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).
The event series featured four divisionsâÂÂwomen's strawweight, flyweight, bantamweight, and featherweightâÂÂeach 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 quarterfinal stage of the tournament is scheduled to take place over two days on May 28-29, 2026, at the Galaxy Arena in Macau, China, with two five-bout events for each day for a total of 10 bouts per day.
The Road to UFC Season 4 flyweight final between Namsrai Batbayar and Yin Shuai is scheduled to take 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 will take place as well: a bantamweight 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.