Road to UFC 7 and 8: Sasu vs. Kim and Li vs. Lu (also known as Road to UFC S02E01 and S02E02) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event scheduled for May 27, 2022 at the UFC Performance Institute Shanghai in Shanghai, China.
Fight Card
Main Card S02E01 (UFC Fight Pass)
Featherweight Keisuke Sasu vs. Sang Won Kim Featherweight quarterfinals
Flyweight Mark Climaco vs. Jung Hyun Lee Flyweight quarterfinals
Featherweight Zha Yi vs. Wuziazibieke Jiahefu Featherweight quarterfinals
Flyweight Rei Tsuruya vs. Ronal Siahaan Flyweight quarterfinals
Flyweight Topnoi Kiwram vs. Nyamjargal Tumendemberel
Fight Card
Main Card S02E02 (UFC Fight Pass)
Featherweight Li Kaiwen vs. Lu Kai Featherweight quarterfinals
Flyweight Sumit Kumar vs. Seung Guk Choi Flyweight quarterfinals
Featherweight Kouya Kanda vs. Yibugele Featherweight quarterfinals
Flyweight Ji Niushiyue vs. Billy Pasulatan Flyweight quarterfinals
Welterweight Taiyilake Nueraji vs. Han Seul Kim
Background
Road to UFC is a 2023 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. 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.
The opening quarterfinal round of the tournament is to be held across two days, May 27-28, 2023 at UFC Performance Institute Shanghai, with two five-bout events for each day for a total of 10 bouts per day.
