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Sherdog’s coverage of Week 5 of Dana White’s Contender Series begins Tuesday at 8pm ET/5pm PT. Round 1 Sherdog scores Tristen Critchfield scores the round: Brian Knapp scored the round: Edwin Ayala scored the round: Round 2 Sherdog scores Tristen Critchfield scores the round: Brian Knapp scored the round: Edwin Ayala scored the round.Round 3 Sherdog scores Tristen Critchfield scores the round: Brian Knapp scored the round: Edwin Ayala scored the round. Official Results Round 1 Sherdog scores Tristen Critchfield scores the round: Brian Knapp scored the round: Edwin Ayala scored the round.Round 2 Sherdog scores Tristen Critchfield scores the…
Merab Dvalishvili (17-4) wants to show the world that greatness can be achieved through pure hard work. Dvalishvili is riding the longest winning streak in UFC bantamweight history at 10, a streak that would have earned him a title shot long ago if he hadn’t hesitated to fight his friend and former champion Aljamain Sterling. The Georgia native will finally get a shot at gold when he faces Sean O’Malley (18-1) in the main event of UFC 306 at the Sphere in Las Vegas on Saturday.”The Machine” could become just the second Georgian to win a UFC title, following Georgian-Spanish…
UFC chief content officer and executive producer Craig Borsari has assured us that the Sphere won’t get in the way of fighters at UFC 306. Headlined by a bantamweight title defense between Sean O’Malley and Merab Dvalishvili, UFC 306 takes place at the Sphere in Las Vegas on Saturday. The unique event, also known as “Noche UFC Riyadh Season,” marks UFC Promotions’ first and only venture at the Sphere.The Sphere boasts a 240-foot-tall, 16K x 16K resolution interior display made from 64,000 LED tiles covering 160,000 sq ft. The event, which also marks Mexican Independence Day celebrations, will feature films…
The biggest change Alexa Grasso has noticed since becoming champion is the pressure that comes with it. Grasso became the women’s flyweight champion with a major upset win over Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 285 in March 2023. The Mexican champion defended the belt in a somewhat controversial split draw in a rematch with Shevchenko at UFC Noche in September 2023. Grasso is now set to put the belt on the line in a trilogy showdown against “Bullet” in the co-main event of UFC 306 this weekend at the Sphere in Las Vegas.As for what has changed since assuming champion status,…
Brian Ortega (25-6) already had a lot of respect for his next opponent, Diego Lopez (16-3), and the Brazilian’s performance at UFC 303 just increased that respect even more. Ortega had been preparing to move up to lightweight, but agreed to face Lopez at featherweight two weeks before UFC 303 in June of this year. The weight cut was too much for Ortega, and the fight was announced as cancelled after it had already begun. In a miraculous turn of events, Dan Ige stepped up to take on Lopez four hours before the bout, and Lopez struggled to beat the…
Ray Longo has a pretty good idea of what skill set Merab Dvalishvili brings to the table. Dvalishvili worked out of the Serra Longo Fight Team in New York before moving his training to Las Vegas. With Dvalishvili challenging Sean O’Malley for the bantamweight title in the main event of UFC 306 on Saturday at The Sphere in Las Vegas, Longo offered some insight into what “The Machine” needs to do to get his hands on the title belt.“He’s going to have to take a punch to win this fight, that’s it,” Longo said on the “Anik & Florian Podcast”…
Sean O’Malley recently reflected on the journey that led him to meet his longtime friend and coach, Tim Welch. Although O’Malley was always a standout athlete, his thinness and disrespect for authority led him to drop out of college football. One of O’Malley’s classmate’s father, a boxing coach, got “Sugar” into martial arts.O’Malley had early success as an amateur, but his first loss really put him off. The Montana native then decided to leave his hometown and pursue a career in mixed martial arts. To save up for the money to move, O’Malley worked at a facility for intellectually disabled…
Daniel Zellhuber (15-1) is confident he can hand Esteban Rybovic (13-1) his first knockout loss at UFC 306. Zellhuber will face Argentina’s Rybovic on Saturday at the Sphere in Las Vegas. The Mexican is riding a three-fight winning streak after suffering his lone loss to Trey Ogden in his UFC debut in 2022. And confidence is one aspect Zellhuber has benefited from the streak the most. “Golden Boy” admits he even questioned whether he really belonged at UFC after his debut setback. But Zellhuber has grown more confident since then and is committed to defeating Rybovic for the first time…
Dana White has never been more enthralled at a fight venue than he was at the UFC 306 Sphere. It all started when White attended a U2 concert at the Sphere with Tom Brady in October 2023. The UFC CEO quickly fell in love with the idea of hosting a sporting event at the venue, which ultimately led to UFC 306 being held at the venue on Saturday.Sean O’Malley, one of the active fighter’s biggest stars, will put his bantamweight title on the line against Merab Dvalishvili in the main event, while women’s flyweight champion Alexa Grasso will defend her…
Alexa Grasso recently reacted to Merab Dvalishvili taking on the role of honorary Mexican. Grasso will defend her women’s flyweight title for the third time against Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 306 on Saturday at the Sphere in Las Vegas. The card, also known as UFC Riyadh Season Noche, is UFC’s annual event celebrating Mexican Independence Day. The card is primarily comprised of Mexican fighters, but the main event will not feature a fighter of Mexican descent. In the main event of UFC 306, Sean O’Malley will defend his bantamweight title against Dvalishvili, who will serve as the honorary Mexican.The Georgia…