Road to UFC Season 4
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Mixed martial arts competition
PromotionUltimate Fighting Championship
First date airedMay 22, 2025 (2025-05-22)
| Road to UFC Season 4 | |
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| Information | |
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship |
| First date aired | May 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]
The event series featured 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 took 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]
The finals (with the exception of the flyweight finals due to Aaron Tau missing weight) took place at on February 1, 2026 at UFC 325 in Sydney, Australia.[5] The flyweight final between Namsrai Batbayar and Yin Shuai is scheduled to take place on May 29, 2026.[6]
Episode 1
| Road to UFC: Episode 1 | |
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| Promotion | Road to UFC |
| Date | May 22, 2025 |
| Venue | UFC Performance Institute Shanghai |
| City | Shanghai, 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 | |
- ↑ Road to UFC Season 4 Featherweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
- ↑ Road to UFC Season 4 Flyweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
- ↑ Road to UFC Season 4 Featherweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
- ↑ Road to UFC Season 4 Flyweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
Episode 2
| Road to UFC: Episode 2 | |
|---|---|
| Promotion | Road to UFC |
| Date | May 22, 2025 |
| Venue | UFC Performance Institute Shanghai |
| City | Shanghai, 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 | |
- ↑ Road to UFC Season 4 Featherweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
- ↑ Road to UFC Season 4 Flyweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
- ↑ Road to UFC Season 4 Featherweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
- ↑ Road to UFC Season 4 Flyweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
Episode 3
| Road to UFC: Episode 3 | |
|---|---|
| Promotion | Road to UFC |
| Date | May 23, 2025 |
| Venue | UFC Performance Institute Shanghai |
| City | Shanghai, 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 | |
- ↑ Road to UFC Season 4 Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
- ↑ Road to UFC Season 4 Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
- ↑ Road to UFC Season 4 Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
- ↑ Road to UFC Season 4 Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
Episode 4
| Road to UFC: Episode 4 | |
|---|---|
| Promotion | Road to UFC |
| Date | May 23, 2025 |
| Venue | UFC Performance Institute Shanghai |
| City | Shanghai, 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 | Nghiêm Văn Ý | def. | Rui Imura | KO (punches and elbows) | 2 | 4:04 | [e] |
- ↑ Road to UFC Season 3 Featherweight Tournament Final.
- ↑ Road to UFC Season 4 Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
- ↑ Road to UFC Season 4 Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
- ↑ Road to UFC Season 4 Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
- ↑ Road to UFC Season 4 Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
Episode 5
| Road to UFC: Episode 5 | |
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| Promotion | Road to UFC |
| Date | August 22, 2025 |
| Venue | Shanghai Indoor Stadium |
| City | Shanghai, China |
| Main Card (UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Flyweight | Namsrai Batbayar | def. | Agulali | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 4:45 | [a] |
| Featherweight | Sebastian Szalay | def. | Yoon Chang-min | TKO (punches) | 1 | 0:47 | [b] |
| Bantamweight | Lawrence Lui | def. | Nghiêm Văn Ý | TKO (punches) | 2 | 1:48 | [c] |
| Flyweight | Aaron Tau | def. | Yin Shuai | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [d] |
| Welterweight | Kitt Campbell | def. | Jang Yun-seong | Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
- ↑ Road to UFC Season 4 Flyweight Tournament Semifinal.
- ↑ Road to UFC Season 4 Featherweight Tournament Semifinal.
- ↑ Road to UFC Season 4 Bantamweight Tournament Semifinal.
- ↑ Road to UFC Season 4 Flyweight Tournament Semifinal.
Episode 6
| Road to UFC: Episode 6 | |
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| Promotion | Road to UFC |
| Date | August 22, 2025 |
| Venue | Shanghai Indoor Stadium |
| City | Shanghai, China |
| Main Card (UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Women's Strawweight | Bruna Brasil | def. | Shi Ming | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Flyweight | Nyamjargal Tumendemberel | def. | Terrance Saeteurn | Technical Submission (anaconda choke) | 1 | 2:53 | |
| Featherweight | Keiichiro Nakamura | def. | Li Kaiwen | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–27) | 3 | 5:00 | [a] |
| Lightweight | Kim Sang-wook | def. | Ren Yawei | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 3:42 | [b] |
| Bantamweight | Sulang Rangbo | def. | Sim Kai Xiong | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | [c] |
| Lightweight | Dom Mar Fan | def. | Park Jae-hyun | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | [d] |
- ↑ Road to UFC Season 4 Featherweight Tournament Semifinal.
- ↑ Road to UFC Season 4 Lightweight Tournament Semifinal.
- ↑ Road to UFC Season 4 Bantamweight Tournament Semifinal.
- ↑ Road to UFC Season 4 Lightweight Tournament Semifinal.
Tournament brackets
Lightweight
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
 Yuji Yannick Ephoeviga | 3 | |||||||||
 Dom Mar Fan | UD | |||||||||
| Dom Mar Fan | UD | |||||||||
 Park Jae-hyun | 3 | |||||||||
| Jack Becker | 2 | |||||||||
| Park Jae-hyun | TKO | |||||||||
| Dom Mar Fan | UD | |||||||||
| Kim Sang-wook | 3 | |||||||||
 Ren Yawei | SUB | |||||||||
 Deni Daffa | 1 | |||||||||
| Ren Yawei | 2 | |||||||||
| Kim Sang-wook | SUB | |||||||||
| Kim Sang-wook | TKO | |||||||||
| Daichi Kamiya | 2 | |||||||||
Featherweight
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Keiichiro Nakamura | KO | |||||||||
| Park Eoh-jin | 2 | |||||||||
| Keiichiro Nakamura | UD | |||||||||
| Li Kaiwen | 3 | |||||||||
| Li Kaiwen | TKO | |||||||||
| Seo Dong-hyun | 2 | |||||||||
| Keiichiro Nakamura | TKO | |||||||||
| Sebastian Szalay | 3 | |||||||||
| Sebastian Szalay | UD | |||||||||
| Baergeng Jieleyisi | 3 | |||||||||
| Sebastian Szalay | TKO | |||||||||
| Yoon Chang-min | 1 | |||||||||
| Jin Aoi | 3 | |||||||||
| Yoon Chang-min | SD | |||||||||
Bantamweight
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Kuya Ito | 3 | |||||||||
 Sim Kai Xiong | UD | |||||||||
| Sim Kai Xiong | 3 | |||||||||
| Sulang Rangbo | UD | |||||||||
| Sulang Rangbo | KO | |||||||||
 Peter Danesoe | 1 | |||||||||
| Sulang Rangbo | 3 | |||||||||
 Lawrence Lui | SD | |||||||||
| Zhang Qinghe | 3 | |||||||||
| Lawrence Lui | UD | |||||||||
| Lawrence Lui | TKO | |||||||||
 Nghiêm Văn Ý | 2 | |||||||||
| Rui Imura | 2 | |||||||||
| Nghiêm Văn Ý | KO | |||||||||
Flyweight
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Agulali | KO | |||||||||
 Mridul Saikia | 1 | |||||||||
| Agulali | 1 | |||||||||
 Namsrai Batbayar | SUB | |||||||||
| Wataru Yamauchi | 2 | |||||||||
| Namsrai Batbayar | KO | |||||||||
| Namsrai Batbayar | ||||||||||
| Yin Shuai[a] | ||||||||||
| Yin Shuai | TKO | |||||||||
| Kai Yoshida | 1 | |||||||||
| Yin Shuai | 3 | |||||||||
| Aaron Tau | UD | |||||||||
| Rio Tirto | 1 | |||||||||
| Aaron Tau | TKO | |||||||||
- ↑ Batbayar's originally opponent Aaron Tau, but he rested his arms on the box in an effort to manipulate the scale, which announced at 122 pounds and the commission immediately noticed the irregularity and ordered a re-weigh without the box, Tau tipped the scale at 129 pounds, confirming the attempted deception. Therefore, Tau has been released by the promotion and Yin Shuai advanced to final instead.
See also
References
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ See single-elimination tournament.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Road To UFC Returns For Season 4 With Opening Round On May 22 & 23". www.ufc.com. 2025-03-27. Retrieved 2025-05-14.
- ↑ Matthew Wells (2026-01-30). "UFC 325 weigh-in results: Title fight set; one fight canceled". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2026-01-30.
- ↑ Timothy Wheaton (2026-03-31). "Road to UFC queen Shi Ming draws Puja Tomar for strawweight showcase in Macau". lowkickmma.com. Retrieved 2026-03-31.
- ↑ Sherdog.com. "UFC - Road to UFC Season 4: Shanghai Quarterfinals 1". Sherdog. Retrieved 2025-08-21.
- ↑ Sherdog.com. "UFC - Road to UFC Season 4: Shanghai Quarterfinals 2". Sherdog. Retrieved 2025-08-21.
- ↑ Sherdog.com. "UFC - Road to UFC Season 4: Shanghai Quarterfinals 3". Sherdog. Retrieved 2025-08-21.
- ↑ Sherdog.com. "UFC - Road to UFC Season 4: Shanghai Quarterfinals 4". Sherdog. Retrieved 2025-08-21.
- ↑ Sherdog.com. "UFC - Road to UFC Season 4: Shanghai Semifinals 1". Sherdog. Retrieved 2025-08-21.
- ↑ Sherdog.com. "UFC - Road to UFC Season 4: Shanghai Semifinals 2". Sherdog. Retrieved 2025-08-21.
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