Road To UFC 2022: Singapore & Abu Dhabi Results & Brackets

Road to UFC 2022: Singapore & Abu Dhabi is an MMA event series from UFC where top Asian MMA prospects will compete in a tournament to earn UFC contracts for themselves. The event started before UFC 275 PPV which is scheduled in Singapore.

Fighters from four divisions – flyweight, bantamweight, featherweight, and lightweight – compete in this series with each division having a three-round knockout tournament. The winner of each division will be awarded a UFC contract.

The first round of matches will take place on June 9 and June 10, 2022. The semifinals would take place in Abu Dhabi on October 23, 2022, a day after UFC 280. The finals will take place on further dates currently not announced.

Check below for the complete details on Road to UFC 2022: Singapore & Abu Dhabi event.

Episode 1

Date: June 09, 2022
Start Time: 2:30 a.m. EST

• Yi Zha (145..5 lbs) defeated Keisuke Sasu (145.5) via submission at 2:14 of round 1 (featherweight quarter-final bout)
• Ki Won Bin (155.5) defeated Jinnosuke Kashimura via TKO at 4:45 of round 1 (152 lbs) (lightweight quarter-final bout)
• Toshiomi Kazama(135) defeated Maimaitituoheti Keremuaili (136) via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28) (bantamweight quarter-final bout)
• Seung Guk Choi (126) defeated Rama Supandhi (125) via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) (flyweight quarter-final bout)
• Zhang Mingyang (206) defeated George Tokkos via KO at 3:57 of round 1 (206) (light-heavyweight bout)

Episode 2

Date: June 09, 2022
Start Time: 5:30 a.m. EST

• Koyomi Matsushima (145.5) defeated Jun Young Hong (146) via unanimous decision (28-29, 30-27, 30-27) (featherweight quarter-final bout)
• Qiu Lun (126 lbs) defeated Wallen Del Rosario (124 lbs) via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) (flyweight quarter-final bout)
• Jeka Saragih (153 lbs) defeated Pawan Maan Singh (155 lbs) via KO at 2:24 of round 3 (lightweight quarter-final bout)
• Takeru Uchida (125.5) defeated Shaun Etchell via submission at 3:26 of round 1 (flyweight bout)

Min Woo Kim vs Xiao Long bantamweight quarter-final bout was removed due to an injury to Xiao Long. Woo Kim got a bye in the first round.

Episode 3

Date: June 10, 2022
Start Time: 2:30 a.m. EST

• Jeong Yeong Lee defeated Xie Bin (featherweight quarter-final bout)
• Topnoi Kiwram defeated Yuma Horiuchi vía Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-27, 29-27) (flyweight quarter-final bout)
• Rinya Nakamura defeated Gugun Gusman via submission(Americana) at 3:24 of round 1 (bantamweight quarter-final bout)
• Josefine Knuttson defeated Se Dam Yeo via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-26) (women’s strawweight bout)

Anshul Jubli gets a bye as Patrick Sho Usami missed weight(lightweight quarter-final bout)

Episode 4

Date: June 10, 2022
Start Time: 5:30 a.m. EST

• Shohei Nose defeated Wuliji Buren via TKO at 1:13 of round 1 (bantamweight quarter-final bout)
• Kim Kyung Pyo defeated Akeerbai Jinensibieke via at 0:30 of round 1 (lightweight quarter-final bout)
• Lu Kai vs. Angga Hans (featherweight quarter-final bout)
• Park Hyun Sung defeated Jeremia Siregar via TKO (Ground and Pound) at 3:56 of round 1 (flyweight quarter-final bout)
• Kim Han Seul defeated John Adajar via Submission(Armbar) at 4:37 of round 1(welterweight bout)

Episode 5(Semifinal 1)

Date: October 23, 2022
Start Time: 7:00 a.m. ET

• Yi Zha defeated Koyomi Matsushima via split decision (27-30, 29-28, 29-28) – Featherweight semifinal bout
• Choi Seung Guk defeated Qiu Lun via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) – Flyweight semifinal bout
• Jeka Saragih defeated Ki Won Bin via KO at 2:41 of round 1 – Lightweight semifinal bout
• Keisuke Sasu defeated Ba Lajin via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 30-27) (Featherweight bout)

(Kazama Toshiomi got a bye in semifinals bout after Kim Min-Woo missed weight.

Episode 6(Semifinal 2)

Date: October 23, 2022
Start Time: 9:00 a.m. ET

• Samandar Murodov defeats Gian Siqueira via submission (rear-naked choke) at 4:59 of round 1 – Welterweight bout
• Anshul Jubli def. Kyung Pyo Kim via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28) – Lightweight semifinal bout
• Hyun Sung Park defeated Topnoi Kiwram via submission (Rear-Naked Choke) at 3:05 of round 1 – Flyweight semifinal bout
• Rinya Nakamura def. Shohei Nose via KO at 2:21 of round 1 – Bantamweight semifinal bout
• JeongYeong Lee def. Kai Lu via KO at 0:42 of round 1 – Featherweight semifinal bout
• Xiao Long vs Felipe Lima – Bantamweight bout

Tournament bracket

Flyweight

Quarter-finals

• Choi Seung Guk defeated Rama Supandhi
• Qiu Lun defeated Wallen Del Rosario
• Topnoi Kiwram defeated Yuma Horiuchi
• Park Hyun Sung defeated Jeremia Siregar

Semi-Finals

• Choi Seung Guk defeated Qiu Lun
• Hyun Sung Park defeated Topnoi Kiwram

Final

• Choi Seung Guk vs Hyun Sung Park

Bantamweight

Quarter-finals

• Kazama Toshiomi defeated Keremuaili Maimaitituoheti
• Kim Min-Woo got a bye(Xiao Long got injured and a replacement could not be found)
• Rinya Nakamura defeated Gugun Gusman
• Shohei Nose defeated Wuliji Buren

Semi-Finals

• Rinya Nakamura def. Shohei Nose
• Kazama Toshiomi defeated Kim Min-Woo (Kazama Toshiomi got a bye in semifinals bout after Kim Min-Woo missed weight).

Final

• Kazama Toshiomi vs Rinya Nakamura

Featherweight

Quarter-finals

• Koyomi Matsushima defeated Hong Jun-Young
• Yi Zha defeated Keisuke Sasu
• Lee Jeong Yeong defeated Xie Bin
• Lu Kai defeated Angga Hans

Semi-Finals

• Yi Zha defeated Koyomi Matsushima
• JeongYeong Lee def. Lu Kai

Final

• Yi Zha vs Jeong Yeong Lee

Lightweight

Quarter-finals

• Jeka Saragih defeated Pawan Maan Singh
• Anshul Jubli gets a bye against Patrick Sho Usami who missed weight
• Ki Won Bin defeated Jinnosuke Kashimura
• Kim Kyung Pyo defeated Asikeerbai Jinensibieke

Semi-Finals

• Jeka Saragih defeated Ki Won Bin
• Anshul Jubli def. Kyung Pyo Kim

Final

• Jeka Saragih vs Anshul Jubli