Ahead of Friday’s official weigh-in in Sydney, Australia, promotion officials announced that the fight was off, due to “weight management issues” on the part of Tumendemberel.

No further details were provided. The bout was the only flyweight fight scheduled for the event on the men’s side (on the women’s, Bruna Brasil vs. Wang Cong is set for 125lbs).

Mongolia’s Tumendemberel featured on the Road to UFC prior to landing in the promotion proper. He’s 0-1 in the UFC officially, and was looking to rebound from a loss to Carlos Hernandez back in November.

UFC 312 takes place at the Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, Australia on Saturday, February 8, 2025 (Sunday local time). Both main event fighters, Dricus Du Plessis and Sean Strickland, weighed in without issue on Friday — as did the co-headliners, strawweight champ Weili Zhang, and TUF 23 winner Tatiana Suarez.

The full UFC 312 card stands as follows:

Dricus du Plessis (c) vs. Sean Strickland – for the UFC middleweight championship
Zhang Weili (c) vs. Tatiana Suarez – for the UFC women’s strawweight championship
Justin Tafa vs. Tallison Teixeira
Jimmy Crute vs. Rodolfo Bellato
Jake Matthews vs. Francisco Prado
Jack Jenkins vs. Gabriel Santos
Tom Nolan vs. Viacheslav Borshchev
Wang Cong vs. Bruna Brasil
Colby Thicknesse vs. Aleksandre Topuria
Rong Zhu vs. Kody Steele
Jonathan Micallef vs. Kevin Jousset
Quillan Salkilld vs. Anshul Jubli

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Rather than Fight of the Night, however (no flight claimed that honor at Saturday’s event in Las Vegas), it was a Performance of the Night bonus that Haqparast collected for his first-round TKO of Mullarkey. After sitting the Australian down with a heavy shot, Haqparast swarmed even as his opponent was on his way back up. When Mullarkey fell a second time, the writing was on the wall, and the finish came seconds later.

It was Nasrat Haqparast’s first finish since 2019, when he stopped Joaquim Silva — another bonus-earning performance.

With no Fight of the Night handed out at UFC Vegas 83, it was instead three other individual performances bring home the bonus money. In the co-main event, Khalil Rountree Jr.’s nasty walk-off finish of Anthony Smith, technically a TKO, pocketed him $50,000.

The other two Performance of the Night awards went to Tim Elliott, who choked Su Mudaerji unconscious on the main card, and Hyun Sung Park. South Korea’s Park smashed Shannon Ross in a flyweight fight situated on the UFC Vegas 83 preliminary card, in a finish set up with a well-placed knee.

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The undefeated Japanese fighter Park was heavily favored heading into the bout, as he looked like a potential future contender while Ross had lost both of his UFC fights and his DWCS fight by knockout. The Australian wanted to turn things around in this fight, but it was not to be.

The fight began with Park popping Ross with jabs and low kicks while Ross sought pocket combinations. Park soon clipped him with a clean right hand that put Ross on skates. But Ross came back and knocked Park off-balance, putting him on his butt with a punch. Ross was soon again falling backwards himself, this time he hit the ground. Park jumped on top and took the back while smashing down elbows. With a body-triangle in, Park was able to hunt for a rear-naked choke for the next half of a round. Ross rolled repeatedly to escape but Park did not let him go. Hyun-Sung Park almost got the choke in a half dozen times but Ross fought him off each time and survived to the end of the round.

The second round started with Ross advancing behind strong combinations but Park stood tall and found his own shots to get off the fence. Park then backed Ross up to the fence with good footwork and popped the Aussie with a clean left hook that rocked him. Park clinched up to land knees and short elbows but Ross defended well and found time to recover. Ross held his own but Park had an advantage on the feet from there on out. Ross seemed as though he was going to make it to the third round but a front kick to the body drew a reaction from him and proved to be the beginning of the end. Park followed up with two left hooks to the same spot on the body which folded Shannon Ross like warm blankets. Only a few ground strikes were required to finish the bout from there.

With his first UFC win post-Road to UFC and his first knockout with the promotion, Hyun Sung Park is on a hot run at flyweight. A fighter that can finish fights on the ground or on the feet in the lighter weight classes is one that will always draw some eyes.

Official Result: Hyun Sung Park def. Shannon Ross by TKO (body shots), Round 2, 3:59

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A UFC contract was in the offer for the winner of each tournament final, with four weight classes taking part: flyweight, bantamweight, featherweight and lightweight.

With Saturday’s event originally slated for South Korea before being shifted to Las Vegas, a late start time allowed Asian fans to tune in to see who would make it to the big show.

In the first round, it was a slow start initially. Park did get caught off balance and fell to his back. Choi did nothing while standing over Park landing some kicks until the ref stood them up. A lot of feints from both guys but little action ensued. Park started to put on more leg kicks as the round went on. There was finally a good exchange between both guys where each man landed. The round ended with a nice leg kick from Park.

In round two it was more feints from both men to start. Park was landing more of the leg kicks and landed a heavy right hand in an exchange. Choi finally caught a kick and sat Park down with a punch. Never in danger, Park did get back to his feet. Park was then being more aggressive coming forward landing with the jab, right/lefts, and leg kicks. Choi was not dealing well with the pressure; he clinched up but nothing came out of it. Park ended the round with the momentum.

In the final round Park was engaging more and Choi was throwing as well. Choi shot in on two takedowns but couldn’t get them. Park would be the one to get onto a grappling position and take the back standing. Park sunk in the rear-naked choke standing. Choi fell to his back and escaped the choke for a second, but on the second go around he had to tap. Nice ability to dig deep and switch up the gameplan from Park. He’s your Road to UFC winner at flyweight.

CONTRACT SECURED! HyunSung Park is your first #RoadToUFC winner with the 3rd round submission!

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— UFC (@ufc) February 5, 2023

Official Results: Hyun-sung Park def. Seung-guk Choi by submission (rear-naked choke), Round 3, 3:11

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Among the semifinal contests, Japan’s Rinya Nakamura, a wrestling sensation, looked to make a statement against Shohei Nose.

In addition, a featured welterweight fight was scheduled for Road to UFC 6. That fight saw Han Seul Kim of South Korea take on Gian Siqueira.

Road to UFC 6 takes place Sunday, October 23, 2022 at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The event streams live on UFC Fight Pass, getting underway at 9AM ET. Full results can be found below.

Road to UFC 6 Results

Featherweight: Lee Jeong Yeong def. Lu Kai via R1 :42 KO – Road to UFC Semifinal
Bantamweight: Rinya Nakamura def. Shohei Nose via R1 TKO – Road to UFC Semifinal
Flyweight: Topnoi Kiwram vs. Park Hyun Sung def. Topnoi Kiwram via R1 submission (RNC) – Road to UFC Semifinal
Lightweight: Anshul Jubli def. Kim Kyung Pyo via split decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-29) – Road to UFC Semifinal
Welterweight: Samandar Murodov def. Gian Siqueira via R1 4:59 Submission (RNC)

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UFC contracts are on the line! Here’s a look at what’s to come.

Featherweight: Yi Zha Vs. Koyomi Matsushima

Tale of the Tape

Pros and Cons

Prediction: This is both a fun fight and a tough fight to call. This is a fight between two athletes who are well-rounded and are maybe UFC level.

Matsushima is exciting and even in fights where his body language isn’t good, he’s still giving it 100%. Zha has been cleaner in his fights getting the wins with little issue and hardly any diversity. Matsushima over and over has had to dig deep to get his hand raised.

While that might not look great in theory it’s a valuable tool. I think Zha is the more talented fighter but Matsushima edges him in a grueling fight which is I think the way this fight will go. I see a lot of wrestling exchanges and I see Matsushima winning scrambles and landing more takedowns. Zha isn’t going to find it as easy to ground Matsushima as he did his last opponent. I think Matsushima has too much dog in him for Zha and he wins a close decision.

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Inside the very same venue that would play host to UFC 275 on Saturday, a group of prospects and UFC hopefuls were in action, competing across four weight classes — flyweight, bantamweight, featherweight, and lightweight — with the goal of securing a UFC deal.

The final installment of the quarterfinal round offered four tournament bouts, each in a different weight class, plus a non-tournament welterweight match-up featuring John Adajar and Han Seul Kim.

UFC fans would no doubt recognize one name on the Road to UFC 4 card, as China’s Wuliji Buren returned, looking for another crack at the big show. Buren competed for the promotion from 2017 to 2019, going 0-3 through three fights inside the octagon. Since exiting the company, “The Beastmaster” had posted a 4-1 record. The lone loss in that span had come against fellow Road to UFC tournament fighter Keremuaili Maimaitituohati.

Full results from the Road to UFC 4 card can be found below. The event kicks off at 5AM ET, streaming live on UFC Fight Pass.

Road to UFC 4 Results

Shohei Nose def. Wuliji Buren by TKO, Round 1, 1:13
Kyeong Pyo Kim def. Asikeerbai Jinensibieke by KO, Round 1, 0:30
Lu Kai def. Angga by TKO, Round 2, 4:33
Hyun Sung Park def. Jeremia Siregar by TKO (ground n’ pound), Round 1, 3:56
Han Seul Kim def. John Adajar by submission (arm-bar), Round 1, 4:37

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Episode four goes down on Friday, and we’ve got a look at the bouts scheduled and what you can expect to see.

Bantamweight: Shohei Nose Vs. Wuliji Buren

Tale of the Tape

Pros and Cons

Wuliji Buren

Pros

• N/A

Cons

• N/A

Prediction: I’m not doing a pros and cons for Buren since he’s not a prospect and has fought in the UFC already. He wasn’t UFC level then so I’m not sure why he’s getting another chance. He’s 4-1 since leaving the UFC, with the loss coming to another Road to UFC fighter, Keremuaili Maimaitituoheti.

With Shohei, I’m up and down with him. He’s a better grappler but has been in kickboxing fights to round out his craft. Buren is a submission grappler like Shohei so the winner could be determined by who has the better stand-up. It’s a fight Buren can win as Shohei himself isn’t UFC level either. I am picking Shohei though based on being the younger guy and having more momentum. Not confident at all though.

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