NocheUFC co-man occasion is 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 Chael malfunction Grasso-Shevchenko trilogy fightDaniel Cormier and Chael Sonnen sneak peek the upcoming trilogy fight in between Alexa Grasso and Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 306. Brett Okamoto: The UFC has a past history of compensating efficiency rewards to professional athletes at every activity. This weekend, it is going to potentially dole out one of those incentives to a fan.ESPN UFC CEO Dana White said he is going to spend $25,000 to any person who determines surprise Easter eggs in a jogging flick that is going to open in the course of UFC Noche on Saturday at the Sphere in Sin City. The activity, additionally known as UFC 306, will be actually the first live sporting undertaking to happen at the Realm, and also White possesses stated it will be actually a one-and-done occasion.The UFC has partnered along with multiple creative musicians to generate a flick that will air between stints, along with 10 various "globes" that will participate in on-screen throughout fights.Dana White to award follower capable to identify Easter eggs at UFC 306Where's the betting perks at UFC 306? play1:31 Why the Sphere could possibly help O'Malley against DvalishviliDaniel Cormier and also Brett Okamoto explain just how the setting at the Realm could possibly provide Sean O'Malley a benefit over Merab Dvalishvili at Noche UFC.Andreas Hale: Sean O'Malley, No. 4 in ESPN's pound-for-pound ranks, enters the fight following his first label defense versus Marlon Vera at UFC 299. O'Malley beat Vera by consensual choice. Merab Dvalishvili, No. 2 in ESPN's bantamweight ranks, is actually riding a 10-fight winning streak. Dvalishvili has not dropped a battle due to the fact that April 2018. In the co-main tournament, girls's flyweight champion Alexa Grasso encounter former champion Valentina Shevchenko in a triumvirate battle for Grasso's name. Grasso, No. 2 in ESPN's ladies's mixed martial arts P4P rankings, beat Shevchenko by fourth-round submission to claim the name at UFC 285 in March 2023. In the rematch, Grasso preserved the headline through split draw in September 2023. Andreas Hale talked with UFC strawweight Angela Mountain to get her point of view on the UFC 306 main as well as co-main activities. ESPN wagering professionals Splint Kuhn and also Ian Parker add their knowledge and also evaluation on the UFC main event as well as other interesting wagers they like coming from each advertisings on Saturday.Expert picks and also best choices for UFC 306 as well as Bellator Champions SeriesO'Malley's celebrity pathway remains unchangedplay2:32 Merab Dvalishvili reviews after effects from submitting cut to deal with onlineMerab Dvalishvili says to Andreas Hale just how he is actually recovery from the right now well known picture he posted of the cut to his face.Brett Okamoto: On Sunday, the 29-year-old O'Malley (18-1) will definitely heading perhaps the highest-profile event in the UFC's 30-year past history. According to Chief Executive Officer Dana White, Noche UFC inside Realm in Sin city will be actually a "one-and-done" celebration, due to the high expense ($ 20 million, according to White) of putting it on. Specific chairs for the UFC 306 memory card headlined by O'Malley's bantamweight headline defense against Merab Dvalishvili (17-4) have been actually provided for as high as $13,000 throughout match full week. It is actually the sort of celebration every competitor-- or even, a lot more accurately, prizefighter-- hope for. Also Conor McGregor, who has possessed a bit of an unpleasant public back-and-forth with O'Malley this year, desired to title this Sphere event, potentially versus his outdated rival Nate Diaz. O'Malley marvelled at McGregor until this year, and also also said he's attempted to copy portion of his profession off McGregor's. Essentially, the honor and duty of headlining UFC 306 went to O'Malley. Which is exactly what O'Malley wished. He began his camping ground for this certain fight time before the UFC even delivered it to him.Sitting in this particular extremely living room where he stands today, O'Malley used to desire prominence and funds, money and prominence. Those desires started as early as intermediate school, when he made use of to visualize himself wearing for an NFL staff on Sundays. When he reached secondary school, he related to conditions that he was as well tiny to ever before play in the NFL. Possibly non-coincidentally, that's also the precise very same time in his lifestyle he started to kickbox.UFC champion Sean O'Malley reassesses his cheer stardomTurki, Canelo, Dana and Stone war for No. 1Turki Alalshikh, Canelo Alvarez, Dwayne "The Stone" Johnson, Conor McGregor and also Dana White are actually five of the absolute most influential individuals in combat sporting activities. ESPNMike Coppinger: Much Of the most strong figures in the battle game will certainly come together on Las Vegas recently for a rare offering, one that includes punching's leading star, Canelo Alvarez, and the very first online featuring event at the innovative Sphere with UFC 306. Canelo's merged very middleweight championship self defense vs. long-odds underdog Edgar Berlanga and also Sean O'Malley's UFC bantamweight headline fight against Merab Dvalishvili will match Saturday night, an unique struggle of top-level fight sporting activities activities in Las Vegas.And using it, the fight video game's energy gamers will all be exemplified in person in between both activities. There's Turki Alalshikh, whose highly profitable Riyadh Time sponsorship aided make it possible for Dana White as well as the UFC to store an event at the exorbitantly valued Realm. White mentioned the cost of the immersive venue has topped $20 thousand. It's the very first pay-per-view celebration coming from White that isn't merely touted as UFC followed by a numeral.With a number of the largest names going head-to-head on Saturday evening in Las Vegas, who is actually taking the strings in the match video game? ESPN talked to 30-plus field energy players-- competitors, marketers, execs, legal professionals, supervisors and also media-- to help establish who currently keeps all the effect all over punching, MMA and also professional wrestling as well as exactly how they possess it.The 15 very most significant individuals in boxing, mixed martial arts and wrestlingUFC 306 stories: Will any type of fight surpass the place itself?Merab Dvalishvili trades strikes along with Sean O'Malley in the bantamweight champion match at UFC 306. Chris Unger/Zuffa LLCJeff Wagenheim: In the beginning glimpse, the UFC's technique to commemorating Mexican Self-reliance Day this coming weekend seems perplexing.UFC 306, which happens Sunday at the Realm in Sin City, is actually headlined through a fight in between an Irish-American from Montana as well as a New Yorker hair transplanted coming from the Commonwealth of Georgia. As well as to contribute to the quizzically all-over-the-map motif, the celebration is sponsored by a branch of the government of Saudi Arabia.Branding as well as marquee covers aside, however, there will definitely without a doubt be actually a Mexican style penetrating the 2nd yearly Noche UFC (ESPN+ PPV, 10 p.m. ET). Just before the centerpiece in between guys's bantamweight champion Sean O'Malley and Merab Dvalishvili, all nine of the night's various other bouts will definitely include a Mexico-born or Mexican United States boxer. The co-main event pits ladies's flyweight champion Alexa Grasso-- away from Guadalajara in the Mexican condition of Jalisco-- against former titlist Valentina Shevchenko, to complete a triumvirate that is actually already loaded with twists.Beyond the competitive risks, the overarching ambiance of the evening promises to creatively and also aurally transport followers south of the border. This 1st showing off activity at Sphere, the groundbreaking entertainment venue that opened up in 2013 merely off the Sin city Strip, will make the most of the mind-numbing innovation created into the enormous sphere construct. Throughout the evening, the UFC is going to use the 160,000-square-foot wraparound LED monitor as well as concert-quality stereo to tell the tale of combat sports in Mexico.Championship fights. Awesome creation. Prominent concerns. There are going to be actually storylines surging all around the spheric miracle of UFC 306. Listed below are a handful of to listen to.UFC 306 storylines: Exactly how Realm, Suga Sean will certainly form a historical eventWhat followers can easily assume at Noche UFCUFC 306 will be at the Sphere in Las Vegas on Sunday Sept. 14. Picture by Eliot J. Schechter/NHLI through Getty ImagesAndreas Hale: The UFC has actually maintained a strict lid on the specifics regarding their venture in to the Sphere for UFC 306 on Sept. 14. However, in front of the event-- which UFC CEO Dana White has actually suggested are going to be the greatest showing off activity of all time-- the promo has revealed some crucial particulars about what followers should anticipate away from the $2.3 billion place throughout Mexican Independence Day weekend.The UFC will definitely use Realm's enormous 160,000 sq. ft. internal show airplane and also the venue's worldclass concert-grade stereo. The internal show aircraft are going to also display real-time statistics and also competitor information.Fans inside the Sphere will definitely feel the action courtesy of haptic seating, which supplies pressure comments based on the action inside the Octagon. As well as they have the option to download the LiveVoice app to listen to reside discourse coming from either the English or Spanish broadcast.The occasion will certainly also premiere the film "For Mexico, For All Time," said to in six 90-second chapters in between battles as well as showed inside the Ball. The imaginative group behind the film flaunts 29 Emmy Award wins, one Golden Globe and also one Grammy.There will be eight new Octagon women, six native-born Mexican ladies as well as pair of second-generation Mexicans.Top storiesplay1:31 Just how Sean O'Malley organizes to reach Conor McGregor's popularity in the UFCSean O'Malley signs up with "1st Take" new off succeeding the bantamweight headline at UFC 292 and refer to potentially achieving the elevation of Conor McGregor's popularity.After Ball: Which UFC celebration areas will come next?UFC champion Sean O'Malley reviews his cheer stardomMMA local rankings: Big win improvements Brady, but just how high performs he jump?UFC 306 1st look: Big concerns, very early wagers, forecasts for O'Malley-DvalishviliMMA actual or not: Will O'Malley, Grasso both retain at Noche UFC?