Road to UFC Season 3 is the 2024 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).
The event series features four divisionsâÂÂflyweight, bantamweight, featherweight, and, notably, women's strawweight (replacing lightweight)âÂÂeach for which eight fighters compete in a "win-and-advance" tournament format. 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 inaugural quarterfinal stage of the tournament took place over two days, May 18-19, 2024, at the UFC Performance Institute Shanghai, with two five-bout events for each day for a total of 10 bouts per day. The semifinals were held at the UFC Apex facility on August 23, 2024. The finals took place at on November 23, 2024.
*Toki Matsui missed weight (132 lbs), therefore the bout was cancelled and Pañales proceeded to the semi-finals
* Huang Feier missed weight (116.7 lbs), therefore the bout was canceled and Motono proceeded to semi-final