India's Anshul Jubli will be involved in the lightweight final and is one step away from the UFC contract. Anshul could become only the second Indian-born fighter after Bharat Khandare to bag a UFC contract with a win in Vegas.
Jeka Saragih, who didn’t really come in with much fanfare, is now carrying Indonesia’s hopes after scoring back-to-back brutal knockouts in this tournament. After a spinning back fist KO in the opening round, he upset Won Bin Ki in the semis with a missile of a right hand. Could he be the first-ever Indonesian UFC fighter? Interestingly enough, he will take on Anshul Jubli of India in the lightweight finals, which will represent two countries that are severely underrepresented in the UFC.
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Anshul on October 24, became the first Indian-born fighter to win a bout in the UFC Octagon during his semifinal in November 2022 in Abu Dhabi. The 27-year-old registered a 29-28, 28-29, 29-28 split-decision win over South Korea’s Kyung Pyo Kim to progress.
Anshul is currently preparing for the pivotal bout at the Soma Fight Club in Bali, Indonesia. He will be joined by his coach next week before the two fly out to Vegas later this month. The Uttarakhand-born Anshul made his MMA debut in 2015 and has been undefeated across the Amateur and Pro Levels. He is currently on a six-match winning streak in the Professional circuit.
His opponent Saragih holds a strong 13-2 record with five successive wins since 2020, including four knockout finishes and a decision victory. Saragih had also wiped out Anshul’s compatriot, Pawan Maan Singh, with a spinning back fist KO in the quarterfinal in June last year.
The Road to UFC finals will be held at the UFC Apex facility in Las Vegas on February 4. The Road to UFC event, which marked its return after seven years in 2022, presents a ‘win and advance’ opportunity to the best Asian MMA fighters across four weight divisions: flyweight, bantamweight, featherweight, and lightweight.
The ROAD TO UFC finals bouts are as follows:
Lightweight: Jeka Saragih vs Anshul Jubli
Flyweight: Seung Guk Choi vs Hyun-Sung Park
Bantamweight: Toshiomi Kazama vs Rinya Nakamura
Featherweight: Yi Zha vs Jung-Young Lee
ROAD TO UFC is a ground-breaking “win and advance” tournament that takes top MMA prospects from Asia and gives them a pathway to a UFC contract. The tournament started with 32 mixed martial arts athletes, with eight competing in each of four men’s weight classes: flyweight, bantamweight, featherweight and lightweight. The athletes in ROAD TO UFC came from China, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, and Thailand.
Anshul Jubli vs. Jeka Saragih
Jeong Yeong Lee vs. Yi Zha
Toshiomi Kazama vs. Rinya Nakamura
Seung Guk Choi vs. Sung Hyun Park
Mandy Bohm vs. Ji Yeon Kim
Junyong Park vs. Denis Tiuliulin
Jesus Santos Aguilar vs. Tatsuro Taira
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