Road to UFC Bracket complete, Indian fighters Anshul Jubli and Pawan Maan fight in Tournament » FirstSportz

UFC had recently announced a tournament for Asian fighters and the winner of the tournament would receive a UFC contract. Indian fighters Anshul Jubli and Pawan Maan will also take part in the tournament. The opening round of way to the UFC was announced by UFC today and the bouts are set to take place ahead of the UFC event in Singapore.

UFC will host its first pay-per-view event in Singapore in June and the event will feature UFC light heavyweight contender Glover Teixeira as the headlining talk about Jiri Prochazka for the light heavyweight title. Glover defeated Jan Blachowicz at UFC 267 to claim the UFC title and will defend it for the first time against second-ranked fighter Jiri Prochazka, who is currently on a two-fight win streak at UFC. The event will also feature fighters like number one pound-for-pound contender Valentina Shevchenko, former UFC strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk and UFC bantamweight Rogerio Bontorin.

The opening round of Road to UFC will take place over two days, June 9th and 10th, and fighters from Japan, Korea, Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, India and China will compete for the UFC contract. The semi-finals and finals will take place later this year. UFC has announced the fight matchup for each division and the tournament will be held on a win and advance basis. Two Indian fighters, Anshul Jubli and Pawan Maan also fight in the event and both will compete in the lightweight division of the tournament.

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Anshul Jubli and Pawan Maan compete in the lightweight division of The Road to UFC

The lightweight division is one of the most competitive divisions in the UFC. Fighters like Michael Chandler, Conor McGregor, Islam Makhachev and Dustin Poirier make the division one of the most entertaining yet dangerous divisions. Indian fighters Anshul Jubli and Pawan Mann will compete in the lightweight division of the Road to UFC tournament, trying to earn a UFC contract to get into the most competitive promotion division.

Hailing from Uttarakhand, India, Anshul Jubli is one of the top fighters in Southeast Asia. Anshul had an amateur record of 13-0 before turning pro and is undefeated in his pro career. He has a professional record of 5 wins and 0 losses. Anshul will turn himself in Usami Sho Patrick from Japan. Usami has a professional record of 4 wins and 1 loss.

Pawan Mann is also an Indian fighter and belongs to the state of Uttar Pradesh. He has a professional record of 7 wins 2 losses and will fight against the Chinese fighter Aili Muratbek in the first round of the Road to UFC. Aili has a professional record of 10 wins and 2 losses.

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