Jorge Masvidal expects nice issues out of the UFC’s extremely anticipated debut at Sphere in Las Vegas.
On September 14, the UFC is ready to current a fight sports activities occasion like no different alongside two huge world title clashes. Within the co-main occasion of the night, Valentina Shevchenko will look to reclaim the flyweight ladies’s title when he meets the division’s reigning queen, Alexa Grasso. Their trilogy struggle comes one 12 months faraway from a controversial break up draw of their rematch ultimately 12 months’s Noche UFC occasion.


Then within the UFC 306 headliner, ‘Sugar’ Sean O’Malley places his bantamweight gold for the second time in 2024 when he squares off with the division’s top-ranked contender, Merab Dvalishvili.
Having already seen an occasion inside Sphere first-hand, two-time welterweight title challenger Jorge Masvidal expects this weekend’s once-in-a-lifetime card to ship one thing actually particular.


“I don’t know if it’ll [the venue] impression the way in which they struggle a lot,” Masvidal informed Kevin Iole. “It’s going to be an expertise, although, as a result of I’ve been in there [the Sphere] for a 3D present, and it was superb. It was mind-blowing—the graphics, the stuff—however clearly, they’re not doing that now. However I nonetheless suppose they’ll play a variety of the graphics on their projectors and stuff, so it’s going to be a once-in-a-lifetime expertise.
“I actually want I may have made it to this occasion. The cardboard is stacked from prime to backside with a variety of up-and-coming expertise. It’s going to be f*cking superb, perhaps even some future world champions on this card proper right here. So I feel it’s a fantastic, nice card, man” (h/t MMA Information).
Jorge Masvidal excited for UFC 306 primary occasion
Masvidal additionally shared his pleasure for the long-awaited conflict between O’Malley and ‘The Machine,’ suggesting that ‘Sugar’ may finish issues early, but it surely’ll in the end come right down to whoever retains it “extra actual” contained in the Octagon.
“The primary occasion is one which I’ll be watching intently, brother. I’ll be watching the primary occasion 100%. I’m an enormous fan of each of them. I really like Merab’s fashion—simply coming ahead, doesn’t give a f*ck, doesn’t know how one can get drained. This man simply has an unbelievable fuel tank, is fairly good at wrestling, and now he’s mixing it up higher, the place he’s throwing punches and getting proper to it.
“However Sean is a sniper—one shot, one kill sort of man. Nice athlete with nice distance, nice timing, and the longer arms, so it’s going to be a battle. I feel whoever can maintain it extra actual is clearly going to win, but it surely’s going to be a battle it doesn’t matter what. I feel it’s going to finish up being a very good struggle, or perhaps I can see Sean perhaps catching him early too—you by no means know.”
















