NocheUFC co-man occasion 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 Chael Sonnen examine the upcoming trilogy fight between Alexa Grasso and also Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 306. Brett Okamoto: The UFC has a past history of paying performance perks to sportsmens at every occasion. This weekend, it will possibly dole out one of those incentives to a fan.ESPN UFC chief executive officer Dana White stated he will definitely pay out $25,000 to any person who pinpoints hidden Easter eggs in a rushing film that will certainly air in the course of UFC Noche on Saturday at the Sphere in Sin City. The occasion, additionally referred to as UFC 306, will be the initial real-time showing off event to occur at the Realm, and also White has said it will be a one-and-done occasion.The UFC has partnered along with several imaginative musicians to generate a film that will air in between stints, along with 10 different "worlds" that will play on-screen throughout fights.Dana White to honor follower able to pinpoint Easter eggs at UFC 306Where's the betting benefits at UFC 306? play1:31 Why the Sphere could gain O'Malley versus DvalishviliDaniel Cormier as well as Brett Okamoto explain exactly how the ambience at the Sphere could provide Sean O'Malley a conveniences over Merab Dvalishvili at Noche UFC.Andreas Hale: Sean O'Malley, No. 4 in ESPN's pound-for-pound positions, gets into the fight observing his initial headline protection versus Marlon Vera at UFC 299. O'Malley hammered Vera through consentaneous selection. Merab Dvalishvili, No. 2 in ESPN's bantamweight rankings, is riding a 10-fight winning touch. Dvalishvili has certainly not shed a match considering that April 2018. In the co-main event, females's flyweight champ Alexa Grasso clashes with previous champ Valentina Shevchenko in a trilogy battle for Grasso's name. Grasso, No. 2 in ESPN's females's MMA P4P positions, beat Shevchenko by fourth-round article to claim the name at UFC 285 in March 2023. In the rematch, Grasso kept the headline via split pull in September 2023. Andreas Hale talked to UFC strawweight Angela Hill to acquire her viewpoint on the UFC 306 principal as well as co-main occasions. ESPN wagering pros Reed Kuhn and Ian Parker add their knowledge and evaluation on the UFC centerpiece and also other appealing wagers they just like coming from each promotions on Saturday.Expert choices as well as best choices for UFC 306 as well as Bellator Champions SeriesO'Malley's superstar path continues to be unchangedplay2:32 Merab Dvalishvili reviews results from submitting cut to encounter onlineMerab Dvalishvili informs Andreas Hale exactly how he is actually recuperation from the currently well known picture he uploaded of the cut to his face.Brett Okamoto: On Sunday, the 29-year-old O'Malley (18-1) will certainly title possibly the highest-profile celebration in the UFC's 30-year history. According to CEO Dana White, Noche UFC inside Sphere in Las Vegas will be actually a "one-and-done" event, because of the large expense ($ 20 million, according to White) of placing it on. Individual chairs for the UFC 306 memory card headlined through O'Malley's bantamweight label protection versus Merab Dvalishvili (17-4) have actually been specified for as high as $13,000 in the course of battle full week. It's the sort of event every competitor-- or even, more correctly, pugilist-- imagine. Also Conor McGregor, who possesses had a little a nasty social back-and-forth along with O'Malley this year, desired to heading this Realm celebration, possibly against his outdated rival Nate Diaz. O'Malley admired McGregor until this year, and even said he's tried to resemble portion of his career off McGregor's. Eventually, the honor as well as duty of headlining UFC 306 headed to O'Malley. Which is actually exactly what O'Malley desired. He started his camp for this particular fight day before the UFC even gave it to him.Sitting within this incredibly sitting room where he stands up today, O'Malley used to desire for fame and cash, funds as well as popularity. Those aspirations began as very early as secondary school, when he made use of to visualize themself suiting up for an NFL team on Sundays. When he reached high school, he concerned phrases that he was actually also tiny to ever before play in the NFL. Maybe non-coincidentally, that's likewise the specific same time in his life he began to kickbox.UFC champ Sean O'Malley reviews his cheer stardomTurki, Canelo, Dana and also Stone struggle for No. 1Turki Alalshikh, Canelo Alvarez, Dwayne "The Stone" Johnson, Conor McGregor and Dana White are actually five of the absolute most prominent people in fight sporting activities. ESPNMike Coppinger: A Lot Of the best effective figures in the fight game will converge on Las Vegas recently for a rare offering, one that features boxing's leading celebrity, Canelo Alvarez, as well as the 1st online featuring celebration at the cutting edge Realm along with UFC 306. Canelo's consolidated tremendously middleweight championship self defense vs. long-odds longshot Edgar Berlanga as well as Sean O'Malley's UFC bantamweight label battle against Merab Dvalishvili will certainly coincide Saturday evening, an uncommon battle of prominent combat sports events in Las Vegas.And with it, the match video game's energy players will certainly all be actually stood for personally in between both celebrations. There is actually Turki Alalshikh, whose lucrative Riyadh Time support helped create it possible for Dana White as well as the UFC to keep an event at the exorbitantly valued Realm. White pointed out the cost of the immersive site has actually covered $twenty million. It's the very first pay-per-view activity coming from White that isn't simply billed as UFC adhered to by a numeral.With a few of the largest names going head-to-head on Saturday night in Las Vegas, who is actually drawing the cords in the fight game? ESPN spoke with 30-plus business power gamers-- fighters, marketers, execs, lawyers, supervisors as well as media-- to help determine that currently keeps all the influence throughout punching, mixed martial arts as well as pro fumbling and also exactly how they possess it.The 15 very most prominent folks in boxing, MMA and wrestlingUFC 306 stories: Will certainly any battle outshine the site itself?Merab Dvalishvili trades blows with Sean O'Malley in the bantamweight championship battle at UFC 306. Chris Unger/Zuffa LLCJeff Wagenheim: At first look, the UFC's technique to celebrating Mexican Freedom Day this coming weekend break seems to be perplexing.UFC 306, which happens Sunday at the Realm in Sin City, is headlined by a match in between an Irish-American coming from Montana as well as a New Yorker hair transplanted from the Commonwealth of Georgia. And to add to the quizzically all-over-the-map motif, the activity is funded through a branch of the federal government of Saudi Arabia.Branding and also signboard mattress toppers apart, however, there are going to without a doubt be actually a Mexican motif going through the second annual Noche UFC (ESPN+ PPV, 10 p.m. ET). Before the main event in between guys's bantamweight champ Sean O'Malley and Merab Dvalishvili, all nine of the night's various other spells will include a Mexico-born or Mexican United States fighter. The co-main celebration pits girls's flyweight champ Alexa Grasso-- out of Guadalajara in the Mexican state of Jalisco-- against former titlist Valentina Shevchenko, to complete a triumvirate that is actually already full of twists.Beyond the very competitive risks, the overarching setting of the evening vows to creatively and also aurally transportation followers southern of the perimeter. This first sporting occasion at Round, the innovative entertainment site that opened in 2013 only off the Las Vegas Bit, will certainly make the most of the mind-numbing technology developed in to the tremendous around construct. Throughout the evening, the UFC will certainly utilize the 160,000-square-foot wraparound LED screen as well as concert-quality stereo to say to the tale of battle sporting activities in Mexico.Championship battles. Impressive development. Leading concerns. There will definitely be storylines surging around the spherical miracle of UFC 306. Listed below are actually a couple of to pay attention to.UFC 306 stories: Exactly how Sphere, Suga Sean will definitely form a historical eventWhat fans may anticipate at Noche UFCUFC 306 will certainly go to the Sphere in Sin City on Saturday Sept. 14. Image by Eliot J. Schechter/NHLI through Getty ImagesAndreas Hale: The UFC has actually always kept a strict lid on the specifics concerning their venture right into the Sphere for UFC 306 on Sept. 14. However, before the activity-- which UFC CEO Dana White has recommended will be the greatest showing off event of all time-- the promo has actually shown some essential particulars concerning what fans ought to anticipate out of the $2.3 billion location during the course of Mexican Self-reliance Day weekend.The UFC will definitely take advantage of Realm's substantial 160,000 sq. ft. internal screen airplane and the venue's worldclass concert-grade audio system. The interior screen aircraft are going to also showcase real-time stats as well as fighter information.Fans inside the Realm will definitely experience the activity courtesy of haptic seating, which gives power reviews based on the activity inside the Octagon. And they possess the alternative to install the LiveVoice app to listen to live discourse coming from either the English or even Spanish broadcast.The activity are going to likewise premiere the film "For Mexico, For Perpetuity," told in 6 90-second sections in between fights and also presented inside the Sphere. The innovative group responsible for the film boasts 29 Emmy Award succeeds, one Golden World as well as one Grammy.There will be actually eight new Octagon women, six native-born Mexican girls and two second-generation Mexicans.Top storiesplay1:31 Exactly how Sean O'Malley intends to achieve Conor McGregor's recognition in the UFCSean O'Malley joins "Very first Take" new off winning the bantamweight label at UFC 292 and also refer to possibly achieving the elevation of Conor McGregor's popularity.After Ball: Which UFC event locations will come next?UFC champion Sean O'Malley assesses his cheer stardomMMA local ranks: Big gain improvements Brady, yet just how high performs he jump?UFC 306 very first appearance: Big concerns, early wagers, forecasts for O'Malley-DvalishviliMMA real or otherwise: Will O'Malley, Grasso both maintain at Noche UFC?