NocheUFC co-man activity is main. Alexa Grasso: 124Valentina a Shevchenko: 125 pic.twitter.com/gmMtMwWeeFu2014 Andreas Hale (@AndreasHale) September thirteen, 2024 Dana White's $25K Easter egg huntplay3:13 DC and also Chael break Grasso-Shevchenko trilogy fightDaniel Cormier and also Chael Sonnen examine the upcoming trilogy battle between Alexa Grasso and Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 306. Brett Okamoto: The UFC possesses a past of compensating functionality rewards to athletes at every celebration. This weekend, it will likely share out one of those benefits to a fan.ESPN UFC CEO Dana White claimed he will certainly pay out $25,000 to anyone who identifies surprise Easter eggs in a running flick that will air during the course of UFC Noche on Saturday at the Sphere in Sin City. The occasion, additionally known as UFC 306, will be the very first real-time showing off event to occur at the Realm, and White has stated it will be actually a one-and-done occasion.The UFC possesses partnered with several creative performers to create a movie that will air in between stints, along with 10 different "globes" that will participate in on-screen throughout fights.Dana White to award follower capable to determine Easter eggs at UFC 306Where's the wagering perks at UFC 306? play1:31 Why the Realm might help O'Malley versus DvalishviliDaniel Cormier as well as Brett Okamoto cover just how the environment at the Sphere can give Sean O'Malley a benefit over Merab Dvalishvili at Noche UFC.Andreas Hale: Sean O'Malley, No. 4 in ESPN's pound-for-pound ranks, enters into the battle observing his very first label protection against Marlon Vera at UFC 299. O'Malley hammered Vera through unanimous selection. Merab Dvalishvili, No. 2 in ESPN's bantamweight rankings, is riding a 10-fight winning touch. Dvalishvili has actually not lost a match considering that April 2018. In the co-main contest, girls's flyweight champ Alexa Grasso clashes with past champion Valentina Shevchenko in a trilogy fight for Grasso's title. Grasso, No. 2 in ESPN's ladies's mixed martial arts P4P positions, beat Shevchenko by fourth-round article to assert the name at UFC 285 in March 2023. In the rematch, Grasso maintained the label by means of split pull in September 2023. Andreas Hale talked with UFC strawweight Angela Hill to receive her viewpoint on the UFC 306 principal and co-main activities. ESPN betting specialists Reed Kuhn and Ian Parker include their ideas as well as review on the UFC main event and other fascinating wagers they like from each advertisings on Saturday.Expert choices and also best bets for UFC 306 and Bellator Champions SeriesO'Malley's celebrity course continues to be unchangedplay2:32 Merab Dvalishvili discusses results from submitting cut to experience onlineMerab Dvalishvili says to Andreas Hale how he is recovery coming from the now infamous picture he published of the cut to his face.Brett Okamoto: On Sunday, the 29-year-old O'Malley (18-1) will definitely headline perhaps the highest-profile event in the UFC's 30-year record. According to CEO Dana White, Noche UFC inside Sphere in Sin city will definitely be actually a "one-and-done" celebration, because of the sheer cost ($ 20 million, depending on to White) of putting it on. Private chairs for the UFC 306 card headlined by O'Malley's bantamweight label self defense against Merab Dvalishvili (17-4) have actually been detailed for as long as $13,000 in the course of battle week. It's the kind of activity every boxer-- or, much more accurately, pugilist-- imagine. Even Conor McGregor, that possesses possessed a bit of a nasty public back-and-forth along with O'Malley this year, intended to title this Realm activity, potentially versus his outdated opponent Nate Diaz. O'Malley marvelled at McGregor till this year, as well as also stated he's made an effort to mimic component of his career off McGregor's. Inevitably, the respect and also task of headlining UFC 306 mosted likely to O'Malley. Which is exactly what O'Malley wanted. He started his camping ground for this certain match time prior to the UFC even used it to him.Sitting in this particular really living-room where he stands today, O'Malley made use of to dream of popularity and also money, cash as well as prominence. Those goals started as early as intermediate school, when he used to envision himself wearing for an NFL crew on Sundays. When he met high school, he pertained to conditions that he was actually as well tiny to ever before play in the NFL. Probably non-coincidentally, that is actually likewise the particular very same time in his lifestyle he started to kickbox.UFC champ Sean O'Malley reflects on his rise to stardomTurki, Canelo, Dana as well as Stone battle for No. 1Turki Alalshikh, Canelo Alvarez, Dwayne "The Stone" Johnson, Conor McGregor and Dana White are five of the best significant people in battle sporting activities. ESPNMike Coppinger: Many of one of the most effective have a place in the fight activity will come together on Las Vegas today for a rare offering, one that features boxing's leading celebrity, Canelo Alvarez, and also the very first real-time featuring event at the advanced Realm along with UFC 306. Canelo's consolidated very middleweight champion self defense vs. long-odds underdog Edgar Berlanga as well as Sean O'Malley's UFC bantamweight headline match against Merab Dvalishvili will synchronize Saturday evening, an unique conflict of prominent combat sports events in Las Vegas.And along with it, the match video game's electrical power players will certainly all be embodied in person between both celebrations. There is actually Turki Alalshikh, whose lucrative Riyadh Period support helped create it achievable for Dana White as well as the UFC to hold an activity at the exorbitantly valued Realm. White claimed the cost of the immersive venue has actually topped $20 thousand. It is actually the first pay-per-view activity coming from White that isn't simply billed as UFC complied with by a numeral.With a number of the biggest titles going head-to-head on Saturday evening in Las Vegas, who is actually drawing the strings in the battle game? ESPN contacted 30-plus sector electrical power gamers-- fighters, promoters, executives, legal representatives, managers and also media-- to aid calculate that currently stores all the impact across boxing, mixed martial arts and also pro wrestling and just how they wield it.The 15 very most important people in punching, mixed martial arts as well as wrestlingUFC 306 storylines: Will certainly any kind of fight surpass the venue itself?Merab Dvalishvili trades blows with Sean O'Malley in the bantamweight championship match at UFC 306. Chris Unger/Zuffa LLCJeff Wagenheim: Initially look, the UFC's technique to celebrating Mexican Freedom Day this coming weekend break appears perplexing.UFC 306, which occurs Sunday at the Realm in Las Vegas, is actually headlined by a match in between an Irish-American from Montana and a New Yorker transplanted from the Commonwealth of Georgia. And also to add to the quizzically all-over-the-map motif, the event is funded through an arm of the government of Saudi Arabia.Branding and also marquee covers aside, though, there will certainly certainly be a Mexican motif penetrating the second annual Noche UFC (ESPN+ PPV, 10 p.m. ET). Before the main event between males's bantamweight champ Sean O'Malley and also Merab Dvalishvili, all 9 of the evening's other rounds will definitely feature a Mexico-born or even Mexican United States fighter. The co-main activity pits women's flyweight champ Alexa Grasso-- out of Guadalajara in the Mexican state of Jalisco-- against past titlist Valentina Shevchenko, to finish a trilogy that's already packed with twists.Beyond the competitive stakes, the overarching atmosphere of the night vows to visually and aurally transport enthusiasts southern of the border. This first showing off activity at Ball, the groundbreaking amusement location that opened up last year just off the Las Vegas Strip, are going to make the most of the mind-numbing modern technology created right into the tremendous sphere construct. Throughout the night, the UFC will make use of the 160,000-square-foot wraparound LED display screen and concert-quality sound system to inform the tale of battle sports in Mexico.Championship matches. Gorgeous creation. Prominent stakes. There will be stories rolling around the round miracle of UFC 306. Right here are actually a couple of to focus to.UFC 306 stories: Exactly how Realm, Suga Sean will shape a historic eventWhat enthusiasts can easily assume at Noche UFCUFC 306 will definitely go to the Sphere in Sin City on Sunday Sept. 14. Picture through Eliot J. Schechter/NHLI via Getty ImagesAndreas Hale: The UFC has actually always kept a limited top on the specifics concerning their venture right into the Sphere for UFC 306 on Sept. 14. Having said that, before the occasion-- which UFC Chief Executive Officer Dana White has suggested will be the best sporting activity of perpetuity-- the promotion has actually disclosed some crucial particulars regarding what followers should anticipate away from the $2.3 billion location during Mexican Self-reliance Day weekend.The UFC will certainly make use of Realm's massive 160,000 sq. ft. indoor display plane and also the venue's worldclass concert-grade audio system. The interior display screen airplane will certainly likewise exhibit real-time statistics and competitor information.Fans inside the Realm will definitely really feel the action thanks to haptic seats, which offers power feedback based on the activity inside the Octagon. And they have the possibility to download the LiveVoice app to listen to reside commentary from either the English or Spanish broadcast.The celebration will likewise premiere the film "For Mexico, For All Time," said to in 6 90-second sections between battles and also featured inside the Ball. The innovative staff responsible for the film includes 29 Emmy Honor succeeds, one Golden Globe and also one Grammy.There will be actually eight brand new Octagon females, 6 native-born Mexican females as well as two second-generation Mexicans.Top storiesplay1:31 How Sean O'Malley plans to achieve Conor McGregor's attraction in the UFCSean O'Malley signs up with "Very first Take" new off gaining the bantamweight title at UFC 292 and also talks about possibly achieving the height of Conor McGregor's popularity.After Ball: Which UFC celebration areas will come next?UFC champ Sean O'Malley reviews his cheer stardomMMA divisional rankings: Big win improvements Brady, however how high performs he jump?UFC 306 first look: Big inquiries, very early wagers, predictions for O'Malley-DvalishviliMMA actual or not: Will O'Malley, Grasso both keep at Noche UFC?