Sean O'Malley - Merab Dvalishvili. Predictions and bets for the UFC 306 tournament

Tonight, at the Sphere Arena in Las Vegas, USA, UFC 306 will take place.

The main event of the evening will be a bantamweight title bout, where reigning champion and one of the promotion's brightest stars, Sean O'Malley, will defend his belt against Merab Dvalishvili.

Bookmakers favor the defending champion, offering odds of 1.8 for his victory, while Dvalishvili stands at 2.0.

The odds for a full five-round fight versus a stoppage are nearly even, with a 1.9 chance that the fight will go the distance and 1.75 for an early finish.

Additionally, bookies predict a higher likelihood that the fight will be decided by the judges, with odds of 1.8 for a decision, 2.2 for a knockout finish, and 6.8 for a submission victory.

In the co-main event, another title fight will unfold as Mexico’s Alexa Grasso faces former champion Valentina Shevchenko for the third time. This could be Shevchenko’s final chance to reclaim the belt.

Grasso is the bookmakers' favorite with odds of 1.8, while Shevchenko is at 2.1.

Analysts expect the bout to go the distance, offering odds of 1.5 for a full fight and 2.4 for an early stoppage.

The lowest odds are for a decision outcome at 1.4, while a submission is priced at 3.5 and a knockout at 5.3.

In total, ten fights are scheduled for this event, and the Dailysports team has prepared the odds for the remaining matchups:

• Brian Ortega 2.5 vs Diego Lopes 1.6
• Daniel Zellhuber 1.4 vs Esteban Ribovics 2.9
• Ronaldo Rodriguez 1.7 vs Ode Osbourne 2.2
• Raul Rosas 1.1 vs Qilen Aori 7.9
• Irene Aldana 2.0 vs Norma Dumont 1.8
• Manuel Torres 1.7 vs Ignacio Bahamondes 2.1
• Edgar Chairez 2.9 vs Joshua Van 1.4
• Yazmin Jauregui 1.2 vs Ketlen Souza 4.9