'Road To UFC' Returns For Season 4

03/27/2025 04:16 PM

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is bringing back its "Road to UFC" tournament for Season 4, recently announced for Thurs., May 22 and Fri., May 23 (opening rounds) from inside the promotion's Performance Institute in Shanghai, China.

Road to UFC Season 4 will feature men's flyweight, bantamweight, featherweight, and lightweight divisions with four non-tournament bouts being added to the lineup. Each round will be staged in front of a live audience streaming directly on UFC Fight Pass.

Here are the official weight classes and corresponding athletes:

Flyweight (>56.7kg)

Aaron Tau (New Zealand)
Agulali (China)
Kai Yoshida (Japan)
Mridul Saikia (India)
Namsrai Batbayar (Mongolia)
Rio Tirto (Indonesia)
Wataru Yamauchi (Japan)
Yin Shuai (China)

Bantamweight (>61.2kg)

Chungreng Koren (India)
Kuya Ito (Japan)
Peter Danesoe (Thailand)
Rui Imura (Japan)
Sim Kai Xiong (Singapore)
Sulang Rangbo (China)
Ti Haitao (China)
Van Y Nghiem (Vietnam)

Featherweight (>65.8kg)

Ahejiang Ailinuer (China)
ChangMin Yoon (Korea)
DongHyun Seo (Korea)
EohJin Park (Korea)
Jin Aoi (Japan)
Li Kaiwen (China)
Keiichiro Nakamura (Japan)
Sebastian Szalay (Australia)

Lightweight (>70.3kg)

Daichi Kamiya (Japan)
Deni Daffa (Indonesia)
Dom Mar Fan (Australia)
Jack Becker (Australia)
JaeHyun Park (Korea)
Ren Yawei (China)
SangWook Kim (Korea)
Yuji Yannick Ephoeviga (Japan)

Participants in non-tournament bouts will be announced at a later date.

"Entering our fourth season, with nearly a third of Asia's UFC rostered fighters coming from Road to UFC, we can definitively say that the tournament has been a resounding success," said Kevin Chang, UFC Senior Vice President and Head of Asia. "Each year, the level of talent in Asia continues to improve, and RTU gives these prospects the opportunity to rise to the top and prove they are ready for the big stage of UFC. We're excited to welcome participants from Australia and New Zealand who will raise the bar even further."

For much more on the Road to UFC tournament series click here.