Japan

Road to UFC: Japan is an American reality television series and Ultimate Fighting Championship mixed martial arts competition. It is the inaugural event "Road to UFC" event and the event featured eight Japanese featherweight fighters with former champion Josh Barnett and Roy Nelson as coaches. The show started on July 6, 2015 and the finale aired on September 27, 2015 at UFC Fight Night: Barnett vs. Nelson.

Episodes

Each episode has its own detail page.

Episode 123 min2015-10-08

The Beginning

With the help of UFC Heavyweights Roy Nelson and Josh Barnett, eight athletes head to Las Vegas to compete for a spot in the finals at UFC Fight Night: Japan.

Episode 224 min2015-08-17

Team Picks

The coaches introduce themselves and the fighters enter a training session followed by the coin toss for team picks.

Episode 324 min2015-08-24

1st Quarterfinal Bout

We take a closer look at the background of the competitors, and the coaches get their opportunity to train with their teams before the first quarterfinal bout of the season.

Episode 424 min2015-08-31

2nd Quarterfinal Bout

Coaches Roy Nelson and Josh Barnett train their fighters before the 2nd quarterfinal bout takes place to see who advances to the semifinals and gets one step closer to UFC: Japan.

Episode 525 min2015-09-07

3rd Quarterfinal Bout

Yashabo and Ando face off in the third quarterfinal bout.

Episode 626 min2015-09-14

4th Quarterfinal Bout

We get to know about Takai and Nagakura before they face off in the 4th quarterfinal bout of the season.

Episode 723 min2015-09-21

Reality in the USA

Team Nelson heads to Red Rock an visit Roy Nelson's gym while team Barnett head to a Chinese theater and go for a run around Lake Hollywood and semifinal match ups are announced.

Episode 823 min2015-09-22