Noche UFC 306 Results & Highlights: Merab Dvalishvili Decisions Sean O’Malley

Noche UFC (UFC 306) took place tonight from the Sphere in Las Vegas, and MMA News has you covered with all the results and highlights!  In the main event, Sean O’Malley put his bantamweight title on the line against Merab Dvalishvili. While in the co-main event, Alexa Grasso looked to defend her flyweight title in a trilogy […]

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Noche UFC (UFC 306) took place tonight from the Sphere in Las Vegas, and MMA News has you covered with all the results and highlights! 

In the main event, Sean O’Malley put his bantamweight title on the line against Merab Dvalishvili. While in the co-main event, Alexa Grasso looked to defend her flyweight title in a trilogy bout with former champ Valentina Shevchenko. 

Noche UFC 306 Results: Main Card

  • Bantamweight Championship Main Event: Merab Dvalishvili def. Sean O’Malley via unanimous decision (49-46, 48-47×2) 
  • Flyweight Championship Co-Main Event: Valentina Shevchenko def. Alexa Grasso via unanimous decision (50-45×3) 
  • Featherweight: Diego Lopes def. Brian Ortega via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-27×2)
  • Lightweight: Esteban Ribovics def. Daniel Zellhuber via split decision (29-28×2, 28-29)
  • Flyweight: Ronaldo Rodriguez def. Ode’ Osbourne via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-27×2)

Preliminary Card

  • Bantamweight: Norma Dumont def. Irena Aldana via unanimous decision (30-27×3) 
  • Lightweight: Ignacio Bahamondes def. Manuel Torres via TKO: R1, 4.02
  • Strawweight: Ketlen Souza def. Yazmin Jauregui via submission: R1, 3.02
  • Flyweight: Joshua Van def. Edgar Cháirez via unanimous decision (29-28×3) 
  • Bantamweight: Raul Rosas Jr. def. Aoriqileng via unanimous decision (29-28×3) 

Preliminary Card Highlights

Ketlen Souza def. Yazmin Jauregui

Ketlen Souza earned the first finish of UFC Noche with a submission of Yazmin Jauregui in the first round of their strawweight bout.

Ignacio Bahamondes def. Manuel Torres

In this lightweight matchup, Ignacio Bahamondes earned a first-round TKO of Manuel Torres.

Main Card Highlights

Ronaldo Rodriguez def. Ode’ Osbourne

In this flyweight bout, Ronaldo Rodriguez earned a unanimous decision against def. Ode’ Osbourne.

Esteban Ribovics def. Daniel Zellhuber

Esteban Ribovics earned a split decision against Daniel Zellhuber in what was a potential fight of the year.

Diego Lopes def. Brian Ortega

Diego Lopes got it done on the scorecards against Brian Ortega in their featherweight bout.

Valentina Shevchenko def. Alexa Grasso

In the co-main event, Valentina Shevchenko regained her women’s flyweight title with a unanimous decision against Alexa Grasso.

Merab Dvalishvili def. Sean O’Malley

In the main event, Merab Dvalishvili defeated Sean O’Malley on the scorecards to claim the UFC bantamweight crown.

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Bellator Champions Series: Usman Nurmagomedov vs. Alexandr Shabliy Results & Highlights (5 PM ET)

The fourth Bellator Champions Series event goes down on Saturday night, and MMA News has you covered with all the action! After taking the newly created Bellator Champions Series to Belfast, Paris, and Dublin thus far since acquiring its rival promoti…

Bellator San Diego

The fourth Bellator Champions Series event goes down on Saturday night, and MMA News has you covered with all the action! After taking the newly created Bellator Champions Series to Belfast, Paris, and Dublin thus far since acquiring its rival promotion late last year, the Professional Fighters League (PFL) has brought the brand back to […]

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Bellator Champions Series Results & Highlights: Usman Nurmagomedov Decisions Alexandr Shabliy

The fourth Bellator Champions Series event went down on Saturday night, and MMA News has you covered with all the action! After taking the newly created Bellator Champions Series to Belfast, Paris, and Dublin thus far since acquiring its rival promoti…

Bellator San Diego

The fourth Bellator Champions Series event went down on Saturday night, and MMA News has you covered with all the action! After taking the newly created Bellator Champions Series to Belfast, Paris, and Dublin thus far since acquiring its rival promotion late last year, the Professional Fighters League (PFL) brought the brand back to United […]

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ONE 168: Jonathan Haggerty vs. Superlek Live Results & Highlights

ONE Championship is back for its second event in the United States this week, and MMA News has you covered with all the action! In May 2023, the organization presented ONE Fight Night 10 from the 1stBank Center in Broomfield, Colorado. The event marke…

ONE 168

ONE Championship is back for its second event in the United States this week, and MMA News has you covered with all the action! In May 2023, the organization presented ONE Fight Night 10 from the 1stBank Center in Broomfield, Colorado. The event marked its on-site debut in the United States, and ONE Championship brought a stacked card […]

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2024 PFL 9 Playoffs Results & Highlights: Brendan Loughnane Outlasts Kai Kamaka III

The 2024 PFL Playoffs continued on Friday night with the last of three semifinal events in the postseason, and MMA News has you covered with all the action! The Professional Fighters League was back this week, with the championship finals at featherweight and welterweight decided at The Anthem in Washington D.C. In the 145-pound main event, 2022 PFL kingpin […]

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The 2024 PFL Playoffs continued on Friday night with the last of three semifinal events in the postseason, and MMA News has you covered with all the action!

The Professional Fighters League was back this week, with the championship finals at featherweight and welterweight decided at The Anthem in Washington D.C.

In the 145-pound main event, 2022 PFL kingpin Brendan Loughnane returned for the next step in his pursuit of a second title. To reach another final, the Brit got the better of ex-UFC fighter Kai Kamaka III across three rounds.

He’ll now go on to face Timur Khizriev with $1 million prize money and this year’s featherweight championship on the line after the Russian outlasted Gabriel Braga in the other semifinal

The welterweight bracket, meanwhile, saw Magomed Umalatov make good on his favorite status by defeating Neiman Gracie in the PFL 9 co-main event. That result ensured an always likely all-Russian final, with his compatriot Shamil Musaev beating another Russian in Murad Ramazanov in their immediate rematch.

With that said, see below for the full results, followed by all the highlights!

2024 PFL 9 Playoffs Results & Highlights

Main Card:

  • Featherweight Semifinal Main Event: Brendan Loughnane def. Kai Kamaka III via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 30-27)
  • Welterweight Semifinal Co-Main Event: Magomed Umalatov def. Neiman Gracie via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
  • Featherweight Semifinal: Timur Khizriev def. Gabriel Braga via split decision (30-27, 28-29, 30-27)
  • Welterweight Semifinal: Shamil Musaev def. Murad Ramazanov via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)

Preliminary Card:

  • Welterweight: Mukhamed Berkhamov def. Ray Cooper III via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
  • Featherweight: Enrique Barzola def. Tyler Diamond via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
  • Featherweight Jose Perez def. Jesse Stirn via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)
  • Heavyweight: Maxwell Djantou Nana def. Kent Mafileo via KO (punch): R2, 4:50
  • Welterweight: Shido Boris Esperança def. Tyler Hill via TKO (punches): R1, 3:31

Shido Boris Esperança Def. Tyler Hill

Maxwell Djantou Nana Def. Kent Mafileo

Jose Perez Def. Jesse Stirn

Enrique Barzola Def. Tyler Diamond

Mukhamed Berkhamov Def. Ray Cooper III

Shamil Musaev Def. Murad Ramazanov

Timur Khizriev Def. Gabriel Braga

Magomed Umalatov Def. Neiman Gracie

Brendan Loughnane Def. Kai Kamaka III

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UFC 305 Results & Highlights: Dricus Du Plessis Submits Israel Adesanya

UFC 305 took place tonight from the RAC Arena in Perth, Australia, and MMA News has you covered with all the results and highlights!  In the main event, Dricus Du Plessis put his middleweight title on the line against former champ Israel Adesanya. While in the co-main event, Kai Kara-France took on Steve Erceg in […]

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UFC 305 took place tonight from the RAC Arena in Perth, Australia, and MMA News has you covered with all the results and highlights! 

In the main event, Dricus Du Plessis put his middleweight title on the line against former champ Israel Adesanya. While in the co-main event, Kai Kara-France took on Steve Erceg in a flyweight matchup. 

UFC 305 Results: Main Card

  • Middleweight Championship Main Event: Dricus Du Plessis def. Israel Adesanya via submission: R4, 3.38  
  • Flyweight Co-Main Event: Kai Kara-France def. Steve Erceg via TKO: R1, 4.04  
  • Lightweight: Dan Hooker def. Mateusz Gamrot via split decision (29-28×2, 28-29)
  • Heavyweight: Jairzinho Rozenstruik def Tai Tuivasa via split decision (29-28, 30-27, 27-30)
  • Welterweight: Carlos Prates def Li Jingliang via KO: R2, 4.02  

Preliminary Card

  • Heavyweight: Valter Walker def. Junior Tafa via technical submission: R1, 4.56
  • Featherweight: Ricardo Ramos def. Joshua Culibao via split decision (29-28×2, 28-29)  
  • Women’s Flyweight: Casey O’Neill def. Luana Santos via unanimous decision (30-27×2, 30-26) 
  • Featherweight: Jack Jenkins def. Herbert Burns via TKO: R3, 0.48

Early Preliminary Card

  • Lightweight: Tom Nolan def. Alex Reyes via unanimous decision (30-27×2, 29-28)
  • Welterweight: Song Kenan def. Ricky Glenn via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-26, 29-28)
  • Flyweight: Jesus Aguilar def. Stewart Nicoll via submission: R1, 2.39

Only one fighter missed weight at the weigh-ins, with Jesus Aguilar tipping the scales 1.5 pounds over the flyweight limit. 

The early preliminary card begins at 6:30 PM ET, the preliminary card at 8:00 PM ET and the main card at 10:00 PM ET. Make sure to catch all the UFC 305 results and highlights as they happen below! 

Preliminary Card Highlights

Jesus Aguilar earned the first finish of UFC 305 with a guillotine submission of Stewart Nicoll in the first round of their flyweight bout.

Jack Jenkins def. Herbert Burns

In this featherweight bout, Jack Jenkins got it done with a TKO of Herbert Burns in the third round.

Valter Walker def. Junior Tafa

Valter Walker earned a technical submission win after an apparent verbal tap by Junior Tafa at the end of the first round of their heavyweight matchup.

Main Card Highlights

Carlos Prates def Li Jingliang

Carlos Prates earned a walk-off KO against Li Jingliang in the second round of their welterweight bout.

Jairzinho Rozenstruik def Tai Tuivasa

Jairzinho Rozenstruik got it done by split decision against Tai Tuivasa in their heavyweight bout.

Dan Hooker def. Mateusz Gamrot

In this lightweight bout, Dan Hooker earned a split decision win against Mateusz Gamrot.

Kai Kara-France def. Steve Erceg

In the co-main event, Kai Kara-France got back in the win column with a first-round TKO of Steve Erceg.

Dricus Du Plessis def. Israel Adesanya

In the main event, Dricus Du Plessis retained his middleweight crown after locking in a rear-naked choke to submit Israel Adesanya.

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