And in the co-main event of UFC 306, Alexa Grasso defends her flyweight title against divisional icon Valentina Shevchenko, in a long-awaited trilogy bout. Grasso submitted Shevchenko in a shock result in 2022, before the pair fought to a controversial draw in 2023.

Promoter Dana White has declared war on boxing and the MGM group, who gave up the UFC’s usual haunt of T-Mobile Arena for Mexican Independence Day weekend. He has plunged over $20million into staging the show, which goes head to head in Las Vegas with Canelo Alvarez vs Edgar Berlanga.