NocheUFC co-man celebration is actually formal. 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 down Grasso-Shevchenko trilogy fightDaniel Cormier and Chael Sonnen preview the upcoming trilogy fight between Alexa Grasso and also Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 306. Brett Okamoto: The UFC possesses a background of paying efficiency bonus offers to professional athletes at every activity. This weekend break, it will potentially administer some of those perks to a fan.ESPN UFC CEO Dana White mentioned he will definitely pay for $25,000 to anybody that identifies covert Easter eggs in a jogging flick that will definitely open during UFC Noche on Sunday at the Sphere in Las Vegas. The activity, also referred to as UFC 306, will be the 1st real-time featuring affair to occur at the Realm, and also White has said it will be a one-and-done occasion.The UFC has partnered with numerous innovative performers to create a movie that will air in between spells, along with 10 different "globes" that will play on-screen during fights.Dana White to honor follower capable to identify Easter eggs at UFC 306Where's the betting benefits at UFC 306? play1:31 Why the Realm can profit O'Malley against DvalishviliDaniel Cormier and Brett Okamoto cover how the setting at the Realm can provide Sean O'Malley an advantage over Merab Dvalishvili at Noche UFC.Andreas Hale: Sean O'Malley, No. 4 in ESPN's pound-for-pound rankings, goes into the fight observing his initial label self defense versus Marlon Vera at UFC 299. O'Malley hammered Vera by consensual choice. Merab Dvalishvili, No. 2 in ESPN's bantamweight positions, is actually riding a 10-fight winning touch. Dvalishvili has certainly not dropped a match because April 2018. In the co-main tournament, ladies's flyweight champion Alexa Grasso encounter past champion Valentina Shevchenko in a trilogy struggle for Grasso's title. Grasso, No. 2 in ESPN's females's mixed martial arts P4P positions, hammer Shevchenko by fourth-round submitting to profess the name at UFC 285 in March 2023. In the rematch, Grasso kept the headline using split draw in September 2023. Andreas Hale spoke to UFC strawweight Angela Hillside to obtain her viewpoint on the UFC 306 main and co-main occasions. ESPN betting professionals Reed Kuhn and Ian Parker include their understandings and also evaluation on the UFC centerpiece as well as other interesting wagers they such as from each advertisings on Saturday.Expert choices as well as best options for UFC 306 as well as Bellator Champions SeriesO'Malley's superstar path continues to be unchangedplay2:32 Merab Dvalishvili covers results from submitting slice to face onlineMerab Dvalishvili says to Andreas Hale how he is actually healing coming from the right now well known image he submitted of the slice to his face.Brett Okamoto: On Sunday, the 29-year-old O'Malley (18-1) will title maybe the highest-profile occasion in the UFC's 30-year background. According to CEO Dana White, Noche UFC inside Sphere in Las Vegas will be actually a "one-and-done" occasion, because of the large price ($ 20 million, according to White) of placing it on. Personal seats for the UFC 306 card headlined by O'Malley's bantamweight headline self defense against Merab Dvalishvili (17-4) have been actually noted for as high as $13,000 during the course of battle full week. It is actually the type of event every fighter-- or, much more accurately, prizefighter-- desire for. Even Conor McGregor, that has had a little an unpleasant social back-and-forth along with O'Malley this year, would like to headline this Sphere activity, likely against his old opponent Nate Diaz. O'Malley admired McGregor up until this year, and also also mentioned he's tried to copy aspect of his occupation off McGregor's. Inevitably, the honor as well as duty of headlining UFC 306 headed to O'Malley. Which is exactly what O'Malley preferred. He began his camp for this particular fight date prior to the UFC also used it to him.Sitting in this particular very sitting room where he stands up today, O'Malley utilized to hope for prominence and loan, amount of money and also popularity. Those desires started as early as junior high, when he utilized to picture himself suiting up for an NFL crew on Sundays. When he met high school, he involved terms that he was actually too little to ever before play in the NFL. Probably non-coincidentally, that's additionally the specific same time in his lifestyle he began to kickbox.UFC champion Sean O'Malley reassesses his cheer stardomTurki, Canelo, Dana and Rock fight for No. 1Turki Alalshikh, Canelo Alvarez, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Conor McGregor and also Dana White are five of the best important folks in combat sporting activities. ESPNMike Coppinger: Most Of one of the most effective have a place in the battle activity will certainly assemble on Las Vegas recently for a rare offering, one that includes boxing's best superstar, Canelo Alvarez, and also the very first live featuring celebration at the revolutionary Sphere along with UFC 306. Canelo's merged very middleweight champion protection vs. long-odds underdog Edgar Berlanga and Sean O'Malley's UFC bantamweight title battle against Merab Dvalishvili will definitely match Sunday night, an uncommon conflict of top-level battle sporting activities events in Las Vegas.And with it, the fight video game's power gamers are going to all be represented in person in between each celebrations. There's Turki Alalshikh, whose lucrative Riyadh Period support aided make it possible for Dana White as well as the UFC to store a celebration at the exorbitantly valued Realm. White pointed out the expense of the immersive location has covered $20 million. It is actually the 1st pay-per-view event from White that isn't just announced as UFC observed by a numeral.With a number of the largest labels going head-to-head on Sunday night in Las Vegas, who is actually pulling the strands in the match game? ESPN contacted 30-plus field electrical power gamers-- competitors, marketers, executives, legal representatives, managers as well as media-- to aid determine who presently stores all the impact around boxing, mixed martial arts and also pro fumbling as well as just how they wield it.The 15 most influential people in boxing, mixed martial arts and wrestlingUFC 306 storylines: Will definitely any kind of match beat the place itself?Merab Dvalishvili trades hits with Sean O'Malley in the bantamweight champion battle at UFC 306. Chris Unger/Zuffa LLCJeff Wagenheim: At first look, the UFC's strategy to commemorating Mexican Independence Day this coming weekend seems to be perplexing.UFC 306, which occurs Sunday at the Realm in Sin City, is actually headlined through a fight in between an Irish-American from Montana and also a New Yorker transplanted coming from the State of Georgia. And to add to the quizzically all-over-the-map motif, the event is funded by an arm of the federal government of Saudi Arabia.Branding and tent toppers apart, however, there will without a doubt be actually a Mexican theme penetrating the 2nd annual Noche UFC (ESPN+ PPV, 10 p.m. ET). Just before the centerpiece between guys's bantamweight champ Sean O'Malley and also Merab Dvalishvili, all nine of the night's other spells are going to include a Mexico-born or Mexican American competitor. The co-main occasion pits girls's flyweight champion Alexa Grasso-- away from Guadalajara in the Mexican condition of Jalisco-- versus previous titlist Valentina Shevchenko, to complete a trilogy that's actually loaded with twists.Beyond the very competitive concerns, the overarching atmosphere of the night guarantees to aesthetically and aurally transportation fans south of the border. This very first showing off activity at Ball, the cutting-edge enjoyment place that opened in 2015 just off the Las Vegas Bit, will definitely make the most of the mind-numbing modern technology constructed into the humongous sphere design. Throughout the evening, the UFC will definitely make use of the 160,000-square-foot wraparound LED display and concert-quality stereo to tell the tale of battle sports in Mexico.Championship fights. Impressive production. Leading concerns. There are going to be storylines swirling all over the spheric wonder of UFC 306. Right here are actually a couple of to take note to.UFC 306 stories: Exactly how Sphere, Suga Sean are going to form a historical eventWhat followers can anticipate at Noche UFCUFC 306 will be at the Realm in Sin City on Sunday Sept. 14. Photo by Eliot J. Schechter/NHLI by means of Getty ImagesAndreas Hale: The UFC has actually kept a tight lid on the specifics regarding their endeavor right into the Realm for UFC 306 on Sept. 14. Nonetheless, in advance of the occasion-- which UFC Chief Executive Officer Dana White has recommended are going to be the greatest showing off occasion of all time-- the promotion has actually disclosed some key particulars about what followers ought to assume out of the $2.3 billion venue during the course of Mexican Self-reliance Day weekend.The UFC will certainly make use of Sphere's enormous 160,000 sq. ft. internal display screen airplane and also the place's worldclass concert-grade audio system. The indoor show aircraft will definitely also showcase real-time statistics and competitor information.Fans inside the Sphere will experience the action thanks to haptic seats, which provides power reviews based upon the activity inside the Octagon. As well as they have the option to download the LiveVoice application to listen closely to stay comments from either the English or even Spanish broadcast.The activity will additionally premiere the movie "For Mexico, For All Time," said to in six 90-second phases in between fights and presented inside the Sphere. The artistic crew behind the film boasts 29 Emmy Award gains, one Golden Planet and one Grammy.There will be actually eight brand-new Octagon gals, six native-born Mexican ladies as well as two second-generation Mexicans.Top storiesplay1:31 How Sean O'Malley considers to achieve Conor McGregor's level of popularity in the UFCSean O'Malley signs up with "Initial Take" clean off winning the bantamweight title at UFC 292 and also refer to likely meeting the height of Conor McGregor's popularity.After Ball: Which UFC activity locations will come next?UFC champion Sean O'Malley reassesses his cheer stardomMMA divisional positions: Big gain improvements Brady, yet how high does he jump?UFC 306 1st look: Big concerns, very early wagers, predictions for O'Malley-DvalishviliMMA real or otherwise: Will O'Malley, Grasso both retain at Noche UFC?