NocheUFC co-man occasion is actually official. Alexa Grasso: 124Valentina a Shevchenko: 125 pic.twitter.com/gmMtMwWeeFu2014 Andreas Hale (@AndreasHale) September 13, 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 Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 306. Brett Okamoto: The UFC possesses a past of paying efficiency bonus offers to athletes at every event. This weekend, it will possibly dispense one of those incentives to a fan.ESPN UFC CEO Dana White said he is going to pay $25,000 to anyone who recognizes surprise Easter eggs in a running motion picture that will certainly air during UFC Noche on Sunday at the Realm in Las Vegas. The occasion, also called UFC 306, will be the initial real-time featuring undertaking to occur at the Realm, and also White has mentioned it will be actually a one-and-done occasion.The UFC possesses partnered with a number of creative musicians to generate a motion picture that will open in between stints, together with 10 various "globes" that will participate in on-screen in the course of fights.Dana White to award follower capable to identify Easter eggs at UFC 306Where's the betting perks at UFC 306? play1:31 Why the Sphere might gain O'Malley versus DvalishviliDaniel Cormier and Brett Okamoto explain exactly how the atmosphere at the Sphere might offer Sean O'Malley a perk over Merab Dvalishvili at Noche UFC.Andreas Hale: Sean O'Malley, No. 4 in ESPN's pound-for-pound rankings, gets into the match following his initial title self defense against Marlon Vera at UFC 299. O'Malley hammered Vera by consensual decision. Merab Dvalishvili, No. 2 in ESPN's bantamweight positions, is actually using a 10-fight winning streak. Dvalishvili has not shed a match since April 2018. In the co-main contest, ladies's flyweight champ Alexa Grasso encounter former champion Valentina Shevchenko in a triumvirate struggle for Grasso's title. Grasso, No. 2 in ESPN's ladies's MMA P4P rankings, hammer Shevchenko by fourth-round article to declare the name at UFC 285 in March 2023. In the rematch, Grasso kept the headline via crack reel in September 2023. Andreas Hale talked to UFC strawweight Angela Hill to get her perspective on the UFC 306 principal and also co-main occasions. ESPN wagering specialists Splint Kuhn and also Ian Parker add their insights and analysis on the UFC main event as well as various other fascinating bets they such as coming from both advertisings on Saturday.Expert choices and also best options for UFC 306 as well as Bellator Champions SeriesO'Malley's superstar course stays unchangedplay2:32 Merab Dvalishvili reviews fallout coming from uploading cut to face onlineMerab Dvalishvili says to Andreas Hale just how he is healing from the currently notorious picture he published of the slice to his face.Brett Okamoto: On Saturday, the 29-year-old O'Malley (18-1) will heading maybe the highest-profile activity in the UFC's 30-year history. Depending On to CEO Dana White, Noche UFC inside Sphere in Sin city will be a "one-and-done" celebration, due to the large cost ($ twenty thousand, depending on to White) of placing it on. Individual seats for the UFC 306 memory card headlined through O'Malley's bantamweight headline protection against Merab Dvalishvili (17-4) have been actually noted for as much as $13,000 during match full week. It's the kind of activity every competitor-- or even, much more effectively, prizefighter-- dreams of. Also Conor McGregor, that has possessed a little an unpleasant social back-and-forth with O'Malley this year, intended to headline this Sphere event, possibly against his aged rival Nate Diaz. O'Malley marvelled at McGregor up until this year, and also even claimed he's attempted to simulate portion of his occupation off McGregor's. Ultimately, the honor and accountability of headlining UFC 306 mosted likely to O'Malley. Which is actually specifically what O'Malley yearned for. He started his camp for this particular match date prior to the UFC also gave it to him.Sitting within this incredibly living room where he stands today, O'Malley used to hope for prominence and amount of money, amount of money and also prominence. Those dreams began as very early as intermediate school, when he utilized to envision himself suiting up for an NFL crew on Sundays. When he achieved secondary school, he pertained to terms that he was as well tiny to ever before play in the NFL. Probably non-coincidentally, that's also the exact very same attend his life he started to kickbox.UFC champion Sean O'Malley reflects on his cheer stardomTurki, Canelo, Dana and Stone battle for No. 1Turki Alalshikh, Canelo Alvarez, Dwayne "The Stone" Johnson, Conor McGregor and Dana White are actually 5 of the absolute most influential individuals in combat sporting activities. ESPNMike Coppinger: Most Of one of the most effective have a place in the fight video game will come together on Las Vegas recently for a rare offering, one that features punching's best celebrity, Canelo Alvarez, and the initial live featuring celebration at the advanced Realm along with UFC 306. Canelo's unified super middleweight champion self defense vs. long-odds underdog Edgar Berlanga as well as Sean O'Malley's UFC bantamweight headline fight against Merab Dvalishvili will certainly coincide Sunday evening, an unique battle of high-profile battle sporting activities events in Las Vegas.And along with it, the fight game's power players will certainly all be represented face to face in between both celebrations. There is actually Turki Alalshikh, whose highly profitable Riyadh Season sponsorship assisted make it possible for Dana White as well as the UFC to hold an event at the exorbitantly valued Realm. White claimed the expense of the immersive place has actually covered $twenty million. It is actually the very first pay-per-view celebration from White that isn't merely touted as UFC observed by a numeral.With a number of the largest labels going head-to-head on Saturday evening in Las Vegas, who is actually taking the strands in the match video game? ESPN contacted 30-plus industry electrical power players-- boxers, marketers, executives, legal representatives, managers and media-- to help calculate that presently stores all the impact around punching, MMA and also pro fumbling as well as just how they possess it.The 15 very most important people in boxing, mixed martial arts as well as wrestlingUFC 306 storylines: Will definitely any fight outperform the location itself?Merab Dvalishvili trades blows with Sean O'Malley in the bantamweight champion match at UFC 306. Chris Unger/Zuffa LLCJeff Wagenheim: At first glimpse, the UFC's technique to commemorating Mexican Independence Day this happening weekend appears perplexing.UFC 306, which happens Sunday at the Sphere in Sin City, is headlined by a fight in between an Irish-American from Montana and also a New Yorker hair transplanted coming from the Republic of Georgia. As well as to add to the quizzically all-over-the-map design, the celebration is sponsored by a branch of the authorities of Saudi Arabia.Branding as well as marquee mattress toppers apart, however, there will definitely definitely be a Mexican theme going through the 2nd yearly Noche UFC (ESPN+ PPV, 10 p.m. ET). Just before the main event between guys's bantamweight champ Sean O'Malley and also Merab Dvalishvili, all 9 of the evening's other stints will definitely include a Mexico-born or even Mexican United States boxer. The co-main activity pits women's flyweight champ Alexa Grasso-- out of Guadalajara in the Mexican condition of Jalisco-- against past titlist Valentina Shevchenko, to complete a triumvirate that's presently packed with twists.Beyond the affordable risks, the overarching setting of the evening assures to creatively and aurally transport supporters south of the border. This very first sporting event at Sphere, the innovative enjoyment venue that opened in 2013 merely off the Las Vegas Strip, will definitely take full advantage of the mind-numbing innovation created into the tremendous round framework. Throughout the night, the UFC will certainly utilize the 160,000-square-foot wraparound LED monitor and also concert-quality stereo to say to the tale of combat sports in Mexico.Championship fights. Awesome creation. Major-league risks. There will be actually stories swirling all over the round surprise of UFC 306. Listed below are actually a few to listen to.UFC 306 storylines: Just how Realm, Suga Sean are going to form a historic eventWhat followers can easily assume at Noche UFCUFC 306 will certainly go to the Sphere in Las Vegas on Saturday Sept. 14. Photo by Eliot J. Schechter/NHLI by means of Getty ImagesAndreas Hale: The UFC has kept a limited top on the specifics regarding their endeavor into the Realm for UFC 306 on Sept. 14. Nonetheless, before the celebration-- which UFC Chief Executive Officer Dana White has recommended will certainly be the best showing off activity of perpetuity-- the advertising has actually disclosed some crucial particulars concerning what enthusiasts ought to anticipate out of the $2.3 billion place during the course of Mexican Self-reliance Time weekend.The UFC will certainly utilize Sphere's extensive 160,000 sq. ft. internal display plane and also the place's worldclass concert-grade audio system. The interior display screen plane are going to also display real-time stats and also fighter information.Fans inside the Sphere will certainly really feel the action courtesy of haptic seats, which provides pressure responses based upon the action inside the Octagon. And also they possess the alternative to download the LiveVoice application to listen closely to reside discourse from either the English or Spanish broadcast.The occasion are going to additionally premiere the movie "For Mexico, For All Time," said to in six 90-second sections in between matches as well as presented inside the Ball. The creative team responsible for the movie includes 29 Emmy Award wins, one Golden World and one Grammy.There will be actually eight brand-new Octagon ladies, 6 native-born Mexican females and also pair of second-generation Mexicans.Top storiesplay1:31 Exactly how Sean O'Malley organizes to meet Conor McGregor's recognition in the UFCSean O'Malley signs up with "Very first Take" clean off winning the bantamweight title at UFC 292 and speak about possibly achieving the elevation of Conor McGregor's popularity.After Sphere: Which UFC celebration sites will come next?UFC champ Sean O'Malley reassesses his cheer stardomMMA divisional rankings: Big succeed improvements Brady, but just how high does he jump?UFC 306 very first look: Big questions, very early wagers, prophecies for O'Malley-DvalishviliMMA genuine or not: Will O'Malley, Grasso both maintain at Noche UFC?