There are just 62 days until Riyadh Season Noche UFC, also known as UFC 306, takes place at the MSG Sphere in Las Vegas. While UFC has not officially announced any fights, TVA Sports' production and commentary team made a blunder by leaking two bouts during Saturday night's broadcast of UFC Denver.
“X” Account MMA_Matchmaker (via Championship Rounds ) was the first to catch this small but important tidbit of information, which revealed two title fights that have been talked about in the MMA community for quite some time.
That means the Sphere card may have been leaked during UFC's French-Canadian broadcast…
Ilia Topuria vs Max Holloway
Sean O'Malley vs Merab Dvalishvili(H/T @MMA__Matchmaker) #UFC #Mixed Martial Arts pic.twitter.com/8wWDAWo8F0
— Championship Round (@ChampRDS) July 14, 2024
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While the order of the bouts is unclear, the video unofficially announces that Sean O'Malley (18-1, 1 NC; 10-1 NC UFC) will make the second defense of his bantamweight title against perennial top contender and Aljamain Sterling protege Merab Dvalishvili (17-4, 10-2 UFC), who is riding a 10-fight winning streak that included a title-clinching performance against former two-division champion Henry Cejudo in February.
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The other half of the announcement will feature recent featherweight champion Ilia Topuria (15-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC), who won the belt in February with a second-round knockout of Alexander Volkanovski (26-4 MMA, 13-3 UFC), who had held the belt for over four years. Topuria will face Max Holloway (26-7 MMA, 22-7 UFC), who is looking to capture the BMF title after a scary fifth-round knockout win over Justin Gaethje at UFC 300 in April.
Assuming the UFC ultimately finalizes these two bouts, neither fight would be a surprise as a main line contender. There are some unknowns surrounding the new date for Conor McGregor vs. Michael Chandler. The welterweight title will be on the line in 13 days. The middleweight title fight is nearly a month away, with Alex Pereira having defended his light heavyweight title twice so far this year, at UFC 300 and UFC 303.
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As of this writing, tickets have not yet officially gone on sale, but are expected to be high priced given that this is the first, and likely only, martial arts event to be held at the MSG Sphere.
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