Road to UFC Season 4#Episode 4
{{short description|Mixed martial arts competition}}
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| name = Road to UFC Season 4
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| promotion = Ultimate Fighting Championship
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| first_date_aired = {{Start date|2025|05|22}}
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| preceded_by = Road to UFC Season 3
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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).{{Cite web |date=2025-03-27 |title=The world's best MMA group UFC today announced the hosting of ROAD TO UFC Season 4
|url=https://www.mk.co.kr/en/sports/11275003 |access-date=2025-05-14 |website=매일경제 |language=en}}
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.See single-elimination tournament. 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.{{Cite web |last=Holland |first=Jesse |date=2025-03-27 |title='Road to UFC' tournament returns, weight classes and full rosters announced for Season 4 on UFC Fight Pass
|url=https://www.mmamania.com/2025/3/27/24395418/road-to-ufc-tournament-returns-weight-classes-full-rosters-announced-season-4-ufc-fight-pass-mma |access-date=2025-05-14 |website=MMAmania.com |language=en}}
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.{{Cite web |date=2025-03-27 |title=Road To UFC Returns For Season 4 With Opening Round On May 22 & 23
|url=https://www.ufc.com/news/road-ufc-returns-season-4-opening-round-may-22-23 |access-date=2025-05-14 |website=www.ufc.com |language=en}}
Episode 1
{{Infobox MMA event
|name=Road to UFC: Episode 1
|image=
|promotion=Road to UFC
|date=May 22, 2025
|venue=UFC Performance Institute Shanghai
|city=Shanghai, China
}}
{{MMAevent}}
{{MMAevent card|Main Card (UFC Fight Pass)}}
{{MMAevent bout
|Featherweight
|Sebastian Szalay
|def.
|Baergeng Jieleyisi
|Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28)
|3
|5:00
|Road to UFC Season 4 Featherweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
}}
{{MMAevent bout
|Flyweight
|Yin Shuai
|def.
|Kai Yoshida
|TKO (punches)
|1
|4:38
|Road to UFC Season 4 Flyweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
}}
{{MMAevent bout
|Featherweight
|Keiichiro Nakamura
|def.
|Park Eoh-jin
|KO (knee)
|2
|2:24
|Road to UFC Season 4 Featherweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
}}
{{MMAevent bout
|Flyweight
|Namsrai Batbayar
|def.
|Wataru Yamauchi
|KO (punch)
|2
|0:46
|Road to UFC Season 4 Flyweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
}}
{{MMAevent bout
|Women's Strawweight
|Arisa Matsuda
|def.
|Feng Xiaocan
|Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28)
|3
|5:00
|
}}
{{MMAevent end|notes=yes}}
Episode 2
{{Infobox MMA event
|name=Road to UFC: Episode 2
|image=
|promotion=Road to UFC
|date=May 22, 2025
|venue=UFC Performance Institute Shanghai
|city=Shanghai, China
}}
{{MMAevent}}
{{MMAevent card|Main Card (UFC Fight Pass)}}
{{MMAevent bout
|Featherweight
|Li Kaiwen
|def.
|Seo Dong-hyun
|TKO (punches)
|2
|3:21
|Road to UFC Season 4 Featherweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
}}
{{MMAevent bout
|Flyweight
|Agulali
|def.
|Mridul Saikia
|KO (punch)
|1
|0:37
|Road to UFC Season 4 Flyweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
}}
{{MMAevent bout
|Featherweight
|Yoon Chang-min
|def.
|Jin Aoi
|Decision (split) (30–27, 28–29, 30–27)
|3
|5:00
|Road to UFC Season 4 Featherweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
}}
{{MMAevent bout
|Flyweight
|Aaron Tau
|def.
|Rio Tirto
|TKO (punches and elbows)
|1
|1:26
|Road to UFC Season 4 Flyweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
}}
{{MMAevent bout
|Lightweight
|Mansher Khera
|def.
|Aziz Khaydarov
|Decision (unanimous) (30–26, 29–28, 29–28)
|3
|5:00
|
}}
{{MMAevent end|notes=yes}}
Episode 3
{{Infobox MMA event
|name=Road to UFC: Episode 3
|image=
|promotion=Road to UFC
|date=May 23, 2025
|venue=UFC Performance Institute Shanghai
|city=Shanghai, China
}}
{{MMAevent}}
{{MMAevent card|Main Card (UFC Fight Pass)}}
{{MMAevent bout
|Bantamweight
|Sulang Langbo
|def.
|Peter Danesoe
|KO (punches)
|1
|3:48
|Road to UFC Season 4 Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
}}
{{MMAevent bout
|Lightweight
|Park Jae-hyun
|def.
|Jack Becker
|TKO (punches and elbows)
|2
|3:56
|Road to UFC Season 4 Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
}}
{{MMAevent bout
|Bantamweight
|Sim Kai Xiong
|def.
|Kuya Ito
|Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28)
|3
|5:00
|Road to UFC Season 4 Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
}}
{{MMAevent bout
|Lightweight
|Ren Yawei
|def.
|Deni Daffa
|Technical Submission (guillotine choke)
|1
|2:01
|Road to UFC Season 4 Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
}}
{{MMAevent bout
|Welterweight
|Kitt Campbell
|def.
|Shogo Sato
|TKO (knee and elbows)
|1
|0:56
|
}}
{{MMAevent end|notes=yes}}
Episode 4
{{Infobox MMA event
|name=Road to UFC: Episode 4
|image=
|promotion=Road to UFC
|date=May 23, 2025
|venue=UFC Performance Institute Shanghai
|city=Shanghai, China
}}
{{MMAevent}}
{{MMAevent card|Main Card (UFC Fight Pass)}}
{{MMAevent bout
|Featherweight
|Zhu Kangjie
|def.
|Xie Bin
|Decision (split) (30–27, 28–29, 29–28)
|3
|5:00
|Road to UFC Season 3 Featherweight Tournament Final.
}}
{{MMAevent bout
|Lightweight
|Dom Mar Fan
|def.
|Yuji Yannick Ephoeviga
|Decision (unanimous) (29–27, 29–27, 29–27)
|3
|5:00
|Road to UFC Season 4 Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
}}
{{MMAevent bout
|Bantamweight
|Lawrence Lui
|def.
|Zhang Qinghe
|Decision (unanimous) (29–27, 29–28, 29–28)
|3
|5:00
|Road to UFC Season 4 Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
}}
{{MMAevent bout
|Lightweight
|Kim Sang-wook
|def.
|Daichi Kamiya
|TKO (elbows and punches)
|2
|3:53
|Road to UFC Season 4 Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
}}
{{MMAevent bout
|Bantamweight
|Văn Ý Nghiêm
|def.
|Rui Imura
|KO (punches and elbows)
|2
|4:04
|Road to UFC Season 4 Bantamweight Tournament Quarterfinal.
}}
{{MMAevent end|notes=yes}}
Tournament brackets
=Lightweight=
{{#invoke:RoundN|main|columns=3|score-boxes=1|3rdplace=no
|team-width=200
|score-width=
|| {{nowrap|{{flagicon|JPN}} Yuji Yannick Ephoeviga}} | 3 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Dom Mar Fan | UD
||{{flagicon|AUS}} Jack Becker | 2 | {{flagicon|KOR}} Park Jae-hyun | TKO
|| {{flagicon|CHN}} Ren Yawei | SUB | {{flagicon|IDN}} Deni Daffa | 1
||{{flagicon|KOR}} Kim Sang-wook | TKO | {{flagicon|JPN}} Daichi Kamiya | 2
|| {{flagicon|AUS}} Dom Mar Fan | | {{flagicon|KOR}} Park Jae-hyun |
|| {{flagicon|CHN}} Ren Yawei | | {{flagicon|KOR}} Kim Sang-wook |
|| {{flagicon|}} | | {{flagicon|}} |
}}
{{Clear}}
{{notelist}}
=Featherweight=
{{#invoke:RoundN|main|columns=3|score-boxes=1|3rdplace=no
|team-width=200
|score-width=
|| {{nowrap|{{flagicon|JPN}} Keiichiro Nakamura}} | KO | {{flagicon|KOR}} Park Eoh-jin | 2
||{{flagicon|CHN}} Li Kaiwen | TKO | {{flagicon|KOR}} Seo Dong-hyun | 2
|| {{flagicon|AUS}} Sebastian Szalay | UD | {{flagicon|CHN}} Baergeng Jieleyisi | 3
||{{flagicon|JPN}} Jin Aoi | 3 | {{flagicon|KOR}} Yoon Chang-min | SD
|| {{nowrap|{{flagicon|JPN}} Keiichiro Nakamura}} | | {{flagicon|CHN}} Li Kaiwen |
|| {{flagicon|AUS}} Sebastian Szalay | | {{flagicon|KOR}} Yoon Chang-min |
|| {{flagicon|}} | | {{flagicon|}} |
}}
{{Clear}}
{{notelist}}
=Bantamweight=
{{#invoke:RoundN|main|columns=3|score-boxes=1|3rdplace=no
|team-width=200
|score-width=
|| {{flagicon|JPN}} Kuya Ito | 3 | {{flagicon|SGP}} Sim Kai Xiong | UD
||{{nowrap|{{flagicon|CHN}} Sulang Rangbo}} | KO | {{flagicon|THA}} Peter Danesoe | 1
|| {{flagicon|CHN}} Zhang Qinghe | 3 | {{flagicon|NZL}} Lawrence Lui | UD
||{{flagicon|JPN}} Rui Imura | 2 | {{flagicon|VIE}} Văn Ý Nghiêm |KO
|| {{flagicon|SGP}} Sim Kai Xiong | | {{nowrap|{{flagicon|CHN}} Sulang Rangbo}} |
|| {{flagicon|NZL}} Lawrence Lui | | {{flagicon|VIE}} Văn Ý Nghiêm |
|| {{flagicon|}} | | {{flagicon|}} |
}}
{{Clear}}
{{notelist}}
=Flyweight=
{{#invoke:RoundN|main|columns=3|score-boxes=1|3rdplace=no
|team-width=200
|score-width=
|| {{flagicon|CHN}} Agulali | KO | {{flagicon|IND}} Mridul Saikia | 1
||{{flagicon|JPN}} Wataru Yamauchi | 2 | {{nowrap|{{flagicon|MNG}} Namsrai Batbayar}} | KO
|| {{flagicon|CHN}} Yin Shuai | TKO | {{flagicon|JPN}} Kai Yoshida | 1
||{{flagicon|IDN}} Rio Tirto | 1 | {{flagicon|NZL}} Aaron Tau | TKO
|| {{flagicon|CHN}} Agulali | | {{nowrap|{{flagicon|MNG}} Namsrai Batbayar}} |
|| {{flagicon|CHN}} Yin Shuai | | {{flagicon|NZL}} Aaron Tau |
|| {{flagicon|}} | | {{flagicon|}} |
}}
{{Clear}}
{{notelist}}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.ufc.com/rtu Road to UFC]
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