Matches To Maker After UFC 306

UFC 306 went down final night time (Sat., Sept. 14, 2024) from inside The Sphere in Las Vegas, Nevada, which featured a “love letter” to Mexicans from Dana White by way of wonderful graphics and story-telling (particulars right here). Within the headlining act, Merab Dvalishvili dethroned Sean O’Malley from the highest of the Bantamweight ladder because of a dominant 25-minute efficiency (spotlight right here). Within the co-main occasion, Valentina Shevchenko as soon as once more grew to become the ladies’s Flyweight champion after suffocating and shutting down Alexa Grasso over the course of 5 rounds (recap right here).

Winner: Merab Dvalishvili

Who He Ought to Face Subsequent: Umar Nurmagomedov

Now that Dvalishvili has completed his championship goals by completely dominating O’Malley, the highway will solely get harder due to the large goal on his again. Up subsequent for “The Machine” will possible be a showdown towards fellow grappler, Umar Nurmagomedov, in his first-ever title protection. Nurmagomedov is ranked No. 2, is undefeated at 18-0, 6-0 UFC, and is coming off a dominant win over Cory Sandhagen, so he has undoubtedly secured his shot on the strap. Wrestling haters look away.

Winner: Valentina Shevchenko

Who She Ought to Face Subsequent: Manon Fiorot

There isn’t any doubt that Manon Fiorot has locked down the following shot on the division strap. In spite of everything, she was pegged as backup for UFC 306 and has put within the work by going undefeated (7-0) contained in the cage, defeating the likes of Rose Namajunas and Erin Blanchfield alongside the best way. This matchup is a welcomed sight for Shevchenko since she has confronted Grasso three straight instances and a fourth merely isn’t wanted.

Winner: Diego Lopes

Who He Ought to Face Subsequent: Evloev vs. Sterling winner

Lopes secured the most important win of his profession by dominating Brian Ortega (No. 3) en path to a unanimous choice win. With 4 straight wins below his belt, Ortega will crash the Prime 5 come subsequent week, and will likely be on the lookout for greater fights. A title combat received’t be subsequent, however maybe if he faces and defeats the winner of the upcoming bout between Movsar Evloev and Aljamain Sterling — which is about to go down on Oct. 5 at UFC 307 — it could possibly be what will get him to the large dance. Plus, if Evloev is the following combat Lopes has the possibility to avenge his loss to him from UFC 288, his solely defeat below the UFC banner up to now which occurred to be in his promotional debut.

Winner: Esteban Ribovics

Who He Ought to Face Subsequent: Ignacio Bahamondes

Ribovics and Daniel Zellhuber placed on an instantaneous basic final night time, resulting in a win for Ribovics and an additional $50,000 of their respective financial institution accounts. Previous to the occasion, there have been rumblings of a possible bout between Bahamondes and Zellhuber for UFC 306, so since Bahamondes received his combat towards Manuel Torres and Ribovics defeated Zellhuber, why not ebook these two strikes towards each other?

Winner: Ronaldo Rodríguez

Who He Ought to Face Subsequent: Andre Lima

Rodriguez survived a few scares from Ode Osbourne to ultimately pull by way of and get the unanimous choice win within the opening combat of the night time to win his seventh straight, second contained in the Octagon. A great choice for “Lazy Boy’s” subsequent bout could possibly be Lima, who’s undefeated at 10-0, which incorporates going 3-0 contained in the Octagon. “Mascote” is recent off a win over Felipe dos Santos just a few weeks in the past.

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