Completed MMA Event

Road to UFC: Shanghai Episode 1

Road to UFC
  • Saturday 05.27.2023 at 06:00 AM ET
  • U.S. Broadcast: UFC Fight Pass
  • Promotion: Road to UFC
  • Venue: UFC Performance Institute Shanghai
  • Location: Shanghai, China
  • Enclosure: Cage
  • TV Announcers: Laura Sanko, John Gooden
  • Ring Announcer: Justin Bernard
  • Post-Fight Interviews: Alan Jouban
  • MMA Bouts: 5
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Fight Card

Referees

  • Mark Craig
    Sasu vs. Kim (5)Tsuruya vs. Siahaan (2)
  • Marc Goddard
    Climaco vs. Lee (4)Kiwram vs. Tumendemberel (1)
  • Thomas Fan
    Yi vs. Jiahefu (3)

Event Discussion

WastelandWanderer
WastelandWanderer

05.27.2023 | 6:14 PM ET

Cool well I think he should definitely be a bluebelt bordering on purple (a very good bluebelt) ha he must be the best white belt in the world, I would say he would smash heavyweight white belts, you can see he has solid greco-roman training 

* Edited at 05.27.2023, 6:15 PM ET *

AyyLmaonnaise
AyyLmaonnaise

05.27.2023 | 6:14 PM ET

For some reason the Wikipedia link on his page is glitched on tapology

This is the real one:
https://ja.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/鶴屋怜

* Edited at 05.27.2023, 6:14 PM ET *

WastelandWanderer
WastelandWanderer

05.27.2023 | 6:22 PM ET

Thanks for that link but what the hell the Tsuruya youtube channel opens in the google translate browser but doesn't appear when you type Rei Tsuruya channel in regular youtube search thats a bit weird

* Edited at 05.27.2023, 6:22 PM ET *

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Fight Predictions

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