NocheUFC co-man event is main. 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 malfunction Grasso-Shevchenko trilogy fightDaniel Cormier and also Chael Sonnen preview the upcoming trilogy battle in between Alexa Grasso and also Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 306. Brett Okamoto: The UFC possesses a history of compensating functionality incentives to professional athletes at every occasion. This weekend break, it will possibly dole out one of those benefits to a fan.ESPN UFC CEO Dana White stated he will definitely pay $25,000 to any individual that pinpoints surprise Easter eggs in a running motion picture that will definitely open in the course of UFC Noche on Sunday at the Realm in Las Vegas. The celebration, likewise referred to as UFC 306, will be the 1st online featuring affair to occur at the Realm, and White possesses claimed it will be actually a one-and-done occasion.The UFC possesses partnered with numerous innovative musicians to generate a flick that will open between spells, in addition to 10 various "globes" that will play on-screen throughout fights.Dana White to honor enthusiast able to identify Easter eggs at UFC 306Where's the betting advantages at UFC 306? play1:31 Why the Realm could gain O'Malley against DvalishviliDaniel Cormier as well as Brett Okamoto talk about how the environment at the Realm might offer Sean O'Malley a conveniences over Merab Dvalishvili at Noche UFC.Andreas Hale: Sean O'Malley, No. 4 in ESPN's pound-for-pound rankings, enters into the battle observing his first title defense versus Marlon Vera at UFC 299. O'Malley hammered Vera through unanimous decision. Merab Dvalishvili, No. 2 in ESPN's bantamweight ranks, is actually riding a 10-fight winning streak. Dvalishvili has certainly not shed a fight due to the fact that April 2018. In the co-main event, females's flyweight champ Alexa Grasso encounter past champ Valentina Shevchenko in a trilogy fight for Grasso's title. Grasso, No. 2 in ESPN's ladies's mixed martial arts P4P positions, hammer Shevchenko through fourth-round entry to state the name at UFC 285 in March 2023. In the rematch, Grasso maintained the title using split reel in September 2023. Andreas Hale spoke with UFC strawweight Angela Mountain to get her perspective on the UFC 306 primary as well as co-main activities. ESPN wagering specialists Splint Kuhn and Ian Parker incorporate their knowledge as well as evaluation on the UFC main event and other interesting bets they such as from each promos on Saturday.Expert selections and also best choices for UFC 306 and Bellator Champions SeriesO'Malley's superstar pathway remains unchangedplay2:32 Merab Dvalishvili talks about fallout coming from submitting cut to face onlineMerab Dvalishvili tells Andreas Hale just how he is recovery from the currently well known picture he uploaded of the slice to his face.Brett Okamoto: On Saturday, the 29-year-old O'Malley (18-1) will heading possibly the highest-profile occasion in the UFC's 30-year history. Depending On to CEO Dana White, Noche UFC inside Sphere in Sin city will certainly be actually a "one-and-done" occasion, because of the large cost ($ 20 million, depending on to White) of putting it on. Personal seats for the UFC 306 memory card headlined through O'Malley's bantamweight headline defense versus Merab Dvalishvili (17-4) have actually been noted for as high as $13,000 during fight full week. It's the sort of occasion every fighter-- or, even more precisely, prizefighter-- long for. Also Conor McGregor, who possesses had a little a vicious social back-and-forth along with O'Malley this year, intended to title this Sphere occasion, likely against his aged competitor Nate Diaz. O'Malley admired McGregor until this year, and also stated he is actually made an effort to resemble parts of his career off McGregor's. Eventually, the respect and also obligation of headlining UFC 306 visited O'Malley. Which is actually exactly what O'Malley wished. He began his camping ground for this particular battle time prior to the UFC even provided it to him.Sitting in this particular very living-room where he stands today, O'Malley used to desire for popularity as well as money, amount of money and also fame. Those dreams started as early as middle school, when he used to picture himself wearing for an NFL staff on Sundays. When he met senior high school, he concerned terms that he was actually also little to ever before play in the NFL. Possibly non-coincidentally, that is actually also the precise very same time in his lifestyle he began to kickbox.UFC champ Sean O'Malley reassesses his cheer stardomTurki, Canelo, Dana as well as Rock struggle for No. 1Turki Alalshikh, Canelo Alvarez, Dwayne "The Stone" Johnson, Conor McGregor as well as Dana White are actually five of the best significant people in combat sports. ESPNMike Coppinger: Many of the best effective have a place in the match activity are going to come together on Las Vegas recently for an unusual offering, one that features boxing's top celebrity, Canelo Alvarez, and also the first live featuring event at the revolutionary Sphere along with UFC 306. Canelo's unified extremely middleweight champion protection vs. long-odds underdog Edgar Berlanga and Sean O'Malley's UFC bantamweight label battle versus Merab Dvalishvili will correspond Sunday evening, an unusual clash of prominent fight sports activities in Las Vegas.And using it, the battle video game's energy players will all be actually represented personally between each activities. There is actually Turki Alalshikh, whose financially rewarding Riyadh Time sponsorship aided create it possible for Dana White as well as the UFC to keep an event at the too valued Realm. White claimed the price of the immersive site has covered $20 thousand. It's the very first pay-per-view activity from White that isn't simply billed as UFC observed by a numeral.With a number of the largest titles going head-to-head on Saturday night in Las Vegas, who's drawing the cords in the fight video game? ESPN talked to 30-plus business electrical power gamers-- fighters, marketers, executives, legal representatives, supervisors and also media-- to assist establish that presently stores all the influence around boxing, mixed martial arts as well as expert fumbling as well as how they possess it.The 15 very most important individuals in boxing, mixed martial arts and wrestlingUFC 306 storylines: Will any kind of fight outperform the venue itself?Merab Dvalishvili trades strikes along with Sean O'Malley in the bantamweight championship battle at UFC 306. Chris Unger/Zuffa LLCJeff Wagenheim: At first glance, the UFC's technique to celebrating Mexican Freedom Day this coming weekend break seems to be perplexing.UFC 306, which takes place Sunday at the Sphere in Sin City, is headlined through a fight between an Irish-American coming from Montana as well as a New Yorker hair transplanted coming from the Republic of Georgia. And also to add to the quizzically all-over-the-map design, the occasion is actually sponsored by a branch of the authorities of Saudi Arabia.Branding and marquee mattress toppers aside, though, there will certainly without a doubt be actually a Mexican concept permeating the second yearly Noche UFC (ESPN+ PPV, 10 p.m. ET). Before the main event between men's bantamweight champion Sean O'Malley and Merab Dvalishvili, all nine of the night's other stints will include a Mexico-born or Mexican American fighter. The co-main event pits ladies's flyweight champion Alexa Grasso-- away from Guadalajara in the Mexican state of Jalisco-- versus past titlist Valentina Shevchenko, to complete a triumvirate that is actually actually filled with twists.Beyond the affordable stakes, the overarching setting of the night promises to visually and aurally transportation enthusiasts south of the perimeter. This very first featuring event at Round, the advanced entertainment place that opened up in 2013 merely off the Las Vegas Strip, will take full advantage of the mind-numbing technology developed into the tremendous sphere structure. Throughout the night, the UFC will make use of the 160,000-square-foot wraparound LED screen as well as concert-quality sound system to say to the story of combat sports in Mexico.Championship matches. Awesome manufacturing. Leading concerns. There will be actually storylines surging throughout the circular surprise of UFC 306. Right here are a handful of to focus to.UFC 306 stories: Just how Sphere, Suga Sean are going to shape a famous eventWhat fans can assume at Noche UFCUFC 306 will definitely be at the Realm in Sin City on Sunday Sept. 14. Image by Eliot J. Schechter/NHLI through Getty ImagesAndreas Hale: The UFC has always kept a limited cover on the specifics regarding their venture into the Sphere for UFC 306 on Sept. 14. Nevertheless, before the event-- which UFC Chief Executive Officer Dana White has suggested are going to be the best sporting activity of all time-- the promotion has actually uncovered some key particulars regarding what enthusiasts ought to assume out of the $2.3 billion site in the course of Mexican Independence Time weekend.The UFC will utilize Realm's gigantic 160,000 sq. ft. interior display screen plane as well as the place's worldclass concert-grade audio system. The indoor screen airplane will certainly also showcase real-time statistics and boxer information.Fans inside the Realm will feel the activity courtesy of haptic seating, which supplies power comments based on the activity inside the Octagon. As well as they have the choice to download the LiveVoice application to pay attention to live discourse coming from either the English or even Spanish broadcast.The celebration will certainly additionally premiere the film "For Mexico, For All Time," informed in 6 90-second chapters between battles as well as presented inside the Ball. The creative group responsible for the movie boasts 29 Emmy Award gains, one Golden World as well as one Grammy.There will be 8 brand-new Octagon girls, 6 native-born Mexican girls and two second-generation Mexicans.Top storiesplay1:31 Just how Sean O'Malley considers to meet Conor McGregor's level of popularity in the UFCSean O'Malley signs up with "Very first Take" fresh off winning the bantamweight label at UFC 292 as well as speak about possibly meeting the height of Conor McGregor's popularity.After Round: Which UFC occasion areas will happen next?UFC champ Sean O'Malley reassesses his rise to stardomMMA local rankings: Big win boosts Brady, but how higher performs he jump?UFC 306 initial appearance: Big concerns, very early wagers, forecasts for O'Malley-DvalishviliMMA real or not: Will O'Malley, Grasso both keep at Noche UFC?