This Saturday, the UFC goes the place it’s by no means gone earlier than: the Sphere in Las Vegas.
Hailed as a revolutionary new venue for fan expertise, the UFC introduced a particular card that Dana White has promised will likely be “the best dwell sporting occasion of all-time,” and within the UFC 306 primary occasion, bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley places his title on the road in opposition to No. 1 contender Merab Dvalishvili.
Pulling off the upset over Dvalishvili’s good friend and teammate Aljamain Sterling to say the bantamweight title at UFC 292, “Suga” made his first profitable title protection earlier this yr, avenging a earlier loss to Chito Vera with a one-sided shellacking in the primary occasion of UFC 299. Now he appears to cement himself as the very best 135-pound fighter on Earth with an identical efficiency in opposition to Dvalishvili.
Seen by some because the uncrowned king at 135 kilos, Dvalishvili is presently on a formidable 10-fight win streak, relationship again to 2018. A win over former champion Henry Cejudo at UFC 298 earlier this yr cemented Dvalishvili’s place atop the bantamweight contenders, and now he appears to avenge his teammate and create his personal legacy at 35 kilos.
Take a look at the UFC 306 primary occasion dwell weblog beneath.
Prefight:
Important occasion time. What extra can they do within the Sphere for the primary occasion?
Jon Jones vs. Stipe Miocic will get made official earlier than we get the walkouts. Hopefully, the following two months fly by.
So, this final graphic factor on the Sphere is type of bizarre. Very CGI movie-ish. A minimum of the beginning of it was. I’ll say, I’m glad the pacing hasn’t felt impacted in any respect by this spectacle. That could be simply me although.
The background takes an evening metropolis theme as Dvalishvili makes his method to the octagon.
Famous person by Lupe Fiasco performs on the audio system for O’Malley and so they have positively made him really feel like one with this entrance.
Spherical 1:
Reluctant contact of the gloves from O’Malley. Right here we’re. Important occasion.
Spherical 2:
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Spherical 5:
Official Choice:
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