It's not officially announced, but most likely the RTU semis are 8/28 in Shanghai since the UFC event is the next day. MFLW semis: Takaya Suzuki vs. Joseph Larcinese Jiniushiyue vs. Takeru Uchida SW semis: Farida Abdueva vs. Park Bo Hyun Machi Fukuda vs. Meng Bo

Ooh Shi may have this

Merciless TKO finish from Namsrai. Had Yin Shuai's leg stretched above his head and crushed him with a knee

I mean getting punched in the eyeball will still mess with your eye regardless of whether a finger or knuckle made its way in, or if the orbital bone is damaged. The damage seemed to be to the eye instead of the area around the eye, so I think an NC was probably the right call over a TKO.

Fun toe-to-toe fight and I think Arimoto did enough to get the nod. Australia doesn't lose often in RTU so that's a really impressive response.

Like Suzuki before her, Meng feels like the fighter to beat at strawweight. Her striking in particular feels levels ahead of everyone else. #RoadtoUFC

Meng came ready for the takedowns of Matsuda and her physicality is proving to be too much. This always felt like a finals type of fight but didn't Meng to pull ahead like this. #RoadtoUFC

Nice opening round for Meng Bo on the feet. Hardly any activity from Matsuda who seems like she's trying to get reads to set up takedowns. #RoadtoUFC

Ya this feels like Suzuki's tournament to lose. The UFC should have just signed him on a better contract rather than make him prove himself through RTU or DWCS.

Dong Huaxiang showed she isn't close ready for the UFC. She's lacked any presence at all on the regional scene but for the love, don't send her back to YFU. If she's going to fight in China, she NEEDS to be in JCK where they'll actually match her with quality opponents.

Time for Dong to forget about the takedowns and focus on violence. She's going to give this crucial round away to Park if she doesn't. 30 seconds away from a Park decision win.

Dong's really having trouble with her TD entries against Park, and absorbing strikes while trying. I've got it tied going into three. #RoadtoUFC

Solid first round in the books for Dong 10-9

Dong Huaxiang has all the potential if she can just pull the trigger. She struggled to do that in S3, but already looking much more comfortable in S5.

Normally I would have picked Uchida here. But Baluyot is a ridiculous grappler as well and ten years old than Uchida. He's one of my top overall prospects from the Philippines. #RoadtoUFC

Yikes

Road to UFC BW + FW semifinals matchups: Ahejiang Ailinuer vs. George Mangos Dagiisuren Changnadorj vs. Song Young Jae Kasib Murdoch vs. Rabindra Dhant Chungreng Koren vs. Ryo Tajima #RoadtoUFC

Ahejiang takes it 30-27 on all the scorecards. Not a ton of offense but you have to respect the flashy wrestling and power of this guy. #RoadtoUFC

Impressive athleticism from Ahejiang through two rounds, he should have this locked in. Let's see if he can find the sub or TKO in the last round.

Total one-way traffic from Murdoch, and Minami was docked a point too. Minami should be trying to take Murdoch's head off in R3. #RoadtoUFC

Chagnadorj takes the split nod. Regezhen has a ton of potential but he just wouldn't push the pace tonight and gave it away in my opinion. #RoadtoUFC

Massively impactful takedown from Chagnadorj. That might have locked in the fight for him.

Regezhen finally warming up the second half of R2 and coming back on the scorecards. I've got it tied going into three. #RoadtoUFC

Regezhen has been strangely gun shy, which is a problem because typically is offense is built around his boxing.

Regezhen has to find some confidence from surviving that takedown sequence, but probably a Chagnadorj round either way. #RoadtoUFC

Absolutely merciless beating from Rabindra Dhant in R2. Alintozon went up a weight class and came to bang but Dhant finally pulled things into his playground .

K this is where Dhant wants to be. Giving Alintozon hell on the mat.

This is a slugfest. Great for Alintozon, but probably not where Dhant wants to be. Great moments for each guy but I lean Kimbert through one.

You don't think about Nepal having a massive MMA fanbase, but without comparison Rabindra Dhant has driven the majority of my RTU YouTube traffic. He's got 112K IG followers. #RoadToUFC

Well at least we know the judges aren't biased towards the Chinese fighters 😆

Ti made a lot of errors and looked uncomfortable in some areas, but should take the scorecards. That last round felt the closest. #RoadtoUFC

An even stronger round for Ti. He should be up 20-18. #RoadtoUFC

Ti Haitao starting to find his range and gets the first round in my book

Ti Haitao walking out to this gym by Jackie Chan www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYWC... #RoadtoUFC

Shocking RNC win for Song Young Jae! Docked a point for an illegal and likely giving up the first round, the guy needed a finish. #RoadtoUFC

Clear R1 for Jin Aoi

This feels like a much more aggressive Aoi than I'm used to seeing. Fully content to stand and trade with Song.

Wow WELL DONE Chungreng Koren. Second round RNC. He's a hammer and kept things tight. India finally gets one on the board since like, Anshul Jubli right? #RoadToUFC

Ok Koren! Miyaguchi getting CRUSHED

Sat down on the floor and picked EVERY Road to UFC fight this week! You'll probably hate some of my picks but I don't care! I also picked who I think will win every bracket. youtu.be/Sxf_Km5uftI #RoadtoUFC #RTU

Ridiculous 16-fight card announced for JCK on 6/6. Wang Jizheng vs. Bahatuoli Nulikuwati, Zewang, Lu Kai, Hailaierke, and a couple rising prospects on the prelims.

Khamzat looks wiiiinded. Interesting stuff. 19-19 after two. #UFC328

Massive knockdown for Van at the end of the round! 😳 Bounces Taira’s head off the canvas. 19-19 after two. #UFC328

Taira’s jab is good, but the power was clearly on the side of Van. Taira needs to land some damage on the ground if he wants to earn this round. #UFC328

10-9 for Taira in R1

Sean Brady absolutely wrecks Joaquin Buckley and looks like he has the stamina to go five more rounds. IMG, Prates, Morales…there’s a logjam atop 170 again. #UFC328

Brady likely up 20-17. Buckley needs a hail Mary finish in the third. #UFC328

There needs to be a study done on the body of Jim Miller. This guy has to know how to recover and care for himself incredibly well given that his game has declined very little in 40+ UFC fights. His consistency alone should land him in the HOF. #UFC328

YFU 94 on May 23: 🇨🇳Liu Ce (2-1) vs. 🇷🇺Igor Balabanov (2-5) 🇨🇳Ren Yawei (9-4) vs. 🇹🇯Khurshed Gafurov (4-1)

Gosh what a ridiculous fight. Sordi should have been out of there but just keeps finding an extra gear. That spinning elbow while Powell was charging in was nuts. #PFLSiouxFalls