After Saturday night, the big discussion coming out of Las Vegas wasn’t the fact that Merab Dvalishvili finally reached the top of the bantamweight division, or that Valentina Shevchenko regained her top spot at flyweight. The most talked about part of the show wasn’t even any of the fights, but instead, the way they were presented.
UFC 306 was arguably the top fight promotion’s most innovative event yet, seamlessly mixing storytelling and art into a high-profile MMA lineup. It was an experience that the sport had never seen before, and one it might never get again.