The Sphere in Las Vegas’ stole the show Saturday night at UFC 306. Merab Dvalishvili tried to his part at UFC 306, putting on a convincing — though not aesthetically pleasing — performance in capturing the bantamweight championship with a unanimous decision over Sean O’Malley.

ESPN MMA reporter Brett Okamoto plays matchmaker and predicts what's in store for the winners and losers at UFC 306.

Sean O'Malley is going under the knife. The former UFC bantamweight champion will get hip surgery early next month and is expected to be out of commission anywhere from six months to a year. O'Malley revealed the news in an interview with popular streamer Adin

With UFC 306 complete, Tim Welch admits he knew Merab Dvalishvili "was gonna be a problem," which might explain his motivation for doing what he did at the start of Saturday night's main event at Sphere in Las Vegas.

UFC 306 took place at the Sphere in Las Vegas on Sept. 14 and was headlined by a bantamweight title bout between Sean O'Malley and Merab Dvalishvili. Dvalishvili defeated O'Malley via unanimous decision to capture the 135-pound championship.

The UFC's historic event at Sphere in Las Vegas on Saturday produced historic results, because UFC 306 joined the short list of events to crown two new c

Over the course of 25 minutes, Dvalishvili cumulatively mauled UFC bantamweight champion Sean O'Malley to win via unanimous decision (49-46, 48-47, 48-47) and extend a UFC bantamweight-record 11-fight win streak.