: Episode 4
PromotionRoad to UFC
DateMay 23, 2025
VenueUFC Performance Institute Shanghai
CityShanghai, China
Main Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Featherweight Zhu Kangjie def. Xie Bin Decision (split) (30–27, 28–29, 29–28) 3 5:00 [a]
Lightweight Dom Mar Fan def. Yuji Yannick Ephoeviga Decision (unanimous) (29–27, 29–27, 29–27) 3 5:00 [b]
Bantamweight Lawrence Lui def. Zhang Qinghe Decision (unanimous) (29–27, 29–28, 29–28) 3 5:00 [c]
Lightweight Kim Sang-wook def. Daichi Kamiya TKO (elbows and punches) 2 3:53 [d]
Bantamweight Văn Ý Nghiêm def. Rui Imura KO (punches and elbows) 2 4:04 [e]
  1. ^ Road to UFC Season 3 Featherweight Tournament Final.
  2. ^ Road to UFC Season 4 Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
  3. ^ Road to UFC Season 4 Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
  4. ^ Road to UFC Season 4 Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
  5. ^ Road to UFC Season 4 Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinal.

Tournament brackets

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Lightweight

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
 Japan Yuji Yannick Ephoeviga 3
 
 
 
 Australia Dom Mar Fan UD
 
 Australia Dom Mar Fan
 
 
 
 South Korea Park Jae-hyun
 
Australia Jack Becker 2
 
 
 
 South Korea Park Jae-hyun TKO
 
 
 
 
 
 China Ren Yawei SUB
 
 
 
 Indonesia Deni Daffa 1
 
 China Ren Yawei
 
 
 
 South Korea Kim Sang-wook
 
South Korea Kim Sang-wook TKO
 
 
 Japan Daichi Kamiya 2
 

Featherweight

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
 Japan Keiichiro Nakamura KO
 
 
 
 South Korea Park Eoh-jin 2
 
 Japan Keiichiro Nakamura
 
 
 
 China Li Kaiwen
 
China Li Kaiwen TKO
 
 
 
 South Korea Seo Dong-hyun 2
 
 
 
 
 
 Australia Sebastian Szalay UD
 
 
 
 China Baergeng Jieleyisi 3
 
 Australia Sebastian Szalay
 
 
 
 South Korea Yoon Chang-min
 
Japan Jin Aoi 3
 
 
 South Korea Yoon Chang-min SD
 

Bantamweight

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
 Japan Kuya Ito 3
 
 
 
 Singapore Sim Kai Xiong UD
 
 Singapore Sim Kai Xiong
 
 
 
 China Sulang Rangbo
 
China Sulang Rangbo KO
 
 
 
 Thailand Peter Danesoe 1
 
 
 
 
 
 China Zhang Qinghe 3
 
 
 
 New Zealand Lawrence Lui UD
 
 New Zealand Lawrence Lui
 
 
 
 Vietnam Văn Ý Nghiêm
 
Japan Rui Imura 2
 
 
 Vietnam Văn Ý Nghiêm KO
 

Flyweight

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
 China Agulali KO
 
 
 
 India Mridul Saikia 1
 
 China Agulali
 
 
 
 Mongolia Namsrai Batbayar
 
Japan Wataru Yamauchi 2
 
 
 
 Mongolia Namsrai Batbayar KO
 
 
 
 
 
 China Yin Shuai TKO
 
 
 
 Japan Kai Yoshida 1
 
 China Yin Shuai
 
 
 
 New Zealand Aaron Tau
 
Indonesia Rio Tirto 1
 
 
 New Zealand Aaron Tau TKO
 

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "The world's best MMA group UFC today announced the hosting of ROAD TO UFC Season 4". 매일경제. 2025-03-27. Retrieved 2025-05-14.
  2. ^ See single-elimination tournament.
  3. ^ Holland, Jesse (2025-03-27). "'Road to UFC' tournament returns, weight classes and full rosters announced for Season 4 on UFC Fight Pass". MMAmania.com. Retrieved 2025-05-14.
  4. ^ "Road To UFC Returns For Season 4 With Opening Round On May 22 & 23". www.ufc.com. 2025-03-27. Retrieved 2025-05-14.
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