Overview
- Shi Ming forced Puja Tomar to tap to an arm-triangle choke at 3:12 of round one on Friday, May 29, 2026, in the Road to UFC headliner at Galaxy Arena in Macau.
- The win moves Shi Ming to 18-6 with her seventh career submission and marks a rebound after her August loss to Bruna Brasil.
- Puja Tomar fell to 9-6 overall and has now suffered back-to-back submission losses, leaving her 1-2 inside the UFC.
- Pre-fight betting markets had favored Shi Ming, with DraftKings listing her the favorite, a signal that bookmakers and analysts expected her grappling to be decisive.
- The result highlights Road to UFC’s role as a feeder series and could push Shi Ming, a practicing medical doctor with an RTU tournament pedigree, toward higher-profile UFC Fight Night or numbered-card opportunities.