The UFC celebrates Mexican Independence Day in style on Monday as Sean O’Malley defends his bantamweight title in the main event against Merab Dvalishvili in Las Vegas.
UFC 306, also known as “Riyadh Season Noche UFC”, will be held inside the famous Sphere in what Dana White forecasts will be “the greatest sporting event of all time”.
The building features 160,000 square feet of wraparound LED screen, which is set to alternate between 360-degree short films and immersive animated environments dubbed “worlds”.
If that is not enough, foxsports.com.au reported earlier in the week that once every fight starts, the UFC’s senior vice president of production and programming said it is going to be “unlike anything anyone has ever seen”.
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To achieve that vision, some of Hollywood’s biggest directors, producers, animators and visual artists have been hired by the UFC, with 29 Emmy wins between them.
Fans will also be in haptic seats, where they will feel the action like never before, as their seats “provide force feedback based on the action in the Octagon”, according to the UFC.
Of course, the focus will still be on the action inside the octagon, with O’Malley looking to make it eights win in a row when he defends his belt against No.1 ranked contender Dvalishvili.
Elsewhere, the co-main event sees Alexa Grasso and Valentina Shevchenko fight for the UFC flyweight belt in the third meeting between the two rivals.
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UFC 306 FIGHT CARD RESULTS
Main Card
Sean O’Malley (c) vs. Merab Dvalishvili for the UFC bantamweight title
Alexa Grasso (c) vs. Valentina Shevchenko 3 for the UFC flyweight title
Brian Ortega vs. Diego Lopes — featherweight
Daniel Zellhuber vs. Esteban Ribovics — lightweights
Ronaldo Rodríguez vs. Ode Osbourne — flyweights
Prelims
Ignacio Bahamondes vs. Manuel Torres — lightweights
Irena Aldana vs. Norma Dumont — bantamweights
Ketlen Souza def. Yazmin Jauregui via submission — strawweights
Joshua Van def. Edgar Chairez via unanimous decision (29-28 x3) — flyweights
Early Prelims
Raul Rosas Jr. def. Aoriqileng by unanimous decision (29-28 x3) — bantamweights
HOW TO WATCH
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START TIME
The early prelims get underway at 9.30am AEST as young rising star Raul Rosas Jr. looks to continue to build momentum after bouncing back from his first career loss in September last year.
The preliminary card then begins at 10am with the main card starting at 12pm and the main event expected at around 2.30pm.
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