NocheUFC co-man activity is actually formal. 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 Grasso-Shevchenko trilogy fightDaniel Cormier and also Chael Sonnen sneak peek the upcoming triumvirate battle in between Alexa Grasso and also Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 306. Brett Okamoto: The UFC possesses a record of compensating performance bonuses to sportsmens at every celebration. This weekend, it is going to possibly administer one of those incentives to a fan.ESPN UFC chief executive officer Dana White stated he is going to pay out $25,000 to any individual who recognizes covert Easter eggs in a rushing movie that will certainly air during UFC Noche on Sunday at the Realm in Sin City. The celebration, likewise referred to as UFC 306, will be actually the 1st online featuring affair to take place at the Sphere, and also White has stated it will be actually a one-and-done occasion.The UFC possesses partnered with numerous artistic musicians to create a motion picture that will open in between bouts, alongside 10 different "globes" that will participate in on-screen during fights.Dana White to honor supporter able to recognize Easter eggs at UFC 306Where's the betting benefits at UFC 306? play1:31 Why the Realm might help O'Malley versus DvalishviliDaniel Cormier and Brett Okamoto talk about exactly how the setting at the Realm could possibly give Sean O'Malley a perk over Merab Dvalishvili at Noche UFC.Andreas Hale: Sean O'Malley, No. 4 in ESPN's pound-for-pound ranks, gets into the match following his first label defense versus Marlon Vera at UFC 299. O'Malley hammered Vera by unanimous selection. Merab Dvalishvili, No. 2 in ESPN's bantamweight positions, is actually using a 10-fight winning touch. Dvalishvili has not shed a fight due to the fact that April 2018. In the co-main event, women's flyweight champ Alexa Grasso clashes with previous champion Valentina Shevchenko in a triumvirate match for Grasso's name. Grasso, No. 2 in ESPN's females's MMA P4P positions, beat Shevchenko by fourth-round submitting to state the name at UFC 285 in March 2023. In the rematch, Grasso retained the title via split draw in September 2023. Andreas Hale contacted UFC strawweight Angela Mountain to receive her perspective on the UFC 306 main and co-main events. ESPN betting experts Splint Kuhn as well as Ian Parker add their understandings as well as study on the UFC centerpiece and other intriguing wagers they just like coming from each advertisings on Saturday.Expert selections and best choices for UFC 306 as well as Bellator Champions SeriesO'Malley's celebrity path remains unchangedplay2:32 Merab Dvalishvili covers after effects coming from submitting slice to deal with onlineMerab Dvalishvili tells Andreas Hale just how he is recovery from the now well known image he submitted of the slice to his face.Brett Okamoto: On Sunday, the 29-year-old O'Malley (18-1) is going to title maybe the highest-profile activity in the UFC's 30-year past history. According to CEO Dana White, Noche UFC inside Sphere in Sin city will definitely be actually a "one-and-done" activity, due to the sheer cost ($ twenty million, depending on to White) of placing it on. Private chairs for the UFC 306 card headlined by O'Malley's bantamweight label defense versus Merab Dvalishvili (17-4) have actually been listed for as high as $13,000 during the course of match week. It is actually the type of activity every fighter-- or, extra effectively, prizefighter-- long for. Also Conor McGregor, that has had a little a vicious social back-and-forth with O'Malley this year, wanted to title this Realm celebration, likely versus his outdated opponent Nate Diaz. O'Malley admired McGregor till this year, and even claimed he's attempted to copy aspect of his career off McGregor's. Eventually, the honor as well as task of headlining UFC 306 visited O'Malley. Which is specifically what O'Malley wished. He started his camp for this specific match day just before the UFC even supplied it to him.Sitting within this quite living-room where he stands today, O'Malley utilized to hope for prominence and loan, funds as well as popularity. Those goals started as very early as junior high, when he used to imagine himself suiting up for an NFL group on Sundays. When he reached high school, he came to conditions that he was too small to ever play in the NFL. Perhaps non-coincidentally, that is actually also the particular very same attend his life he began to kickbox.UFC champion Sean O'Malley reviews his rise to stardomTurki, Canelo, Dana and Stone fight for No. 1Turki Alalshikh, Canelo Alvarez, Dwayne "The Stone" Johnson, Conor McGregor and also Dana White are actually 5 of the best influential people in battle sporting activities. ESPNMike Coppinger: A Number Of the best strong have a place in the fight game will converge on Las Vegas this week for an uncommon offering, one that features boxing's top celebrity, Canelo Alvarez, as well as the 1st live featuring activity at the advanced Sphere along with UFC 306. Canelo's combined incredibly middleweight championship defense vs. long-odds longshot Edgar Berlanga and also Sean O'Malley's UFC bantamweight label match versus Merab Dvalishvili will definitely synchronize Saturday night, an uncommon battle of top-level battle sporting activities events in Las Vegas.And from it, the battle activity's electrical power gamers will certainly all be represented face to face in between both activities. There's Turki Alalshikh, whose highly profitable Riyadh Period support helped create it achievable for Dana White and the UFC to store an event at the exorbitantly valued Realm. White claimed the expense of the immersive place has actually topped $twenty million. It's the first pay-per-view event from White that isn't simply touted as UFC followed through a numeral.With a few of the greatest titles going head-to-head on Sunday night in Sin city, who's taking the cords in the fight activity? ESPN talked to 30-plus sector electrical power players-- boxers, marketers, managers, lawyers, managers as well as media-- to help identify that presently stores all the effect throughout boxing, mixed martial arts as well as professional fumbling as well as just how they wield it.The 15 most prominent individuals in punching, MMA as well as wrestlingUFC 306 stories: Is going to any sort of battle beat the site itself?Merab Dvalishvili trades blows along with Sean O'Malley in the bantamweight championship fight at UFC 306. Chris Unger/Zuffa LLCJeff Wagenheim: In the beginning look, the UFC's technique to celebrating Mexican Independence Time this coming weekend break seems perplexing.UFC 306, which occurs Saturday at the Realm in Las Vegas, is headlined by a match in between an Irish-American from Montana and a New Yorker hair transplanted from the State of Georgia. And also to contribute to the quizzically all-over-the-map theme, the occasion is actually sponsored through a branch of the federal government of Saudi Arabia.Branding and also signboard toppers aside, however, there will definitely certainly be actually a Mexican motif permeating the 2nd yearly Noche UFC (ESPN+ PPV, 10 p.m. ET). Prior to the main event in between guys's bantamweight champion Sean O'Malley and Merab Dvalishvili, all 9 of the night's other rounds will include a Mexico-born or Mexican United States boxer. The co-main celebration pits females's flyweight champ Alexa Grasso-- away from Guadalajara in the Mexican condition of Jalisco-- against previous titlist Valentina Shevchenko, to accomplish a trilogy that is actually actually packed with twists.Beyond the reasonable stakes, the overarching atmosphere of the night assures to visually and aurally transport fans south of the boundary. This first featuring activity at Ball, the advanced entertainment site that opened up in 2014 only off the Las Vegas Strip, will definitely maximize the mind-numbing technology constructed into the tremendous around framework. Throughout the night, the UFC will definitely make use of the 160,000-square-foot wrap-around LED display as well as concert-quality sound system to tell the story of fight sports in Mexico.Championship battles. Breathtaking development. Prominent risks. There will definitely be stories rolling around the circular surprise of UFC 306. Listed below are a couple of to take note to.UFC 306 storylines: How Sphere, Suga Sean are going to mold a historic eventWhat enthusiasts can expect at Noche UFCUFC 306 are going to go to the Realm in Las Vegas on Sunday Sept. 14. Picture by Eliot J. Schechter/NHLI through Getty ImagesAndreas Hale: The UFC has always kept a strict cover on the specifics regarding their venture right into the Realm for UFC 306 on Sept. 14. Nonetheless, in advance of the event-- which UFC CEO Dana White has actually proposed are going to be the best showing off celebration of perpetuity-- the advertising has revealed some key information concerning what supporters must expect out of the $2.3 billion location throughout Mexican Freedom Time weekend.The UFC will definitely use Realm's extensive 160,000 sq. ft. internal display screen airplane and the venue's worldclass concert-grade stereo. The indoor screen plane are going to additionally showcase real-time stats and fighter information.Fans inside the Sphere will certainly really feel the action courtesy of haptic seats, which provides pressure reviews based on the action inside the Octagon. And they possess the option to download and install the LiveVoice application to pay attention to reside discourse from either the English or even Spanish broadcast.The celebration will certainly additionally premiere the movie "For Mexico, For All Time," said to in six 90-second phases in between matches as well as displayed inside the Round. The innovative team responsible for the movie includes 29 Emmy Honor gains, one Golden Entire world as well as one Grammy.There will be actually 8 new Octagon ladies, six native-born Mexican ladies and also two second-generation Mexicans.Top storiesplay1:31 How Sean O'Malley organizes to achieve Conor McGregor's popularity in the UFCSean O'Malley signs up with "Initial Take" fresh off winning the bantamweight label at UFC 292 and also speak about likely meeting the height of Conor McGregor's popularity.After Sphere: Which UFC celebration areas will happen next?UFC champion Sean O'Malley reviews his rise to stardomMMA local positions: Big gain increases Brady, yet exactly how higher does he jump?UFC 306 initial appearance: Big concerns, early bets, predictions for O'Malley-DvalishviliMMA actual or not: Will O'Malley, Grasso both maintain at Noche UFC?