UFC CEO Dana White has unveiled an thrilling lineup for the extremely anticipated UFC Noche occasion, set to happen on September 14 on the Sphere in Las Vegas. The occasion, also called UFC 306, will function three main headlining bouts, promising an unforgettable night time of motion.
In the principle occasion, UFC bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley faces his hardest problem but towards Merab Dvalishvili, the No. 1 ranked bantamweight contender. O’Malley, holding an 18-1-0-1 document, is coming off a profitable title defence in March towards Marlon “Chito” Vera. Dvalishvili, with a 17-4 document, just lately secured a unanimous resolution victory over former two-division champion Henry Cejudo in February.
The co-main occasion will see UFC girls’s flyweight champion Alexa Grasso defending her title towards former champion Valentina Shevchenko. Grasso (16-3-1) claimed the title from Shevchenko (23-4-1) in March 2023 and retained it of their September 2023 rematch, which resulted in a cut up draw. Shevchenko, beforehand a dominant champion with seven profitable title defences, is now the No. 1 ranked fighter within the girls’s 125-pound division.
The third headline bout includes a featherweight conflict between Brian Ortega and Diego Lopes. Initially scheduled for UFC 303, the struggle was postponed as a result of Ortega’s sickness. Lopes stepped in to defeat late alternative Dan Ige. Ortega (16-3-0-1) is ranked No. 3, whereas Lopes (25-6) is ranked No. 6 within the featherweight division.
Dana White has promised that UFC Noche / UFC 306 can be a groundbreaking occasion, stating, “After I say that I’m going to placed on the best dwell sporting occasion within the historical past of fight sports activities, possibly in sports activities, interval. I’m going in a single night time, one time, by no means once more. It is going to be essentially the most distinctive, bad-assed, unimaginable present you’ve ever seen in sports activities.”
Right here’s the entire UFC 306 struggle card to this point:
Sean O’Malley vs. Merab Dvalishvili
Alexa Grasso vs. Valentina Shevchenko
Diego Lopes vs. Brian Ortega
Esteban Ribovics vs. Daniel Zellhuber
Ode Osbourne vs. Ronaldo Rodriguez
Irene Aldana vs. Norma Dumont
Ignacio Bahamondes vs. Manuel Torres
Yazmin Jauregui vs. Ketlen Souza
Kevin Borjas vs. Edgar Chairez
Raul Rosas Jr. vs. Aori Qileng
This lineup guarantees to ship an explosive night time of MMA motion, making UFC Noche an occasion followers received’t wish to miss.
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