| Road to UFC Season 3 | |
| Promotion: | UFC |
| Preceded By: | Road to UFC Season 2 |
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).[1] [2]
The event series features four divisions—flyweight, bantamweight, featherweight, and, notably, women's strawweight (replacing lightweight)—each for which eight fighters compete in a "win-and-advance" tournament format.[3] 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.[4]
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.[5] The finals are scheduled for on November 23, 2024.[6]
| Road to UFC: Episode 1 | |
| Promotion: | Road to UFC |
| Date: | May 18, 2024 |
| Venue: | UFC Performance Institute Shanghai |
| City: | Shanghai, China |
| Road to UFC: Episode 2 | |
| Promotion: | Road to UFC |
| Date: | May 18, 2024 |
| Venue: | UFC Performance Institute Shanghai |
| City: | Shanghai, China |
| Road to UFC: Episode 3 | |
| Promotion: | Road to UFC |
| Date: | May 19, 2024 |
| Venue: | UFC Performance Institute Shanghai |
| City: | Shanghai, China |
| Road to UFC: Episode 4 | |
| Promotion: | Road to UFC |
| Date: | May 19, 2024 |
| Venue: | UFC Performance Institute Shanghai |
| City: | Shanghai, China |
| Road to UFC: Episode 5 | |
| Promotion: | Road to UFC |
| Date: | August 23, 2024 |
| Venue: | UFC Apex |
| City: | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
| Road to UFC: Episode 6 | |
| Promotion: | Road to UFC |
| Date: | August 23, 2024 |
| Venue: | UFC Apex |
| City: | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |