Road to UFC Season 5: Day 1 and Day 2 Results

Road to UFC Season 5 kicked off in Shanghai, China, with the opening rounds of the bantamweight, featherweight, flyweight and strawweight tournaments. The two-day event featured several standout performances as fighters moved one step closer to earning a UFC contract.

Nepal's Rabindra Dhant earned the Day 1 Performance of the Night bonus, while Japan's Takaya Suzuki received the Day 2 Performance of the Night award. Both fighters were awarded $5,000 bonuses for their performances.

Road to UFC Season 5 Results

Day 1

Bantamweight Tournament

• Rabindra Dhant def. Kimbert Alintozon
• George Mangos def. Yuito Yanagawa
• Yunosuke Minami def. Kasib Murdoch
• Ryuho Miyaguchi def. Chungreng Koren

Featherweight Tournament

• Ahejiang Ailinuer def. GwanWoo Lim
• Regezhen def. Dagiisuren Chagnaadorj
• Ti Haitao def. Ryo Tajima
• Jin Aoi def. Young Jae Song

Special Lightweight Bout

• Rongzhu vs. Victor Martinez

Performance of the Night ($5,000)

• Rabindra Dhant

Day 2

RTU Season 5 Strawweight Tournament – Opening Round

• Farida Abdueva def. Feng Xiaocan via TKO (strikes) at 2:02 of Round 1
• Meng Bo def. Arisa Matsuda via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
• BoHyun Park def. Dong Huaxiang via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)
• Machi Fukuda def. Anelya Toktogonova via TKO (strikes) at 1:53 of Round 2

RTU Season 5 Flyweight Tournament – Opening Round

• Jiniushiyue def. Kaito Oda via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
• Joseph Larcinese def. Ryoga Arimoto via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
• Takaya Suzuki def. Otgonbaatar Boldbaatar via TKO (strikes) at 4:36 of Round 1
• Takeru Uchida def. Eros Baluyot via submission (rear-naked choke) at 1:18 of Round 1

Performance of the Night ($5,000)

• Takaya Suzuki