Pre-fight Discussion UFC 306 Riyadh Season Noche UFC: O'Malley vs. Dvalishvili -The Sphere Card - Prelims 7:30 pm et ESPN+ Main 10 pm et Main PPV

[PurpleStorm]

Alrighty it's The Sphere Card UFC 306. Let's have a blast and make this one of the funniest threads of the year. Some particulars. Officially entitled UFC 306 – Riyadh Season Noche UFC: O’Malley vs. Dvalishvil or another variation, is upon us Saturday. This card features two title fights. The main event is at bantamweight as Champion Suga Sean O'Malley (18-1) defends against Merab 'The Machine' Dvalishivii. In the co-main women's flyweight Champion Alexa Grasso defends her belt for the second time against Valentina 'Bullet' Shevchenko. The card features a bunch of other great fights. And oh yes The Sphere.

What are your hopes, dreams and aspirations for The Sphere card? There will be some pluses and minuses of viewing at home. Looking forward to your thoughts, speculation and overreactions prior to the actual event. I think this discussion and the actual presentation will be entertaining and hilarious. Have fun all week leading up to this once in a never event. It's already attracted significant attention here. This week please tag your friends, provide the shoops, make your own cards: real, fake and part real & part surreal. Let's go shermofos. We've gotta have fun with this all week. Relying on you all to tag your friends, provide the shoops, make your own posters and have a great time. Please post genuine or made up (hint!) images of the card poster. Post images of the seating chart: real and made up (hint!). Our shoop friends may also want to gather here and send out their own bat signals for shooping and other hilarity. My apologies for the unusually text heavy post this week. I'm trying different browsers.

UFC 306
Date/Time: Saturday 09.14.2024 at 07:30 PM ET
U.S. Broadcast: Pay Per View
Preliminary Card: ESPN
Name: UFC 306: O'Malley vs. Dvalishvili
Also Known As: Riyadh Season Noche UFC
Promotion: Ultimate Fighting Championship
Ownership: Endeavor
Venue: The Sphere
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Enclosure: Octagon
MMA Bouts: 10

Here's the full card. Subject to change of course through the week.

UFC 306 - NOCHE UFC: O'MALLEY VS. DVALISHVILI
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)
SEP 14, 2024
United States
THE SPHERE, LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, UNITED STATES

UFC 306: O'MALLEY VS. DVALISHVILI SATURDAY AT 10 ET ON ESPN+

10. Sean 'Suga' O'Malley SEAN O'MALLEY 18-1-0 MAIN EVENT TITLE FIGHT vs BANTAMWEIGHT Merab 'The Machine' Dvalishvili 17-4-0
9. Alexa Grasso 16-3-1 TITLE FIGHT vs Flyweight Valentina 'Bullet' Shevchenko 23-4-1
8. Brian 'T-City' Ortega 16-3-0 vs Featherweight Diego Lopes 25-6-0
7. Daniel 'Golden Boy' Zellhuber 15-1-0 vs Lightweight Esteban 'El Gringo' Ribovics 13-1-0
6. Ronaldo 'Lazy Boy' Rodriguez 16-2-0 vs Flyweight Ode 'The Jamaican Sensation' Osbourne 12-7-0
5. Irene Aldana 15-7-0 vs Bantamweight Norma 'The Immortal' Dumont 11-2-0
4. Manuel 'El Loco' Torres 15-2-0 vs Bantamweight Ignacio 'La Jaula' Bahamondes 15-5-0
3. Yazmin Jauregui 11-1-0 vs Strawweight Ketlen 'Esquentadinha' Souza 14-4-0
2. Edgar 'Puro Chicali' Chairez 11-5-0 vs Flyweight Joshua 'The Fearless' Van 10-2-0
1. Raul 'El Nino Problema' Rosas Jr. 9-1-0 vs Bantamweight Qileng 'Mongolian Murderer' Aori 25-11-0

UFC 306 - Noche UFC: O'Malley vs. Dvalishvili

UFC 306 - Noche UFC: O'Malley vs. Dvalishvili pits Merab The Machine Dvalishvili vs Sean Suga O'Malley fight in The Sphere, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States on Sep 14, 2024.

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Here's another way of viewing the card in a different format:
UFC 306 – Riyadh Season Noche UFC: O’Malley vs. Dvalishvili September 14, 2024 Sphere, Las Vegas, NV
Main Card PPV 10PM et
Prelims ESPNEWS/ESPN+: 7:30 PM et

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Shillan and Duffy: UFC 306/Noche UFC Preview
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BEN DUFFY KEITH SHILLAN SEP 9, 2024 COMMENTS
Keith and Ben preview UFC 306, also known as Noche UFC, with detailed predictions and picks for all 10 fights. It's one of the relatively rare times the guys disagree on a main event.

0:00 Intro: Ben betrays a sacred trust
10:21 Raul Rosas Jr. (9-1) vs. Qileng Aori (25-11, 1 NC)
22:36 Edgar Chairez (11-5, 1 NC) vs. Joshua Van (10-2)
31:16 Yazmin Jauregui (11-1) vs. Ketlen Souza (14-4)
38:21 Manuel Torres (15-2) vs. Ignacio Bahamondes (15-5)
48:02 Irene Aldana (15-7) vs. Norma Dumont (1-2)
58:21 Ronaldo Rodriguez (16-2) vs. Ode Osbourne (12-7)
1:07:42 Daniel Zellhuber (15-1) vs. Esteban Ribovics (13-1)
1:18:39 Brian Ortega (16-3, 1 NC) vs. Diego Lopes (25-6)
1:35:37 Alexa Grasso (16-3-1) vs. Valentina Shevchenko (23-4-1)
1:58:44 Sean O'Malley (18-1, 1 NC) vs. Merab Dvalishvili (17-4)
2:28:58 A quick rundown of all the picks

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[PurpleStorm]

Possible fun things to do this week.

Shoop anticipations of the Sphere Card. Shoop something funny like you or a friend watching the show live or at home. Or the fighters amidst the crowd. You get my drift. Send out the shoop bat signals.

Choose your adventure. I don't know how that works. Maybe imagine what the Sphere Card will be like.

Make up your own title for the card. For example: UFC Noche Blow The Roof Off The Sucka, Super Special Sphere Nachos Bell Grande Night, UFC 306 Riyadh Season Card Thanks to Our Sponsors Friends and Benefactors, UFC Mucho Macho Nacho Noche, UFC Taste the Rainbow vs. Welcome to the Machine

Speak Spanglish. Here where I live we speak it often, as there's a glorious mix of people all trying to understand each other to varying degrees.

Check here throughout the week for more info, articles and previews.

Have fun this week discussing the card, the fights and The Sphere!

 

[The_Renaissance]

Such a shit card, this. That is a brutal main card for a PPV, especially such a 'big' one - why haven't they stacked this?!

 

[PurpleStorm]

Such a shit card, this. That is a brutal main card for a PPV, especially such a 'big' one - why haven't they stacked this?!

Why can't I have a free pony?

 

[Davidjacksonjones]

Enjoy the fight guys
My Saint Jones shirt arrived and I can't wait to wear it to my MMA class tommorrow!!

 

[Luthien]

@HI SCOTT NEWMAN

Sphere time

 

[Koala]

Only 10 fights?

Are they doing some sort of musical performance or a long-ass Jon Jones' tribute?

 

[PurpleStorm]

Alexa Grasso, Valentina Shevchenko Discuss Impact of Fighting at The Sphere

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Tristen Critchfield Sep 8, 2024 Comments

If co-headlining a card centered on a celebration of Mexican Independence Day wasn’t enough, Alex Grasso will also get to take part in the UFC’s groundbreaking effort at The Sphere in Las Vegas.

The reigning strawweight champion, who will face ValentinaShevchenko in the UFC306 co-main event on Saturday, is looking forward to the experience.

“It’s huge,” she told UFC.com. “Mexico is growing so fast in MMA. We always shine in combat sports, and I think that’s something great. The UFC loves how we fight. We always go forward. This means a lot. It just keeps me thinking that I have to train harder. I feel proud and honored to be there.”

Grasso already has firsthand experience seeing what The Sphere has to offer, but fighting in the venue figures to be something different entirely. During each fight, different worlds will be shown on the massive LED screen.

“I think the experience is going to be huge because I’ve been there. I went to watch a show, and it’s amazing. It’s breathtaking,” she said. “Now knowing there will be MMA fights in there with that experience, with those images, it’s huge. It gives me chills. It’s amazing.”

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Shevchenko, meanwhile, compared it to fighting at the promotion’s return to a live audience after crowds were not allowed for months during the COVID-19 pandemic.

“For athletes to be in the first ever event in Sphere, it’s never happened before, it’s a huge event,” Shevchenko said. “It’s something with a very special meaning. It’s the same feeling when I fought in the first event after the pandemic in Jacksonville [atUFC 261], and the atmosphere in there, it was electrifying. So huge. And I expect something similar and even bigger to be in Sphere.”

Once it’s time to fight, Shevchenko won’t be thinking about all the bells and whistles that the venue has to offer. It’s a sentiment that is likely shared by most fighters, who must be focused on their opponent above all else.

“It’s very hard for me to imagine what it’s going to be and how it’s going to be because I know for sure, when I go into the fight,I have tunnel vision,” Shevchenko said. “I don’t see what’s happening around. I don’t see anyone’s face. I don’t see anything that’s happening. I barely hear people. So, it’s hard for me to imagine, but looking back, when you see how it was on tape, it’s going to show how big it was, and you understand how huge the event was.”

Alexa Grasso, Valentina Shevchenko Discuss Impact of Fighting at The Sphere

If co-headlining a card centered on a celebration of Mexican Independence Day wasn’t enough, Alex Grasso will also get to take part in the UFC’s groundbreaking effort at The Sphere in Las Vegas.

www.sherdog.com

 

[PurpleStorm]

@HI SCOTT NEWMAN

Sphere time

Congratulations. First in the thread to acknowledge the epic and unpredictable nature of broadcasting a live MMA event from The Sphere.

 

[Danespina]

 

[PurpleStorm]

Only 10 fights?

Are they doing some sort of musical performance or a long-ass Jon Jones' tribute?

Yes. It will be called "Long-Ass Jon Jones Tribute" and will last five hours. Your least favorite band will perform it and it will feature mariachi cats. The fights will take in total 30 minutes. Each fight will be one round, judged solely by you. The remainder of the card will be commercials and tweets of posters complaining.

 

[HI SCOTT NEWMAN]

@HI SCOTT NEWMAN

Sphere time

It will be very interesting how it will look, it will be weird, its not made for fighting sports.

I know you went to the sphere in May, do you think it will be good for a UFC card? I remember you telling me its like an astronomy observation inside. It was interesting those star constellation pics you took with the so called "trade routes" between earth and visiting beings. Can't believe they are doing a UFC card there lol, not the place.

Still will watch and will be looking at the roof to see if my starsign Scorpio and Moon in Taurus will fall into alinement this month, if so could be possibly be on for a big lottery win!

 

[TempleoftheDog]

Such a shit card, this. That is a brutal main card for a PPV, especially such a 'big' one - why haven't they stacked this?!

Two title fights. Maybe you’re a bit jaded, pal?

If you think this is shit. I question how much you still care about the sport.

Every fucking card somebody says this.

 

[The_Renaissance]

Two title fights. Maybe you’re a bit jaded, pal?

If you think this is shit. I question how much you still care about the sport.

Two title fights, Lopes/Ortega and a bunch of fucking trash underneath them. Look at the opening fight for fuck's sake, what the fuck is that?

For such a major event, I'd have thought they'd have gone huge with this one.

 

[Koala]

Two title fights, Lopes/Ortega and a bunch of fucking trash underneath them. Look at the opening fight for fuck's sake, what the fuck is that?

For such a major event, I'd have thought they'd have gone huge with this one.

You might be surprised by Zellhuber vs Ribovics and Bahamondes vs Torres

 

[Danespina]

You might be surprised by Zellhuber vs Ribovics and Bahamondes vs Torres

Bahamondes vs. Torres is amazing. Two of the most exciting new lightweights in the division.

 

[Jose Beehive]

Who folks reckon wins in Aldana vs Dumont? Feels really pick'em to me.

 

[BroRogan]

As I can't start my usual Embedded thread atm


Episode 1 - Mexican stars of UFC 306 hold open workouts; Champ Sean O’Malley checks out some restaurants; Brian Ortega winds down his camp; Merab Dvalishvili has lunch with his coach; Raul Rosas Jr. dances; Valentina Shevchenko goes antiquing; Diego Lopes trains.

 

[Luthien]

As I can't start my usual Embedded thread atm

No Dinosaurs allowed in the sphere silly

 

[BroRogan]

No Dinosaurs allowed in the sphere silly