NocheUFC co-man celebration 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 break Grasso-Shevchenko triumvirate fightDaniel Cormier and Chael Sonnen preview the upcoming triumvirate fight in between Alexa Grasso and also Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 306. Brett Okamoto: The UFC has a history of compensating efficiency perks to athletes at every activity. This weekend break, it will likely dispense among those rewards to a fan.ESPN UFC chief executive officer Dana White stated he will certainly pay $25,000 to anyone that pinpoints concealed Easter eggs in a dashing film that will definitely open during the course of UFC Noche on Saturday at the Realm in Sin City. The celebration, also referred to as UFC 306, will be the very first online showing off event to occur at the Sphere, and also White possesses stated it will be a one-and-done occasion.The UFC has partnered along with multiple imaginative musicians to produce a motion picture that will open between spells, in addition to 10 various "globes" that will participate in on-screen in the course of fights.Dana White to honor fan capable to determine Easter eggs at UFC 306Where's the betting advantages at UFC 306? play1:31 Why the Sphere could help O'Malley versus DvalishviliDaniel Cormier and also Brett Okamoto go over exactly how the atmosphere at the Sphere can 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 ranks, enters into the match following his 1st headline protection against Marlon Vera at UFC 299. O'Malley hammered Vera through consensual choice. Merab Dvalishvili, No. 2 in ESPN's bantamweight rankings, is actually using a 10-fight winning touch. Dvalishvili has actually certainly not dropped a fight due to the fact that April 2018. In the co-main contest, females's flyweight champion Alexa Grasso encounter past champion Valentina Shevchenko in a trilogy match for Grasso's title. Grasso, No. 2 in ESPN's females's MMA P4P positions, hammer Shevchenko by fourth-round submitting to assert the title at UFC 285 in March 2023. In the rematch, Grasso preserved the label by means of crack reel in September 2023. Andreas Hale spoke with UFC strawweight Angela Mountain to get her perspective on the UFC 306 principal as well as co-main occasions. ESPN betting experts Reed Kuhn and Ian Parker include their ideas and also evaluation on the UFC centerpiece and also various other appealing bets they such as coming from both advertisings on Saturday.Expert picks and best bets for UFC 306 and also Bellator Champions SeriesO'Malley's celebrity road continues to be unchangedplay2:32 Merab Dvalishvili talks about results coming from uploading cut to encounter onlineMerab Dvalishvili tells Andreas Hale exactly how he is actually healing coming from the now well known picture he submitted of the cut to his face.Brett Okamoto: On Saturday, the 29-year-old O'Malley (18-1) is going to headline probably the highest-profile activity in the UFC's 30-year past history. Depending On to CEO Dana White, Noche UFC inside Realm in Las Vegas will be actually a "one-and-done" occasion, due to the sheer cost ($ 20 million, depending on to White) of placing it on. Specific chairs for the UFC 306 memory card headlined by O'Malley's bantamweight title defense versus Merab Dvalishvili (17-4) have actually been noted for as much as $13,000 during match full week. It's the sort of activity every competitor-- or, more effectively, prizefighter-- hope for. Also Conor McGregor, who has possessed a little bit of a vicious public back-and-forth along with O'Malley this year, wished to headline this Sphere occasion, potentially versus his outdated rival Nate Diaz. O'Malley admired McGregor till this year, as well as also mentioned he is actually attempted to copy component of his profession off McGregor's. Ultimately, the respect as well as accountability of headlining UFC 306 mosted likely to O'Malley. Which is precisely what O'Malley yearned for. He started his camp for this certain fight time prior to the UFC also supplied it to him.Sitting in this particular quite living-room where he stands today, O'Malley used to hope for popularity and amount of money, loan and fame. Those goals began as early as middle school, when he used to envision himself dressing for an NFL crew on Sundays. When he reached secondary school, he concerned phrases that he was actually too small to ever play in the NFL. Probably non-coincidentally, that is actually additionally the precise same attend his lifestyle he started to kickbox.UFC champion Sean O'Malley reassesses his rise to stardomTurki, Canelo, Dana and also Rock battle for No. 1Turki Alalshikh, Canelo Alvarez, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Conor McGregor and Dana White are five of the absolute most important individuals in battle sporting activities. ESPNMike Coppinger: Many of the most effective figures in the match activity will come together on Las Vegas recently for an uncommon offering, one that features punching's best star, Canelo Alvarez, and the first online featuring celebration at the advanced Realm along with UFC 306. Canelo's merged extremely middleweight championship self defense vs. long-odds underdog Edgar Berlanga as well as Sean O'Malley's UFC bantamweight headline fight against Merab Dvalishvili will synchronize Saturday evening, an uncommon conflict of prominent fight sporting activities celebrations in Las Vegas.And along with it, the battle game's energy players are going to all be worked with in person between each occasions. There is actually Turki Alalshikh, whose lucrative Riyadh Period support assisted make it feasible for Dana White as well as the UFC to hold an occasion at the too priced Realm. White pointed out the expense of the immersive venue has actually covered $twenty million. It's the initial pay-per-view celebration coming from White that isn't simply announced as UFC observed through a numeral.With several of the largest names going head-to-head on Sunday night in Las Vegas, who's drawing the strands in the battle activity? ESPN spoke to 30-plus business energy gamers-- competitors, marketers, execs, legal professionals, managers and media-- to aid determine who presently holds all the influence all over boxing, MMA as well as pro wrestling as well as how they possess it.The 15 very most prominent people in boxing, MMA as well as wrestlingUFC 306 stories: Is going to any type of fight outshine the site itself?Merab Dvalishvili trades blows along with Sean O'Malley in the bantamweight championship match at UFC 306. Chris Unger/Zuffa LLCJeff Wagenheim: Initially glimpse, the UFC's method to commemorating Mexican Freedom Day this coming weekend break seems to be perplexing.UFC 306, which happens Sunday at the Sphere in Sin City, is headlined by a match between an Irish-American coming from Montana as well as a New Yorker hair transplanted from the Commonwealth of Georgia. And also to contribute to the quizzically all-over-the-map concept, the celebration is funded through an arm of the authorities of Saudi Arabia.Branding and signboard toppers aside, however, there will definitely be actually a Mexican theme going through the 2nd yearly Noche UFC (ESPN+ PPV, 10 p.m. ET). Just before the main event between males's bantamweight champ Sean O'Malley as well as Merab Dvalishvili, all 9 of the evening's various other bouts will certainly include a Mexico-born or even Mexican American competitor. The co-main celebration pits girls's flyweight champ Alexa Grasso-- away from Guadalajara in the Mexican condition of Jalisco-- versus past titlist Valentina Shevchenko, to finish a trilogy that's actually filled with twists.Beyond the affordable concerns, the overarching setting of the evening assures to creatively and aurally transportation enthusiasts southern of the boundary. This very first featuring activity at Sphere, the cutting-edge enjoyment site that opened last year just off the Las Vegas Bit, will definitely make the most of the mind-numbing modern technology created into the tremendous sphere design. Throughout the night, the UFC is going to utilize the 160,000-square-foot wraparound LED display and also concert-quality stereo to inform the tale of battle sports in Mexico.Championship fights. Impressive production. Major-league concerns. There are going to be actually storylines rolling all over the spheric wonder of UFC 306. Listed below are actually a handful of to listen to.UFC 306 storylines: Exactly how Realm, Suga Sean are going to form a historic eventWhat enthusiasts may expect at Noche UFCUFC 306 are going to be at the Realm in Las Vegas on Saturday Sept. 14. Photo by Eliot J. Schechter/NHLI by means of Getty ImagesAndreas Hale: The UFC has actually always kept a strict cover on the specifics regarding their project in to the Realm for UFC 306 on Sept. 14. Nevertheless, in advance of the event-- which UFC Chief Executive Officer Dana White has recommended will be the best showing off activity of perpetuity-- the promotion has actually shown some essential particulars regarding what supporters must assume out of the $2.3 billion site during the course of Mexican Freedom Day weekend.The UFC are going to make use of Realm's massive 160,000 sq. ft. internal display screen airplane and also the site's worldclass concert-grade audio system. The indoor display airplane will likewise showcase real-time stats as well as fighter information.Fans inside the Sphere will experience the activity courtesy of haptic seating, which supplies power reviews based upon the action inside the Octagon. As well as they possess the choice to install the LiveVoice app to listen to reside commentary from either the English or even Spanish broadcast.The celebration will likewise premiere the movie "For Mexico, For Perpetuity," informed in 6 90-second chapters in between battles as well as displayed inside the Ball. The innovative crew responsible for the movie boasts 29 Emmy Honor wins, one Golden World as well as one Grammy.There will be actually 8 new Octagon women, six native-born Mexican ladies as well as two second-generation Mexicans.Top storiesplay1:31 Exactly how Sean O'Malley organizes to meet Conor McGregor's appeal in the UFCSean O'Malley joins "1st Take" fresh off succeeding the bantamweight headline at UFC 292 and discuss possibly meeting the elevation of Conor McGregor's popularity.After Sphere: Which UFC event places will happen next?UFC champ Sean O'Malley reflects on his rise to stardomMMA divisional rankings: Big win boosts Brady, but just how high does he jump?UFC 306 1st appeal: Big concerns, early bets, forecasts for O'Malley-DvalishviliMMA actual or not: Will O'Malley, Grasso both maintain at Noche UFC?