The UFC’s Asian roster is about to make some important good points.
32 fighters from the international locations of China, Japan, South Korea, Thailand, India, Indonesia, and the Philippines will participate in the “Road to UFC” sequence that kicks off in June. Eight fighters competing in flyweight, bantamweight, featherweight, and light-weight will battle in the opening spherical of a event on June ninth and tenth on the Singapore Indoor Stadium, simply earlier than the enormous UFC 275 card on Saturday, June eleventh.
MMA Ecosystem first reported the fights for the opening spherical, listed beneath:
FLYWEIGHT
Qiu Lun vs. Wallen de Rosario (June 9)
Choi Seung Guk vs. Rama Supandhi (Date TBA)
Park Hyun Sung vs. Jeremia Siregar (June 10)
Yuma Horiuchi vs. Topnoi Kiwram (June 10)
BANTAMWEIGHT
Xiao Long vs. Kim Min Woo (Date TBA)
Keremuaili Maimaitituoheti vs. Kazama Toshiomi (June 9)
Gugun Gusman vs. Rinya Nakamura (Date TBA)
Wulijiburen vs. Shohei Nose (Date TBA)
FEATHERWEIGHT
Lu Kai vs. Angga Hans (June 10)
Hong Jun Young vs. Koyomi Matsushima (Date TBA)
Yi Zha vs. Keisuke Sasu (June 10)
Lee Jeong Young vs. Xie Bin (June 10)
LIGHTWEIGHT
Balajin vs. Ki Won Bin (June 9)
Aili Muratbak vs. Pawan Maan Singh (June 9)
Asikeerbai Jinensibieke vs. Kim Kyung Po (June 10)
Anshul Jubli vs. Patrick Sho Usami (June 10)
The methodology of selecting the following spherical of fights- due to happen in the fall- is unknown. The winners of every event will obtain a UFC contract, though different fighters that impress the UFC brass may very nicely obtain contracts as nicely.
In addition, a handful of non-tournament bouts will fill out the 2 playing cards on June ninth and tenth. Zhang Mingyang vs. George Tokkos (first reported by Alex Behunin) takes place on June ninth, whereas Josefine Knuttson vs. Seo Ye Dam (reported by Frontkick Online) takes place on June tenth. Welterweights Kim Han Seul and John Adajar will seemingly compete as nicely, probably in opposition to one another.
The sequence airs on UFC Fight Pass at 3:30am EST / 12:30am PST on June ninth and tenth.
UFC 275 takes place in Singapore and incorporates a championship double-header. Brazilian mild heavyweight champion Glover Teixeira places his new belt on the road in opposition to the damaging Czech striker Jiri Prochazka in the principle occasion, whereas flyweight queen Valentina Shevchenko seems to be to file an unimaginable seventh title protection in opposition to Taila Santos. Also on the principle card, former strawweight champions Zhang Weili and Joanna Jędrzejczyk battle for a second time since their epic warfare two years in the past.
Stay tuned to MMASucka for extra updates on Road to UFC.