UFC 306 is an event celebrating Mexican Independence, and UFC CEO Dana White has referred to it as “a love letter to Mexico.” The entire branding of the event has been built around Mexican culture. Yet, despite its promotion, the card is not being headlined by a Mexican fighter.
This Saturday, the UFC hosts their 306th pay-per-view event at Sphere in Las Vegas, with a bantamweight championship bout betweenSean O'Malley and Merab Dvalishvili as its headliner.
Neither O’Malley, U.S.-born, nor Dvalishvili, a Georgia native, are Mexican. However, they were still placed over Alexa Grasso, who defends her women’s flyweight title in a trilogy bout against Valentina Shevchenko in the card’s co-main event. Grasso and Shevchenko headlined the inaugural Noche UFC event last September, which was a Fight Night event that took place at T-Mobile Arena.
