UFC 306: O’Malley vs. Dvalishvili Saturday at 10 ET on ESPN+. Order Now!
The Ultimate Fighting Championship is pulling out all the stops for its highly-anticipated UFC 306 card, which will take place from The Sphere in Las Vegas and now the card is official after the weigh-ins took place.
The historic card will be headlined by a bantamweight title fight between champion Sean O’Malley and top contender Merab Dvalishvili. Both men made championship weight, as did women’s flyweight champ Alexa Grasso and former 125-pound queen Valentina Shevchenko for their five-round co-main event. All other fighters also made their contracted weights.
One of the biggest stars in the sport, O’Malley (18-1, 1 NC) is coming off an impressive title defense over Marlon Vera, avenging the lone defeat of his career. “Suga” has been unbeaten in his last seven fights and holds victories over Aljamain Sterling and Petr Yan. The 29-year-old weighed 135 pounds on the dot.
This is the first title shot for Dvalishvili (17-4), who has won 10 straight fights inside the Octagon. Most recently, “The Machine” outpointed Henry Cejudo, Yan and Jose Aldo by decision. The Serra-Longo Fight Team member weighed 134 pounds and will look to avenge the defeat of his teammate Sterling.
UFC 306 will air live on ESPN+ pay-per-view starting at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT on Saturday. Prelims begin at 7:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. PT on ESPN+ and UFC Fight Pass before transitioning to ESPNews and ESPN+ at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.
UFC 306 Weigh-in Results:
Sean O’Malley (135) vs. Merab Dvalishvili (134)
Alexa Grasso (124) vs. Valentina Shevchenko (125)
Diego Lopes (146) vs. Brian Ortega (146)
Esteban Ribovics (155) vs. Daniel Zellhuber (155)
Ode Osbourne (125) vs. Ronaldo Rodriguez (125)
Irene Aldana (136) vs. Norma Dumont (136)
Ignacio Bahamondes (156) vs. Manuel Torres (156)
Yazmin Jauregui (115) vs. Ketlen Souza (115)
Edgar Chairez (125.5) vs. Joshua Van (125.5)
Qileng Aori (136) vs. Raul Rosas Jr. (136)
