It features four divisions—flyweight, bantamweight, featherweight and lightweight—each for which eight fighters compete in a "win-and-advance" tournament format.
[3][6] The contestants for the tournament came from China (through the UFC Academy), India,[7] Indonesia, Japan, Korea, the Philippines, and Thailand.
[8][1] The semifinals took place on October 23, 2022 – a day after UFC 281 – in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
[9] The finals were initially scheduled to take place in Seoul, South Korea on February 4, 2023 at UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivak.
** Min Woo Kim missed weight (139.5 lbs), therefore the bout was canceled and Kazama proceeded to final * Patrick Sho Usami suffered weight cut issues the day of weigh ins and no replacement was found.