Road to UFC: Singapore

Road to UFC is a 2022 Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) mixed martial arts (MMA) event series in which top Asian MMA prospects compete in a tournament to win UFC contracts. It features four divisions—flyweight, bantamweight, featherweight and lightweight—each for which eight fighters compete in a "win-and-advance" tournament format.[1] The tournament winner for each division is awarded a UFC contract. Each event in the series is to feature five bouts including one non-tournament bout.[2]

The opening quarterfinal round of the tournament is to be held across two days, June 9–10, 2022 at Singapore Indoor Stadium, with 10 bouts for each day, ahead of the pay-per-view event UFC 275 on June 11.[3] The contestants for the tournament are expected to come from China (through the UFC Academy), India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, the Philippines, and Thailand.[2][4] The semifinal and final rounds are scheduled for later in 2022, with location and venue to be announced.[2]

The "Road to UFC" branding was previously used in 2015 for Road to UFC: Japan, a similar Japan-based tournament awarding a UFC contract, formatted as a reality competition, and marketed as an Asian-centric analog to The Ultimate Fighter.[5]