UFC 306 results and highlights | O’Malley vs. Merab

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) landed in The Sphere for Noche UFC 306 TONIGHT (Sat., Sept. 14, 2024), streaming LIVE on ESPN+ PPV. UFC 306’s pay-per-view (PPV) main event featured “Suga” Sean O’Malley defending his Bantamweight title against Merab Dvalishvili. The co-main event was a trilogy bout for the women’s Flyweight title with champion Alexa Grasso meeting Valentina Shevchenko. UFC 306’s main card also boasted Brian Ortega vs. Diego Lopes at Featherweight, in a make-up fight for their previous booking, which featured the most dramatic opponent replacement in history. Filling out UFC 306’s PPV main card was Daniel Zellhuber vs. Esteban Ribovics and Ronaldo Rodriguez vs. Ode Osbourne.

The “Prelims” were headlined by former title challenger Irene Aldana, who took on Norma Dumont. Other notable fights on the undercard included Raul Rosas Jr. vs. Aoriqileng and Yazmin Jauregui vs. Ketlen Souza. You can checkout everything that happened on UFC 306’s “Prelims” undercard right here.

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MMAmania.com will deliver LIVE round-by-round, blow-by-blow coverage of the entire UFC 306 - Riyadh Season Noche UFC fight card below, starting with the ESPNNEWS/ESPN+ “Prelims” undercard bouts, which air at 7:30 p.m. ET right here, followed by the UFC 306’s PPV main card, which will start at 10 p.m ET on ESPN+ PPV.

Keep in mind that we will also be the spot for the latest news, recaps and post-fight analysis following “O’Malley vs. Dvalishvili.” Without further delay, see below for the updated UFC 306 results. (Note: This will go from the top down; therefore, the newest information will at the top of the stream).

UFC 306 PHOTO GALLERY

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• Merab Dvalishvili is our new UFC Bantamweight champion. Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC
• Sean O’Malley looked clueless through most of his title defense this night. Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC
• Dvalishvili was overcome with emotion when wearing his title belt for the first time. Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC
• Takedowns were the story of the fight. Dvalishvili landed lots of them. Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images
• Takedowns and top control also earned Valentina Shevchenko the UFC Flyweight title. Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC
• Diego Lopes dropped Brian Ortega in the first and T-City never really recovered. Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC
• Esteban Ribovics threw the kitchen sink at Daniel Zellhuber in the round of the year. Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC
• Ronaldo Rodriguez and Ode Osbourne put on a hell of a fight to open the PPV. Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC
• Irene Aldana sustained some brutal cuts in her loss to Norma Dumont. Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC
• Ignacio Bahamondes got Raul Torres out of there quickly. Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images
• Ketlen Souza choked Yazmin Jauregui out cold. Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC
• Joshua Van came in on short notice to win a fun fight over Edgar Chairez. Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images
• Raul Rosas Jr. looked just OK in his win over Aoriqileng. Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images

UFC 306 QUICK RESULTS

135 lbs.: Sean O’Malley vs. Merab Dvalishvili — Dvalishvili def. O’Malley via unanimous decision (49-46, 49-46, 49-46)
125 lbs.: Alexa Grasso vs. Valentina Shevchenko — Shevchenko def. Grasso via unanimous decision (50-45, 50-45, 50-45)
145 lbs.: Brian Ortega vs. Diego Lopes — Lopes def. Ortega via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-27, 30-27)
155 lbs.: Daniel Zellhuber vs. Esteban Ribovics — Ribovics def. Zellhuber via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)
125 lbs.: Ronaldo Rodriguez vs. Ode Osbourne — Rodriguez def. Osbourne via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-27, 29-27)
135 lbs.: Irene Aldana vs. Norma Dumont — Dumont def. Irene Aldana via (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
155 lbs.: Manuel Torres vs. Ignacio Bahamondes — Bahamondes def. Manuel Torres via TKO (punches), round 1 (4:02) — HIGHLIGHTS!
115 lbs.: Yazmin Jauregui vs. Ketlen Souza — Souza def Jauregui via technical submission (rear naked choke), round 1 (3:02) — HIGHLIGHTS!
125 lbs.: Edgar Chairez vs. Joshua Van — Van def. Chairez via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
135 lbs.: Raul Rosas Jr. vs. Aoirqileng — Rosas Jr. def. Aoriqileng via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

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