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UFC 306 outcomes: Dvalishvili stuns O'Malley, Shevchenko deposes Grasso #.\n\nSep 15, 2024, 02:09 AM ETIn Sphere's very first primetime occasion, the location offered match fans two brand-new champions.In the main event, Merab Dvalishvili made use of superb grappling and savvy striking to uncrown Sean O'Malley to end up being the brand-new bantamweight champ. Dvalishvili gained through consensual selection (49-46, 48-47, 48-47), finishing O'Malley's eight-fight succeeding streak.In the co-main event, Valentina Shevchenko defeated Alexa Grasso by consentaneous choice (50-45, 50-45, 50-45) in their trilogy struggle to reclaim the ladies's flyweight label. Shevchenko's vital to triumph was her hurting potential, as she removed Grasso 8 opportunities, one of the most in her career.Here's whatever that dropped on the UFC 306 card, Sphere and also a lot more on an active night in Las Vegas.How to watch the fightsWatch the replay of all the fights at UFC 306 on ESPN+: Receive ESPN+ here.There's likewise FightCenter, which gives stats for each UFC card.\n\nThe battle cardMen's bantamweight champion: Merab Dvalishvili def. Sean O'Malley (c) Ladies's flyweight: Valentina Shevchenko def. Alexa Grasso (c) Featherweight: Diego Lopes def. Brian OrtegaLightweight: Esteban Ribovics def. Daniel ZellhuberMen's flyweight: Ronaldo Rodr\u00edguez def. Lyric' OsbourneWomen's bantamweight: Norma Dumont def. Irene AldanaLightweight: Ignacio Bahamondes def. Manuel TorresStrawweight: Ketlen Souza def. Yazmin JaureguiMen's flyweight: Joshua Vehicle def. Edgar ChairezMen's bantamweight: Raul Rosas Jr. def. Aoriqileng( c) = speaking up for championSuga vs. The Equipment: O'Malley and Dvalishvili challenge ahead of title fightHe's coming for that bantamweight title @MerabDvalishvil is actually positive moving in to #UFC 306 [@RiyadhSeason #NocheUFC Survive On @ESPNPlus PPV 10pmET\/7pmPT] pic.twitter.com\/ZdsmWieaRu\u2014 UFC (@ufc) September 14, 2024 \u00a1 Hora de callar y pelear! @SugaSeanMMA vs @MerabDvalishvil [#UFC 306 at @RiyadhSeason #NocheUFC en vivo ahora en @ESPNPlus PPV] pic.twitter.com\/7R5Z4vFkyc\u2014 UFC (@ufc) September 14, 2024 'One time for the Gringos': Grasso as well as Shevchenko have last skin offBlessed to become an aspect of past! @AlexaGrasso is going to defend her waistband tomorrow evening at #UFC 306 [@RiyadhSeason #NocheUFC Survive @ESPNPlus PPV 10pmET\/7pmPT] pic.twitter.com\/wq5051U7ra\u2014 UFC (@ufc) September 14, 2024 She's feeling more powerful than ever! @BulletValentina is reenergized in advance of #UFC 306 [@RiyadhSeason #NocheUFC Survive On @ESPNPlus PPV SAT 10pmET\/7pmPT] pic.twitter.com\/ECyyTqr85K\u2014 UFC (@ufc) September 14, 2024 UFC 306 ceremonial weigh-ins receive the Mariachi treatment!The scenes at Sphere #NocheUFC pic.twitter.com\/XJAts6fx8t\u2014 ESPN MIXED MARTIAL ARTS (@espnmma) September 14, 2024 Weight created: UFC 306 label fights are actually officialThe #NocheUFC centerpiece is on!Sean O'Malley (135 )Merab Dvalishvili (134) pic.twitter.com\/HDEJ40dhkv\u2014 Andreas Hale (@AndreasHale) September 13, 2024 The

NocheUFC co-man activity is main. Alexa Grasso: 124Valentina a Shevchenko: 125 pic.twitter.com/gmMtMwWeeFu2014 Andreas Hale (@AndreasHale) September 13, 2024 Dana White's $25K Easter egg huntplay3:13 DC as well as Chael break Grasso-Shevchenko triumvirate fightDaniel Cormier as well as Chael Sonnen examine the upcoming triumvirate fight in between Alexa Grasso and also Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 306. Brett Okamoto: The UFC has a past of paying performance bonuses to professional athletes at every celebration. This weekend break, it is going to possibly share out one of those rewards to a fan.ESPN UFC chief executive officer Dana White claimed he will definitely pay out $25,000 to anyone who pinpoints covert Easter eggs in a dashing film that is going to air throughout UFC Noche on Saturday at the Realm in Las Vegas. The celebration, additionally referred to as UFC 306, will be the very first online showing off event to happen at the Sphere, and White has said it will be actually a one-and-done occasion.The UFC possesses partnered with several artistic artists to generate a motion picture that will air between rounds, in addition to 10 different "globes" that will play on-screen during fights.Dana White to award follower able to recognize Easter eggs at UFC 306Where's the betting perks at UFC 306? play1:31 Why the Sphere could gain O'Malley versus DvalishviliDaniel Cormier and Brett Okamoto review how the atmosphere at the Realm could possibly provide Sean O'Malley an advantage over Merab Dvalishvili at Noche UFC.Andreas Hale: Sean O'Malley, No. 4 in ESPN's pound-for-pound ranks, gets in the fight observing his very first headline self defense versus Marlon Vera at UFC 299. O'Malley beat Vera through consensual decision. Merab Dvalishvili, No. 2 in ESPN's bantamweight ranks, is actually riding a 10-fight winning touch. Dvalishvili has certainly not shed a fight given that April 2018. In the co-main tournament, women's flyweight champ Alexa Grasso clashes with former champ Valentina Shevchenko in a triumvirate fight for Grasso's title. Grasso, No. 2 in ESPN's women's MMA P4P ranks, hammer Shevchenko through fourth-round submitting to profess the title at UFC 285 in March 2023. In the rematch, Grasso preserved the headline through split draw in September 2023. Andreas Hale talked to UFC strawweight Angela Hill to obtain her viewpoint on the UFC 306 principal and co-main celebrations. ESPN wagering pros Reed Kuhn and Ian Parker add their knowledge and study on the UFC main event and other fascinating bets they just like from both advertisings on Saturday.Expert choices and also best bets for UFC 306 and also Bellator Champions SeriesO'Malley's celebrity road continues to be unchangedplay2:32 Merab Dvalishvili talks about after effects from publishing slice to encounter onlineMerab Dvalishvili tells Andreas Hale just how he is healing from the right now well known picture he published of the cut to his face.Brett Okamoto: On Saturday, the 29-year-old O'Malley (18-1) will certainly heading possibly the highest-profile event in the UFC's 30-year background. Depending On to Chief Executive Officer Dana White, Noche UFC inside Realm in Sin city will be actually a "one-and-done" celebration, as a result of the large expense ($ twenty million, depending on to White) of putting it on. Specific chairs for the UFC 306 card headlined through O'Malley's bantamweight headline defense against Merab Dvalishvili (17-4) have actually been listed for as high as $13,000 throughout match week. It is actually the kind of celebration every boxer-- or, extra properly, pugilist-- imagine. Also Conor McGregor, who has possessed a bit of a nasty public back-and-forth along with O'Malley this year, intended to headline this Realm activity, potentially against his outdated competitor Nate Diaz. O'Malley marvelled at McGregor till this year, as well as even stated he is actually attempted to simulate component of his profession off McGregor's. Ultimately, the honor and also duty of headlining UFC 306 visited O'Malley. Which is actually precisely what O'Malley yearned for. He started his camp for this particular fight time before the UFC also provided it to him.Sitting in this incredibly sitting room where he stands today, O'Malley utilized to desire prominence and also cash, funds and also popularity. Those goals started as early as secondary school, when he made use of to imagine themself wearing for an NFL staff on Sundays. When he met high school, he involved terms that he was as well little to ever play in the NFL. Perhaps non-coincidentally, that is actually additionally the exact very same time in his life he started to kickbox.UFC champ Sean O'Malley reassesses his cheer stardomTurki, Canelo, Dana and Stone struggle for No. 1Turki Alalshikh, Canelo Alvarez, Dwayne "The Stone" Johnson, Conor McGregor and also Dana White are actually 5 of one of the most prominent people in combat sports. ESPNMike Coppinger: Many of the absolute most effective figures in the fight activity are going to converge on Las Vegas this week for an unusual offering, one that includes punching's leading superstar, Canelo Alvarez, as well as the first real-time featuring celebration at the advanced Realm with UFC 306. Canelo's linked incredibly middleweight championship self defense vs. long-odds underdog Edgar Berlanga and also Sean O'Malley's UFC bantamweight label battle versus Merab Dvalishvili are going to correspond Sunday evening, an unusual struggle of top-level combat sporting activities occasions in Las Vegas.And using it, the battle game's electrical power gamers will all be represented face to face between both celebrations. There's Turki Alalshikh, whose beneficial Riyadh Time support assisted create it achievable for Dana White as well as the UFC to hold a celebration at the exorbitantly priced Realm. White said the expense of the immersive location has topped $twenty thousand. It is actually the 1st pay-per-view occasion coming from White that isn't just touted as UFC followed by a numeral.With a few of the most significant titles going head-to-head on Sunday night in Sin city, that is actually pulling the strands in the fight activity? ESPN contacted 30-plus field electrical power players-- boxers, promoters, managers, legal representatives, managers and also media-- to aid establish that currently stores all the influence across punching, mixed martial arts as well as pro wrestling and also exactly how they possess it.The 15 most significant folks in punching, mixed martial arts and also wrestlingUFC 306 storylines: Will certainly any type of battle beat the place itself?Merab Dvalishvili trades punches with Sean O'Malley in the bantamweight champion battle at UFC 306. Chris Unger/Zuffa LLCJeff Wagenheim: At first look, the UFC's approach to celebrating Mexican Independence Time this happening weekend seems perplexing.UFC 306, which takes place Saturday at the Realm in Las Vegas, is headlined by a match between an Irish-American coming from Montana and a New Yorker hair transplanted from the Commonwealth of Georgia. As well as to include in the quizzically all-over-the-map theme, the celebration is funded through an arm of the federal government of Saudi Arabia.Branding and tent covers apart, though, there will certainly without a doubt be actually a Mexican theme penetrating the second annual Noche UFC (ESPN+ PPV, 10 p.m. ET). Just before the main event between males's bantamweight champ Sean O'Malley and Merab Dvalishvili, all 9 of the night's other stints are going to include a Mexico-born or even Mexican American fighter. The co-main celebration pits women's flyweight champ Alexa Grasso-- out of Guadalajara in the Mexican state of Jalisco-- versus previous titlist Valentina Shevchenko, to finish a triumvirate that's currently loaded with twists.Beyond the competitive stakes, the overarching ambiance of the evening vows to creatively and also aurally transport fans southern of the boundary. This first sporting event at Sphere, the advanced amusement place that opened up in 2013 only off the Las Vegas Bit, will take full advantage of the mind-numbing modern technology created right into the enormous sphere structure. Throughout the night, the UFC will use the 160,000-square-foot wraparound LED display as well as concert-quality stereo to inform the tale of fight sporting activities in Mexico.Championship matches. Impressive production. Big-time concerns. There are going to be stories rolling throughout the ball-shaped marvel of UFC 306. Below are actually a couple of to take note to.UFC 306 storylines: Just how Realm, Suga Sean are going to form a historic eventWhat followers may assume at Noche UFCUFC 306 are going to go to the Sphere in Las Vegas on Sunday Sept. 14. Photograph by Eliot J. Schechter/NHLI using Getty ImagesAndreas Hale: The UFC has actually kept a strict top on the specifics concerning their endeavor in to the Sphere for UFC 306 on Sept. 14. However, in advance of the event-- which UFC CEO Dana White has recommended will certainly be actually the best showing off occasion of all time-- the promo has actually exposed some vital particulars about what enthusiasts need to anticipate out of the $2.3 billion location in the course of Mexican Self-reliance Day weekend.The UFC will certainly utilize Sphere's large 160,000 sq. ft. interior show aircraft as well as the venue's worldclass concert-grade stereo. The internal screen aircraft will certainly additionally display real-time stats and fighter information.Fans inside the Sphere will experience the activity thanks to haptic seats, which offers pressure responses based on the activity inside the Octagon. As well as they have the alternative to install the LiveVoice application to listen closely to live commentary from either the English or Spanish broadcast.The occasion will definitely also premiere the film "For Mexico, For Perpetuity," informed in 6 90-second chapters in between matches as well as featured inside the Sphere. The artistic crew behind the film boasts 29 Emmy Honor gains, one Golden Globe and also one Grammy.There will be eight new Octagon women, six native-born Mexican females as well as 2 second-generation Mexicans.Top storiesplay1:31 Just how Sean O'Malley considers to meet Conor McGregor's attraction in the UFCSean O'Malley signs up with "First Take" clean off winning the bantamweight label at UFC 292 and also talks about potentially achieving the height of Conor McGregor's popularity.After Round: Which UFC event sites will come next?UFC champ Sean O'Malley assesses his rise to stardomMMA local rankings: Big win improvements Brady, however how higher does he jump?UFC 306 1st appeal: Big inquiries, very early bets, forecasts for O'Malley-DvalishviliMMA genuine or otherwise: Will O'Malley, Grasso both preserve at Noche UFC?