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
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
| Main Card (UFC Fight Pass)
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| Weight class
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Method
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Round
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Time
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Notes
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| Featherweight
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Sebastian Szalay
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def.
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Baergeng Jieleyisi
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Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28)
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3
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5:00
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[a]
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| Flyweight
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Yin Shuai
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def.
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Kai Yoshida
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TKO (punches)
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1
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4:38
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[b]
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| Featherweight
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Keiichiro Nakamura
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def.
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Park Eoh-jin
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KO (knee)
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2
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2:24
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[c]
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| Flyweight
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Namsrai Batbayar
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def.
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Wataru Yamauchi
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KO (punch)
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2
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0:46
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[d]
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| Women's Strawweight
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Arisa Matsuda
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def.
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Feng Xiaocan
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Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28)
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3
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5:00
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Episode 2
| Main Card (UFC Fight Pass)
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| Weight class
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Method
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Round
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Time
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Notes
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| Featherweight
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Li Kaiwen
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def.
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Seo Dong-hyun
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TKO (punches)
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2
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3:21
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[a]
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| Flyweight
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Agulali
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def.
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Mridul Saikia
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KO (punch)
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1
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0:37
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[b]
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| Featherweight
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Yoon Chang-min
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def.
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Jin Aoi
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Decision (split) (30–27, 28–29, 30–27)
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3
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5:00
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[c]
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| Flyweight
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Aaron Tau
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def.
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Rio Tirto
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TKO (punches and elbows)
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1
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1:26
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[d]
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| Lightweight
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Mansher Khera
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def.
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Aziz Khaydarov
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Decision (unanimous) (30–26, 29–28, 29–28)
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3
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5:00
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Episode 3
| Main Card (UFC Fight Pass)
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| Weight class
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Method
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Round
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Time
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Notes
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| Bantamweight
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Sulang Langbo
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def.
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Peter Danesoe
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KO (punches)
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1
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3:48
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[a]
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| Lightweight
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Park Jae-hyun
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def.
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Jack Becker
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TKO (punches and elbows)
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2
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3:56
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[b]
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| Bantamweight
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Sim Kai Xiong
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def.
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Kuya Ito
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Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28)
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3
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5:00
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[c]
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| Lightweight
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Ren Yawei
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def.
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Deni Daffa
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Technical Submission (guillotine choke)
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1
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2:01
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[d]
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| Welterweight
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Kitt Campbell
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def.
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Shogo Sato
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TKO (knee and elbows)
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1
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0:56
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Episode 4
| Main Card (UFC Fight Pass)
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| Weight class
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Method
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Round
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Time
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Notes
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| Featherweight
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Zhu Kangjie
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def.
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Xie Bin
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Decision (split) (30–27, 28–29, 29–28)
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3
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5:00
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[a]
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| Lightweight
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Dom Mar Fan
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def.
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Yuji Yannick Ephoeviga
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Decision (unanimous) (29–27, 29–27, 29–27)
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3
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5:00
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[b]
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| Bantamweight
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Lawrence Lui
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def.
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Zhang Qinghe
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Decision (unanimous) (29–27, 29–28, 29–28)
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3
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5:00
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[c]
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| Lightweight
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Kim Sang-wook
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def.
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Daichi Kamiya
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TKO (elbows and punches)
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2
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3:53
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[d]
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| Bantamweight
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Văn Ý Nghiêm
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def.
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Rui Imura
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KO (punches and elbows)
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2
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4:04
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[e]
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Tournament brackets
Lightweight
| Quarter-finals | | Semi-finals | | Final |
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| Yuji Yannick Ephoeviga | 3 |
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| Dom Mar Fan | UD
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| Dom Mar Fan | |
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| | Park Jae-hyun | | |
| Jack Becker | 2 |
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| Park Jae-hyun | TKO
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| Ren Yawei | SUB |
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| Deni Daffa | 1
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| Ren Yawei | |
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| | Kim Sang-wook | | |
| Kim Sang-wook | TKO |
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| Daichi Kamiya | 2
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Featherweight
| Quarter-finals | | Semi-finals | | Final |
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| Keiichiro Nakamura | KO |
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| Park Eoh-jin | 2
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| Keiichiro Nakamura | |
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| | Li Kaiwen | | |
| Li Kaiwen | TKO |
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| Seo Dong-hyun | 2
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| Sebastian Szalay | UD |
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| Baergeng Jieleyisi | 3
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| Sebastian Szalay | |
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| | Yoon Chang-min | | |
| Jin Aoi | 3 |
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| Yoon Chang-min | SD
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Bantamweight
| Quarter-finals | | Semi-finals | | Final |
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| Kuya Ito | 3 |
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| Sim Kai Xiong | UD
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| Sim Kai Xiong | |
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| | Sulang Rangbo | | |
| Sulang Rangbo | KO |
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| Peter Danesoe | 1
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| Zhang Qinghe | 3 |
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| Lawrence Lui | UD
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| Lawrence Lui | |
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| | Văn Ý Nghiêm | | |
| Rui Imura | 2 |
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| Văn Ý Nghiêm | KO
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Flyweight
| Quarter-finals | | Semi-finals | | Final |
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| Agulali | KO |
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| Mridul Saikia | 1
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| Agulali | |
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| | Namsrai Batbayar | | |
| Wataru Yamauchi | 2 |
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| Namsrai Batbayar | KO
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| Yin Shuai | TKO |
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| Kai Yoshida | 1
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| Yin Shuai | |
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| | Aaron Tau | | |
| Rio Tirto | 1 |
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| Aaron Tau | TKO
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See also
References
External links
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Fight Nights
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| UFC on Versus/UFC Live | |
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| UFC on Fox | |
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| UFC on FX | |
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| UFC on Fuel TV | |
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Fight Nights
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or UFC Fight Pass) | |
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UFC on ESPN
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Fight Nights
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| UFC on ABC | |
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The Ultimate Fighter
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| UFC | |
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| PFL | | PFL Champions Series | |
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| PFL Regular Season | |
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| PFL Europe | |
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| PFL MENA | |
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| PFL Africa | |
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| ONE | | ONE flagship events | |
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| ONE Fight Night | |
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| ONE Friday Fights | |
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| Rizin FF | |
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| Invicta | |
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