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 also Chael break Grasso-Shevchenko trilogy fightDaniel Cormier and Chael Sonnen examine the upcoming trilogy battle between Alexa Grasso as well as Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 306. Brett Okamoto: The UFC has a record of compensating functionality bonus offers to professional athletes at every activity. This weekend break, it will potentially dole out among those bonus offers to a fan.ESPN UFC CEO Dana White stated he will certainly pay for $25,000 to any individual who recognizes concealed Easter eggs in a jogging motion picture that will air in the course of UFC Noche on Saturday at the Realm in Sin City. The occasion, additionally known as UFC 306, will be actually the 1st real-time showing off event to happen at the Realm, and also White possesses claimed it will be actually a one-and-done occasion.The UFC has partnered along with numerous imaginative performers to generate a motion picture that will open between stints, together with 10 various "worlds" that will participate in on-screen throughout fights.Dana White to award enthusiast capable to recognize Easter eggs at UFC 306Where's the wagering perks at UFC 306? play1:31 Why the Sphere can gain O'Malley versus DvalishviliDaniel Cormier and Brett Okamoto cover exactly how the ambience at the Sphere might provide Sean O'Malley a perk over Merab Dvalishvili at Noche UFC.Andreas Hale: Sean O'Malley, No. 4 in ESPN's pound-for-pound positions, enters into the match observing his 1st headline self defense versus Marlon Vera at UFC 299. O'Malley beat Vera by unanimous selection. Merab Dvalishvili, No. 2 in ESPN's bantamweight ranks, is riding a 10-fight winning touch. Dvalishvili has certainly not dropped a match considering that April 2018. In the co-main contest, girls's flyweight champion Alexa Grasso encounter past champion Valentina Shevchenko in a triumvirate match for Grasso's title. Grasso, No. 2 in ESPN's females's MMA P4P positions, hammer Shevchenko by fourth-round submitting to declare the name at UFC 285 in March 2023. In the rematch, Grasso maintained the label using crack draw in September 2023. Andreas Hale contacted UFC strawweight Angela Hill to get her point of view on the UFC 306 major and co-main occasions. ESPN wagering professionals Reed Kuhn as well as Ian Parker incorporate their understandings as well as review on the UFC centerpiece and also various other fascinating wagers they just like from each promotions on Saturday.Expert selections and also best options for UFC 306 and Bellator Champions SeriesO'Malley's superstar pathway stays unchangedplay2:32 Merab Dvalishvili covers results coming from submitting slice to face onlineMerab Dvalishvili tells Andreas Hale exactly how he is healing coming from the now well known image he uploaded of the slice to his face.Brett Okamoto: On Sunday, the 29-year-old O'Malley (18-1) will certainly title maybe the highest-profile celebration in the UFC's 30-year past history. According to Chief Executive Officer Dana White, Noche UFC inside Sphere in Las Vegas are going to be a "one-and-done" occasion, because of the high expense ($ 20 million, depending on to White) of placing it on. Specific seats for the UFC 306 memory card headlined through O'Malley's bantamweight headline defense against Merab Dvalishvili (17-4) have been actually specified for as long as $13,000 during fight full week. It's the type of event every boxer-- or even, extra effectively, prizefighter-- dreams of. Even Conor McGregor, who possesses possessed a little bit of a nasty public back-and-forth with O'Malley this year, wished to title this Sphere celebration, potentially against his outdated rival Nate Diaz. O'Malley admired McGregor until this year, and also also stated he's attempted to copy component of his job off McGregor's. Essentially, the tribute and obligation of headlining UFC 306 visited O'Malley. Which is actually specifically what O'Malley yearned for. He started his camp for this specific fight date just before the UFC even offered it to him.Sitting in this particular very living room where he stands today, O'Malley made use of to desire fame as well as money, money and also fame. Those desires began as early as secondary school, when he made use of to visualize themself wearing for an NFL team on Sundays. When he met senior high school, he pertained to conditions that he was actually also little to ever play in the NFL. Maybe non-coincidentally, that is actually additionally the exact same time in his life he started to kickbox.UFC champ Sean O'Malley reassesses his cheer stardomTurki, Canelo, Dana and also Rock battle for No. 1Turki Alalshikh, Canelo Alvarez, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Conor McGregor as well as Dana White are actually five of the absolute most significant individuals in combat sports. ESPNMike Coppinger: Much Of one of the most highly effective have a place in the match video game will certainly assemble on Sin city this week for a rare offering, one that features boxing's best celebrity, Canelo Alvarez, and the initial live featuring celebration at the innovative Realm along with UFC 306. Canelo's linked incredibly middleweight championship self defense vs. long-odds longshot Edgar Berlanga as well as Sean O'Malley's UFC bantamweight label battle versus Merab Dvalishvili will certainly match Sunday night, an unusual clash of top-level battle sports events in Las Vegas.And along with it, the fight activity's electrical power gamers will definitely all be actually exemplified face to face between both events. There is actually Turki Alalshikh, whose rewarding Riyadh Season support helped make it feasible for Dana White and the UFC to store an activity at the exorbitantly priced Sphere. White said the expense of the immersive place has actually topped $twenty million. It is actually the 1st pay-per-view event coming from White that isn't merely touted as UFC complied with through a numeral.With some of the most significant titles going head-to-head on Saturday evening in Sin city, that's pulling the strings in the fight video game? ESPN contacted 30-plus sector power gamers-- competitors, promoters, managers, attorneys, supervisors as well as media-- to aid identify that currently holds all the impact across boxing, mixed martial arts as well as professional wrestling and also just how they wield it.The 15 very most influential people in punching, mixed martial arts and wrestlingUFC 306 storylines: Will definitely any type of match surpass the location itself?Merab Dvalishvili trades punches along with Sean O'Malley in the bantamweight championship fight at UFC 306. Chris Unger/Zuffa LLCJeff Wagenheim: Initially look, the UFC's approach to celebrating Mexican Independence Time this happening weekend break seems to be perplexing.UFC 306, which takes place Sunday at the Sphere in Las Vegas, is actually headlined by a fight in between an Irish-American coming from Montana and a New Yorker hair transplanted coming from the Republic of Georgia. As well as to add to the quizzically all-over-the-map theme, the occasion is sponsored by a branch of the federal government of Saudi Arabia.Branding and marquee toppers apart, though, there will definitely certainly be actually a Mexican motif permeating the second yearly Noche UFC (ESPN+ PPV, 10 p.m. ET). Just before the main event between men's bantamweight champion Sean O'Malley and Merab Dvalishvili, all nine of the evening's various other spells are going to feature a Mexico-born or Mexican United States boxer. The co-main activity pits ladies's flyweight champion Alexa Grasso-- out of Guadalajara in the Mexican state of Jalisco-- versus former titlist Valentina Shevchenko, to complete a triumvirate that's actually packed with twists.Beyond the affordable stakes, the overarching atmosphere of the night guarantees to creatively and aurally transportation supporters southern of the border. This initial featuring activity at Sphere, the advanced enjoyment site that opened in 2015 only off the Sin city Strip, will take full advantage of the mind-numbing modern technology built right into the enormous around structure. Throughout the evening, the UFC will definitely make use of the 160,000-square-foot wrap-around LED monitor and concert-quality stereo to inform the story of battle sports in Mexico.Championship matches. Panoramic production. Prominent stakes. There will be stories swirling around the circular miracle of UFC 306. Listed here are actually a couple of to pay attention to.UFC 306 stories: How Realm, Suga Sean will certainly shape a historical eventWhat fans can assume at Noche UFCUFC 306 will definitely go to the Sphere in Las Vegas on Sunday Sept. 14. Photo through Eliot J. Schechter/NHLI through Getty ImagesAndreas Hale: The UFC has maintained a tight top on the specifics concerning their venture right into the Sphere for UFC 306 on Sept. 14. Nevertheless, ahead of the event-- which UFC CEO Dana White has advised will definitely be actually the best showing off celebration of all time-- the advertising has actually revealed some essential information about what followers should assume out of the $2.3 billion location throughout Mexican Independence Day weekend.The UFC will take advantage of Sphere's massive 160,000 sq. ft. interior display screen airplane and the location's worldclass concert-grade audio system. The internal show plane will definitely additionally showcase real-time stats and also fighter information.Fans inside the Sphere will really feel the action thanks to haptic seats, which provides pressure feedback based upon the activity inside the Octagon. As well as they possess the alternative to install the LiveVoice app to pay attention to reside commentary from either the English or Spanish broadcast.The activity will definitely also premiere the movie "For Mexico, For All Time," informed in 6 90-second phases in between fights and also showed inside the Round. The imaginative crew behind the movie flaunts 29 Emmy Honor gains, one Golden Planet and one Grammy.There will be actually eight new Octagon gals, six native-born Mexican ladies and also two second-generation Mexicans.Top storiesplay1:31 Exactly how Sean O'Malley organizes to reach Conor McGregor's level of popularity in the UFCSean O'Malley signs up with "Very first Take" new off winning the bantamweight label at UFC 292 and discuss likely meeting the height of Conor McGregor's popularity.After Round: Which UFC event places will happen next?UFC champ Sean O'Malley reassesses his cheer stardomMMA local rankings: Big gain boosts Brady, but exactly how higher does he jump?UFC 306 very first look: Big questions, very early wagers, forecasts for O'Malley-DvalishviliMMA true or otherwise: Will O'Malley, Grasso both preserve at Noche UFC?