Sean O'Malley will look to extend his reign atop the Ultimate Fighting Championship bantamweight division when he defends his 135-pound title against Merab Dvalishvili in the UFC 306 main event on Saturday at the Sphere in Las Vegas. Meanwhile, Alexa Grasso puts her women’s flyweight crown on the line opposite Valentina Shevchenko in the five-round co-headliner, as they complete their trilogy at 125 pounds.
As UFC 306 “O’Malley vs. Dvalishvili” approaches, a look at some of the numbers the fighters on the docket bring to the table:
9: Post-fight bonuses banked by O’Malley across his 12 assignments in the UFC. The MMA Lab export has been awarded “Performance of the Night” on six occasions and “Fight of the Night” on three others, resulting in $475,000 of additional income.
170: Takedowns attempted by Dvalishvili during his current 10-fight tear. The Serra-Longo Fight Team product has completed 62 of them, giving him a success rate of just under 37%.
905: Total strikes landed by Grasso as a UFC women’s flyweight, placing her ninth on the promotion’s all-time list at 125 pounds. Only Shevchenko (1,597), Joanne Wood (1,427), Katlyn Cerminara (1,205), Andrea Lee (1,127), Roxanne Modafferi (1,046), Jennifer Maia (981), Casey O’Neill (948) and Viviane Araujo (925) have connected with more.
36: Years of age for Shevchenko. The oldest fighter on the card, she was born on March 7, 1988 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
108: Seconds needed for Brian Ortega to dismiss John Sassone with a triangle choke under the Gladiator Challenge banner on April 25, 2010. More than 14 years later, it remains the former Resurrection Fighting Alliance champion’s fastest finish to date. Ortega locks horns with Diego Lopes in a three-round featherweight showcase.
12: Lopes wins by submission, accounting for 48% of his career total (25). His methods of choice: six armbars, three rear-naked chokes, one heel hook, one triangle choke and one kneebar.
2,183: Days spent by Daniel Zellhuber as an undefeated mixed martial artist. The Xtreme Couture standout made his debut with a second-round technical knockout of Sergio Vazquez at a Jasaji Fighting League show on Sept. 24, 2016 and proceeded to race out to a 12-0 record before losing a unanimous decision to Trey Ogden at UFC Fight Night 210 on Sept. 17, 2022. Zellhuber toes the line against Esteban Ribovics in a three-round lightweight attraction.
3: Countries in which Ribovics has plied his MMA trade. In addition to an 8-0 mark in his native Argentina, the 2022 Dana White’s Contender Series graduate has gone 3-1 in the United States and 2-0 in Peru.
42: Rounds started by Ronaldo Rodriguez as a professional mixed martial artist. He has involved the judges in five different instances and carries a 3-2 record in those bouts. Rodriguez does battle with Ode Osbourne in a three-round flyweight appetizer.
5: Osbourne victories by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for 42% of his career total (12). His list of UFC victims: Zarrukh Adashev and Jerome Rivera.
19: Years of age for Raul Rosas Jr. The youngest fighter on the card, he was born in Clovis, California, on Oct. 8, 2004. Rosas faces Qileng Aori in a three-round bantamweight prelim.
.808: Cumulative winning percentage between the 20 fighters booked to compete at the event. They boast a combined record of 307-72-2. Lopes and Aori are tied for the most victories (25) of anyone on the card, though Aori has also been saddled with the most losses (11).