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The
Ultimate Fighting Championship now knows the identities of the
featherweight and flyweight participants in the “Road to UFC”
Season 4 semifinals.

Eternal MMA featherweight champion Sebastian
Szalay advanced in the 145-pound draw with a unanimous decision
over Jieleyisi
Baergeng (19-7) in their three-round quarterfinal on Thursday
at the UFC Performance Institute in Shanghai, China. Scores were
30-27, 30-27 and 29-28 for Szalay (9-1), who has rattled off eight
consecutive victories. The 31-year-old Australian moves on to face
Chang Min
Yoon (8-2-1)—a 30-27, 28-29, 30-27 split decision winner over
Jin Aoi
(14-6-1)—in the featherweight semifinals.

Meanwhile, Keiichiro
Nakamura awaits Kaiwen Li in
the other featherweight semifinal. Nakamura (6-1) cut down Eo
Jin
Park (9-2-1) with a knee strike 2:24 into the second round of
their 145-pound quarterfinal, while Li (15-6-1) put away Dong Hyun
Seo with second-round punches. Seo (7-3-1) checked out 3:21
into Round 2.

Elsewhere, Shuai Yin
(18-5) broke through in the 125-pound field, as he wiped out
Kai
Yoshida with punches in the first round of their flyweight
quarterfinal. Yoshida (6-2) succumbed to blows 4:38 into Round 1.
Yin moves on to meet Aaron Tau
(10-1)—he stopped Rio Tirto
(8-1) with punches and elbows 86 seconds into the first round—in
the flyweight semifinals.

Finally, Agulali
(13-1) sets his sights on Namsrai
Batbayar in the other flyweight semifinal. Agulai needed only
37 seconds to punch out Mridul
Saikia (8-1) in their 125-pound quarterfinal, while, Batbayar
did the same to Wataru
Yamauchi (7-2). Batbayar (8-1) drew the curtain 46 seconds into
Round 2.

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