Road to UFC Season 5 is the 2026 cycle of Road to UFC, a mixed martial arts (MMA) event series in which top Asian MMA prospects compete to win contracts with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).
Background The event series featured four divisions—women's strawweight, flyweight, bantamweight, and featherweight—each for which eight fighters compete in a "win-and-advance" tournament format.See single-elimination tournament. The tournament winner of each division is awarded a UFC contract. Each event within the series contains five bouts, one of which is a non-tournament match-up.
The quarterfinal stage of the tournament took place over two days on May 28-29, 2026, at the Galaxy Arena in Macau, China, with total of 10 bouts events per day.
The Road to UFC Season 4 flyweight final between Namsrai Batbayar and Yin Shuai took place on May 29, 2026. Yin Shuai, who originally lost to Aaron Tau in the semifinals, was added to the final after Tau missed weight for the February 2026 event tied to UFC 325. Tau's weight miss resulted in his removal from the bout and his subsequent release, allowing Yin to step in as the replacement finalist.
Two UFC bouts took place as well: a lightweight bout between Rong Zhu and Victor Martinez, and a women's strawweight bout between Road to UFC Season 3 women's strawweight winner Shi Ming and Puja Tomar.
Road to UFC: Opening Round – Day 1
Background A bantamweight bout between Rabindra Dhant and Matty Iann was scheduled for the event. However, Iann withdrew due to a knee injury and was replaced by Kimbert Alintozon.
A bantamweight bout between Ryuho Miyaguchi and Shin You-min was scheduled for the event. However, You-min withdrew due to a knee injury and was replaced by Chungreng Koren.
At the weigh-ins, Victor Martinez weighed in at 158 pounds, two pounds over the weight non-title fight limit. The bout proceeded at catchweight and it is unclear what percent of his purse went to his opponent Road to UFC Season 2 lightweight tournament winner Rong Zhu.
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Road to UFC: Opening Round – Day 2
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Road to UFC: Semifinals
Background At the weigh-ins, Takeru Uchida weighed in at 128.5 pounds, 2.5 pounds over the flyweight limit. As a result, the semifinal bout with Ji Niushiyue has been cancelled and Ji advances to the finale.
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Tournament brackets Featherweight
Bantamweight
Flyweight
Women's Strawweight
See also Ultimate Fighting Championship Road to UFC
References
External links Road to UFC