Road To UFC: Season 5 Opening Round Day 1 – Full Results And Highlights
Road To UFC returns for its fifth season, once again giving some of the top MMA prospects from across the Asia-Pacific region a stage to compete for a place in the tournament finals and the opportunity to earn their way onto the UFC roster.
The opening rounds of the bantamweight and featherweight tournaments are set to take place across two days, Thursday, May 28, and Friday, May 29, at the Galaxy Arena in Macau.
Day 1 of Road To UFC will be headlined by a special UFC bout between Dana White’s Contender Series alumnus Victor Martinez and Chinese striker Rongzhu in a catchweight showdown.
Meanwhile, the co-main event will feature promotional newcomer Yudi Cahyadi taking on Bin Xie in a non-tournament featherweight clash.
Road To UFC: Season 5 Opening Round Day 1 Results & Scorecards (6 a.m. ET/3 a.m. PT)
- Chungreng Koren def. Ryuho Miyaguchi via submission (rear-naked choke) at 4:00 of Round 2.
- YoungJae Song def. Jin Aoi via submission (rear-naked choke) at 3:39 of Round 2.
- Ryo Tajima def. Ti Haitao via split decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-29)
- Rabindra Dhant def. Kimbert Alintozon via TKO (ground and pound) at 4:37 of Round 2.
- Dagiisuren Chagnaadorj def. Regezhen via split decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-29)
- Kasib Murdoch def. Yunosuke Minami via submission (arm triangle) at 3:46 of Round 3.
- Ahejiang Ailinuer def. GwanWoo Lim via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- George Mangos def. Yuito Yanagawa via TKO (strikes) at 3:19 of Round 1.
- Xie Bin def. Yudi Cahyadi via TKO (strikes) at 2:05 of Round 1.
- Rongzhu def. Victor Martinez via TKO at 1:10 of Round 1.
