The Road to UFC Season 5 semifinals will take place on Friday, August 28, 2026, at the Pudong Development Bank Shanghai Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai, China.
Broadcast live on UFC Fight Pass, this tournament card features elite, rising Asian-Pacific mixed martial arts prospects fighting to advance to the tournament finals for a coveted multi-fight UFC contract. The high-stakes event is headlined by a non-tournament lightweight main event between Nueraji Taiyilake and Darrius Flowers. Crucial tournament brackets will be decided during the card, including featherweight matchups featuring Song Young-jae versus Dagiisuren Chagnaadorj and George Mangos versus Ahejeng Ailinuer, alongside highly anticipated bantamweight semifinal bouts between Ryuho Tajima and Chungreng Koren, and Kasib Murdoch versus Rabindra Dhant—who is making history as the first fighter to represent Nepal in a Road to UFC event.
