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 also Chael malfunction Grasso-Shevchenko triumvirate fightDaniel Cormier and also Chael Sonnen examine the upcoming trilogy fight between Alexa Grasso and also Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 306. Brett Okamoto: The UFC has a record of compensating performance perks to professional athletes at every celebration. This weekend, it will likely administer one of those rewards to a fan.ESPN UFC chief executive officer Dana White said he will certainly pay out $25,000 to any person who identifies covert Easter eggs in a rushing movie that will air throughout UFC Noche on Saturday at the Realm in Sin City. The celebration, likewise known as UFC 306, will be actually the initial online showing off undertaking to take place at the Realm, and also White possesses claimed it will be a one-and-done occasion.The UFC has partnered along with several creative performers to create a movie that will air between spells, along with 10 different "worlds" that will play on-screen throughout fights.Dana White to honor enthusiast capable to identify Easter eggs at UFC 306Where's the wagering conveniences at UFC 306? play1:31 Why the Sphere could benefit O'Malley against DvalishviliDaniel Cormier and also Brett Okamoto go over exactly how the atmosphere at the Realm might 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 positions, goes into the match observing his 1st title self defense against Marlon Vera at UFC 299. O'Malley beat Vera through consentaneous choice. Merab Dvalishvili, No. 2 in ESPN's bantamweight rankings, is using a 10-fight winning streak. Dvalishvili has actually certainly not shed a fight given that April 2018. In the co-main event, women's flyweight champ Alexa Grasso encounter previous champ Valentina Shevchenko in a triumvirate fight for Grasso's name. Grasso, No. 2 in ESPN's ladies's mixed martial arts P4P positions, beat Shevchenko by fourth-round submitting to claim the title at UFC 285 in March 2023. In the rematch, Grasso preserved the headline using split draw in September 2023. Andreas Hale contacted UFC strawweight Angela Hill to get her standpoint on the UFC 306 main and co-main events. ESPN wagering professionals Splint Kuhn and also Ian Parker include their knowledge and also study on the UFC main event and other fascinating wagers they such as from each advertisings on Saturday.Expert selections and also best bets for UFC 306 as well as Bellator Champions SeriesO'Malley's super star road continues to be unchangedplay2:32 Merab Dvalishvili explains fallout coming from submitting cut to deal with onlineMerab Dvalishvili tells Andreas Hale exactly how he is recuperation coming from the currently well known photo he published of the cut to his face.Brett Okamoto: On Saturday, the 29-year-old O'Malley (18-1) is going to heading maybe the highest-profile event in the UFC's 30-year past. According to CEO Dana White, Noche UFC inside Sphere in Las Vegas will be actually a "one-and-done" event, due to the sheer cost ($ 20 million, depending on to White) of putting it on. Personal chairs for the UFC 306 card headlined through O'Malley's bantamweight headline protection against Merab Dvalishvili (17-4) have been actually detailed for as long as $13,000 during fight week. It's the type of celebration every boxer-- or even, even more correctly, prizefighter-- imagine. Also Conor McGregor, who has had a little an unpleasant public back-and-forth along with O'Malley this year, wished to heading this Realm event, possibly against his outdated opponent Nate Diaz. O'Malley admired McGregor until this year, as well as also stated he is actually made an effort to simulate aspect of his profession off McGregor's. Inevitably, the tribute and duty of headlining UFC 306 visited O'Malley. Which is precisely what O'Malley desired. He began his camp for this particular fight day prior to the UFC also supplied it to him.Sitting in this particular extremely sitting room where he stands up today, O'Malley utilized to desire prominence and also money, amount of money and also fame. Those goals started as very early as middle school, when he used to picture themself suiting up for an NFL team on Sundays. When he achieved senior high school, he involved phrases that he was actually too small to ever play in the NFL. Probably non-coincidentally, that's additionally the precise same time in his life he started to kickbox.UFC champ Sean O'Malley reviews his rise to stardomTurki, Canelo, Dana and also Rock battle for No. 1Turki Alalshikh, Canelo Alvarez, Dwayne "The Stone" Johnson, Conor McGregor and also Dana White are five of the best important folks in fight sporting activities. ESPNMike Coppinger: A Number Of one of the most powerful figures in the fight game will assemble on Las Vegas today for a rare offering, one that includes punching's best celebrity, Canelo Alvarez, and the 1st online showing off event at the innovative Sphere with UFC 306. Canelo's linked very middleweight champion protection vs. long-odds underdog Edgar Berlanga as well as Sean O'Malley's UFC bantamweight title match against Merab Dvalishvili are going to coincide Sunday night, an unique conflict of top-level combat sports celebrations in Las Vegas.And from it, the fight video game's electrical power gamers are going to all be embodied personally between each occasions. There's Turki Alalshikh, whose profitable Riyadh Season sponsorship assisted make it possible for Dana White and also the UFC to store an activity at the exorbitantly valued Realm. White stated the expense of the immersive location has actually topped $20 million. It is actually the very first pay-per-view celebration coming from White that isn't merely announced as UFC observed by a numeral.With several of the biggest names going head-to-head on Saturday night in Las Vegas, that's drawing the strands in the battle video game? ESPN spoke with 30-plus market electrical power gamers-- boxers, marketers, managers, legal professionals, managers and also media-- to aid calculate that presently keeps all the effect across boxing, MMA and expert fumbling and also how they wield it.The 15 most prominent individuals in punching, mixed martial arts as well as wrestlingUFC 306 stories: Is going to any type of fight surpass the location itself?Merab Dvalishvili trades blows along with Sean O'Malley in the bantamweight champion match at UFC 306. Chris Unger/Zuffa LLCJeff Wagenheim: Initially look, the UFC's method to celebrating Mexican Independence Day this coming weekend appears perplexing.UFC 306, which happens Saturday at the Sphere in Sin City, is headlined through a fight between an Irish-American coming from Montana and a New Yorker transplanted from the Republic of Georgia. And also to include in the quizzically all-over-the-map concept, the celebration is financed by an arm of the government of Saudi Arabia.Branding and marquee toppers aside, though, there will definitely be actually a Mexican concept going through the 2nd yearly Noche UFC (ESPN+ PPV, 10 p.m. ET). Prior to the main event in between guys's bantamweight champ Sean O'Malley as well as Merab Dvalishvili, all nine of the night's various other bouts will certainly feature a Mexico-born or Mexican United States competitor. The co-main event pits girls's flyweight champ Alexa Grasso-- out of Guadalajara in the Mexican condition of Jalisco-- versus previous titlist Valentina Shevchenko, to finish a triumvirate that's presently packed with twists.Beyond the reasonable stakes, the overarching atmosphere of the night promises to visually and aurally transport followers southern of the border. This 1st sporting activity at Sphere, the advanced amusement location that opened up in 2014 simply off the Las Vegas Bit, will definitely make the most of the mind-numbing technology built right into the tremendous sphere construct. Throughout the night, the UFC is going to use the 160,000-square-foot wraparound LED monitor and also concert-quality stereo to say to the story of fight sports in Mexico.Championship matches. Breathtaking creation. Major-league risks. There will definitely be stories swirling all around the circular wonder of UFC 306. Here are a few to take note to.UFC 306 storylines: Exactly how Realm, Suga Sean will mold a historical eventWhat fans may assume at Noche UFCUFC 306 will definitely be at the Sphere in Las Vegas on Sunday Sept. 14. Photo by Eliot J. Schechter/NHLI through Getty ImagesAndreas Hale: The UFC has actually maintained a tight top on the specifics regarding their endeavor right into the Realm for UFC 306 on Sept. 14. Having said that, in advance of the event-- which UFC CEO Dana White has advised will be the greatest sporting event of all time-- the promo has shown some vital information concerning what supporters ought to assume away from the $2.3 billion venue in the course of Mexican Independence Day weekend.The UFC are going to use Realm's large 160,000 sq. ft. indoor show aircraft and also the site's worldclass concert-grade audio system. The indoor screen plane will definitely likewise showcase real-time statistics and boxer information.Fans inside the Realm will definitely really feel the action courtesy of haptic seating, which offers pressure reviews based upon the action inside the Octagon. As well as they have the possibility to install the LiveVoice application to pay attention to stay commentary coming from either the English or even Spanish broadcast.The celebration will certainly also premiere the film "For Mexico, For Perpetuity," said to in 6 90-second sections between battles as well as presented inside the Ball. The artistic group behind the movie flaunts 29 Emmy Award succeeds, one Golden Globe and also one Grammy.There will be actually eight brand-new Octagon women, six native-born Mexican women as well as pair of second-generation Mexicans.Top storiesplay1:31 Just how Sean O'Malley plans to achieve Conor McGregor's level of popularity in the UFCSean O'Malley signs up with "First Take" fresh off gaining the bantamweight label at UFC 292 and also discuss possibly reaching the height of Conor McGregor's popularity.After Sphere: Which UFC celebration locations will happen next?UFC champion Sean O'Malley reflects on his cheer stardomMMA divisional ranks: Big win increases Brady, yet how high performs he jump?UFC 306 very first appearance: Big questions, very early bets, forecasts for O'Malley-DvalishviliMMA real or otherwise: Will O'Malley, Grasso both preserve at Noche UFC?