NocheUFC co-man event is official. 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 Chael break down Grasso-Shevchenko trilogy fightDaniel Cormier and also Chael Sonnen examine the upcoming triumvirate battle between Alexa Grasso and also Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 306. Brett Okamoto: The UFC has a past history of paying efficiency bonus offers to professional athletes at every event. This weekend break, it is going to potentially dispense among those perks to a fan.ESPN UFC CEO Dana White claimed he will pay out $25,000 to anybody that determines concealed Easter eggs in a rushing film that is going to open during the course of UFC Noche on Saturday at the Sphere in Sin City. The occasion, also known as UFC 306, will be the first real-time featuring affair to take place at the Sphere, as well as White has mentioned it will be actually a one-and-done occasion.The UFC has partnered with various innovative performers to produce a motion picture that will air between bouts, together with 10 various "worlds" that will participate in on-screen during fights.Dana White to award supporter able to determine Easter eggs at UFC 306Where's the wagering benefits at UFC 306? play1:31 Why the Sphere might benefit O'Malley against DvalishviliDaniel Cormier and Brett Okamoto review exactly how the setting at the Realm could offer Sean O'Malley a benefit over Merab Dvalishvili at Noche UFC.Andreas Hale: Sean O'Malley, No. 4 in ESPN's pound-for-pound positions, enters the fight following his first title defense versus Marlon Vera at UFC 299. O'Malley beat Vera through consentaneous choice. Merab Dvalishvili, No. 2 in ESPN's bantamweight ranks, is using a 10-fight winning touch. Dvalishvili has not lost a battle due to the fact that April 2018. In the co-main tournament, ladies's flyweight champ Alexa Grasso encounter former champion Valentina Shevchenko in a trilogy struggle for Grasso's name. Grasso, No. 2 in ESPN's ladies's mixed martial arts P4P rankings, beat Shevchenko by fourth-round submitting to assert the name at UFC 285 in March 2023. In the rematch, Grasso retained the label via crack reel in September 2023. Andreas Hale spoke with UFC strawweight Angela Hillside to obtain her standpoint on the UFC 306 principal and also co-main activities. ESPN betting pros Splint Kuhn and also Ian Parker add their knowledge and evaluation on the UFC centerpiece and also various other interesting wagers they just like from both advertisings on Saturday.Expert picks and also best options for UFC 306 and also Bellator Champions SeriesO'Malley's super star pathway remains unchangedplay2:32 Merab Dvalishvili talks about fallout from uploading cut to experience onlineMerab Dvalishvili says to Andreas Hale how he is recuperation from the now infamous image he submitted of the cut to his face.Brett Okamoto: On Saturday, the 29-year-old O'Malley (18-1) is going to title perhaps the highest-profile celebration in the UFC's 30-year record. According to Chief Executive Officer Dana White, Noche UFC inside Sphere in Sin city will be a "one-and-done" activity, as a result of the sheer expense ($ twenty million, depending on to White) of placing it on. Specific seats for the UFC 306 card headlined by O'Malley's bantamweight headline defense versus Merab Dvalishvili (17-4) have actually been provided for as much as $13,000 in the course of fight week. It's the sort of event every competitor-- or, a lot more properly, prizefighter-- imagine. Even Conor McGregor, who has had a bit of an unpleasant social back-and-forth with O'Malley this year, desired to headline this Realm event, possibly versus his old rival Nate Diaz. O'Malley admired McGregor until this year, as well as even stated he's tried to copy portion of his profession off McGregor's. Ultimately, the tribute and also task of headlining UFC 306 visited O'Malley. Which is exactly what O'Malley preferred. He began his camping ground for this particular match date before the UFC even delivered it to him.Sitting in this particular extremely living room where he stands today, O'Malley utilized to hope for prominence and also amount of money, loan as well as popularity. Those goals began as very early as middle school, when he made use of to envision themself dressing for an NFL team on Sundays. When he met high school, he concerned conditions that he was also small to ever before play in the NFL. Perhaps non-coincidentally, that is actually also the particular same time in his lifestyle he began to kickbox.UFC champ Sean O'Malley reviews his rise to stardomTurki, Canelo, Dana and also Stone struggle for No. 1Turki Alalshikh, Canelo Alvarez, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Conor McGregor and Dana White are actually 5 of the most significant folks in fight sports. ESPNMike Coppinger: Most Of the absolute most effective have a place in the match video game will come together on Sin city today for an uncommon offering, one that features punching's top star, Canelo Alvarez, and the 1st real-time sporting celebration at the state-of-the-art Sphere with UFC 306. Canelo's combined incredibly middleweight championship self defense vs. long-odds longshot Edgar Berlanga and Sean O'Malley's UFC bantamweight headline fight versus Merab Dvalishvili are going to coincide Sunday night, an uncommon conflict of top-level fight sports occasions in Las Vegas.And with it, the fight video game's energy players will definitely all be actually stood for face to face in between both activities. There's Turki Alalshikh, whose profitable Riyadh Season sponsor aided create it possible for Dana White and also the UFC to hold an event at the exorbitantly valued Realm. White claimed the cost of the immersive venue has actually topped $twenty million. It's the first pay-per-view event coming from White that isn't just announced as UFC observed through a numeral.With several of the greatest names going head-to-head on Saturday evening in Sin city, that's drawing the strings in the fight video game? ESPN spoke with 30-plus market electrical power gamers-- competitors, marketers, executives, legal representatives, managers as well as media-- to assist identify that presently holds all the impact all over boxing, MMA and also expert wrestling and also exactly how they possess it.The 15 very most important folks in boxing, MMA and wrestlingUFC 306 storylines: Will any fight beat the venue itself?Merab Dvalishvili trades punches along with Sean O'Malley in the bantamweight championship fight at UFC 306. Chris Unger/Zuffa LLCJeff Wagenheim: At first glance, the UFC's strategy to commemorating Mexican Self-reliance Day this coming weekend seems perplexing.UFC 306, which takes place Saturday at the Realm in Sin City, is headlined by a fight between an Irish-American coming from Montana as well as a New Yorker hair transplanted from the Republic of Georgia. As well as to add to the quizzically all-over-the-map motif, the event is sponsored by an arm of the federal government of Saudi Arabia.Branding and also signboard mattress toppers aside, however, there are going to undoubtedly be a Mexican theme permeating the second yearly Noche UFC (ESPN+ PPV, 10 p.m. ET). Before the centerpiece between males's bantamweight champion Sean O'Malley and also Merab Dvalishvili, all nine of the night's other bouts will definitely include a Mexico-born or even Mexican American competitor. The co-main occasion pits women's flyweight champ Alexa Grasso-- away from Guadalajara in the Mexican condition of Jalisco-- versus previous titlist Valentina Shevchenko, to complete a triumvirate that's actually full of twists.Beyond the competitive stakes, the overarching ambiance of the night guarantees to creatively and also aurally transport enthusiasts south of the border. This initial sporting celebration at Sphere, the cutting-edge enjoyment place that opened up in 2015 only off the Las Vegas Bit, will definitely take full advantage of the mind-numbing technology built in to the enormous sphere structure. Throughout the night, the UFC will certainly utilize the 160,000-square-foot wrap-around LED screen as well as concert-quality stereo to say to the story of battle sporting activities in Mexico.Championship fights. Gorgeous development. Major-league risks. There will definitely be storylines swirling all around the round wonder of UFC 306. Here are actually a few to focus to.UFC 306 stories: How Realm, Suga Sean will definitely form a historic eventWhat fans can easily expect at Noche UFCUFC 306 will certainly go to the Realm in Las Vegas on Sunday Sept. 14. Picture through Eliot J. Schechter/NHLI through Getty ImagesAndreas Hale: The UFC has actually maintained a strict cover on the specifics regarding their venture into the Realm for UFC 306 on Sept. 14. However, ahead of the celebration-- which UFC Chief Executive Officer Dana White has actually suggested are going to be actually the greatest featuring activity of perpetuity-- the advertising has actually shown some essential details regarding what enthusiasts ought to expect away from the $2.3 billion location throughout Mexican Independence Day weekend.The UFC will take advantage of Sphere's enormous 160,000 sq. ft. interior display screen aircraft and also the location's worldclass concert-grade stereo. The interior screen aircraft are going to likewise feature real-time statistics as well as competitor information.Fans inside the Realm will definitely really feel the action courtesy of haptic seating, which offers force responses based on the action inside the Octagon. As well as they have the option to download and install the LiveVoice application to listen closely to reside discourse from either the English or even Spanish broadcast.The occasion will definitely likewise premiere the film "For Mexico, For Perpetuity," informed in six 90-second phases in between fights as well as showed inside the Ball. The creative staff behind the film flaunts 29 Emmy Honor succeeds, one Golden Globe and one Grammy.There will be actually 8 brand new Octagon females, six native-born Mexican women and also two second-generation Mexicans.Top storiesplay1:31 Just how Sean O'Malley plans to reach Conor McGregor's recognition in the UFCSean O'Malley joins "Initial Take" new off succeeding the bantamweight title at UFC 292 as well as speak about potentially achieving the height of Conor McGregor's popularity.After Sphere: Which UFC event places will happen next?UFC champ Sean O'Malley assesses his rise to stardomMMA local rankings: Big win increases Brady, but just how high performs he jump?UFC 306 1st look: Big questions, very early bets, predictions for O'Malley-DvalishviliMMA real or otherwise: Will O'Malley, Grasso both maintain at Noche UFC?