Road to UFC: Indian fighter Anshul Jubli has been elevated to the next round of Road to UFC as his opponent Patrick Sho Usami has been removed due to issues with weight management, said UFC’s official statement. Follow UFC Live Updates with InsideSport.IN
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Road to UFC: Indian fighter Anshul Jubli’s BIG SHORTCUT, qualifies for Round 2 without fighting
Road to UFC: Indian fighter Anshul Jubli’s BIG SHORTCUT, qualifies for Round 2 without fighting
Anshul Jubli’s one step ahead in UFC: The Indian fighter Anshul Jubli was to face Japanese native fighter Patrick Sho Usami in the lightweight bout on June 10, Friday on the Singapore Indoor Stadium.
However, the Japanese fighter had issues with the fight organization and has been removed from the lightweight division.
UFC officially statement read, “Due to issues with weight management, Sho Patrick Usami has been removed from his lightweight bout against Anshul Jubli. As Jubli made weight (155.5), he will proceed to the next round of the Road to the UFC tournament.”
Significantly, Anshu Jubli had opened doors for the next round in UFC making his and India’s dream closer.
ROAD TO UFC is a game-changing championship that will take top Asian MMA talents and provide them with a road to a UFC contract. The tournament will include eight MMA fighters taking part in four weight classes for men. The divisions are flyweight, bantamweight, featherweight, and lightweight.
The athletes are from Japan, Korea, the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, India, and China’s UFC Academy. Notably, each card will also include one non-tournament contest, for five bouts at each event.
ROAD TO UFC Episodes and Bouts:
Road to UFC Episode 1, June 9 (12:00pm Indian Standard Time IST)
- Non-tournament – Light Heavyweight – Zhang Mingyang (CN) vs Tuco Tokkos (UK)
- Flyweight – SeungGuk Choi (KR) vs Rama Supandhi (ID)
- Bantamweight – Maimaiti Tuohati (CN) vs Toshiomi Kazama (JP)
- Lightweight – Balajin (CN) vs WonBin Ki (KR)
- Featherweight – Yi Zha (CN) vs Keisuke Sasu (JP)
Road to UFC Episode 2, June 9 (3:00 PM Indian Standard Time IST)
- Non-tournament Flyweight – Shaun Etchell (AU) vs Takeru Uchida (JP)
- Lightweight – Jeka Saragih (ID) vs Pawan Maan Singh (IND)
- Flyweight – Qiu Lun (CN) vs Wallen Del Rosario (PH)
- Featherweight – JunYoung Hong (KR) vs Koyomi Matsushima (JP)
Road to UFC Episode 3, June 10 (12:00 PM Indian Standard Time IST)
- Non-tournament – Women’s Strawweight – YeDam Seo (KR) vs Josefine Knuttson (SE)
- Bantamweight – Rinya Nakamura (JP) vs Gugun Gusman (ID)
- Flyweight, Yuma Horiuchi (JP) vs Top Kiwram (TH)
- Featherweight, JeongYeong Lee (KR) vs Xie Bin (CN)
Road to UFC Episode 4, June 10 (3:00 PM Indian Standard Time IST)
- Non-tournament – Welterweight – John Adajar (PH) vs HanSeul Kim (KR)
- Flyweight – HyunSung Park (KR) vs Jeremia Siregar (ID)
- Featherweight – Lu Kai (CN) vs Angga Hans (ID)
- Lightweight – Asikerbai Jinensibieke (CN) vs Kyung Pyo Kim (KR)
- Bantamweight – Shohei Nose (JP) vs Wulijiburen (CN)
How to watch Road to UFC in India
Watch the LIVE coverage of Road to UFC on SONY TEN 1, SONY TEN 2 (English), SONY TEN 3 (Hindi) and SONY TEN 4 (Tamil and Telugu) channels on 9th and 10th June 2022 from 12:00 pm and 3:00 pm (IST)
Road to UFC: Indian fighter Anshul Jubli’s BIG SHORTCUT, qualifies for Round 2 without fighting
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