NocheUFC co-man event is main. 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 break down Grasso-Shevchenko trilogy fightDaniel Cormier and Chael Sonnen sneak peek the upcoming triumvirate fight between Alexa Grasso and also Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 306. Brett Okamoto: The UFC possesses a background of compensating efficiency incentives to athletes at every occasion. This weekend break, it will likely share out one of those rewards to a fan.ESPN UFC chief executive officer Dana White mentioned he is going to pay out $25,000 to any person that identifies surprise Easter eggs in a jogging film that will certainly air throughout UFC Noche on Sunday at the Sphere in Las Vegas. The celebration, additionally known as UFC 306, will be actually the first live featuring undertaking to occur at the Sphere, and also White possesses claimed it will be actually a one-and-done occasion.The UFC possesses partnered with several innovative artists to produce a movie that will open in between stints, alongside 10 different "planets" that will participate in on-screen during the course of fights.Dana White to honor fan able to recognize Easter eggs at UFC 306Where's the betting advantages at UFC 306? play1:31 Why the Realm might benefit O'Malley versus DvalishviliDaniel Cormier and Brett Okamoto cover exactly how the environment at the Realm could possibly give 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, gets in the match observing his 1st headline defense versus Marlon Vera at UFC 299. O'Malley hammered Vera through unanimous choice. Merab Dvalishvili, No. 2 in ESPN's bantamweight rankings, is actually riding a 10-fight winning touch. Dvalishvili has actually certainly not shed a match considering that April 2018. In the co-main event, females's flyweight champ Alexa Grasso encounter former champ Valentina Shevchenko in a trilogy fight for Grasso's title. Grasso, No. 2 in ESPN's girls's mixed martial arts P4P positions, beat Shevchenko through fourth-round submitting to profess the title at UFC 285 in March 2023. In the rematch, Grasso retained the title through crack draw in September 2023. Andreas Hale talked to UFC strawweight Angela Hill to get her point of view on the UFC 306 principal as well as co-main activities. ESPN betting professionals Reed Kuhn and Ian Parker add their insights as well as analysis on the UFC centerpiece and other appealing bets they like coming from both promotions on Saturday.Expert selections and also best bets for UFC 306 as well as Bellator Champions SeriesO'Malley's superstar course continues to be unchangedplay2:32 Merab Dvalishvili discusses fallout coming from posting cut to encounter onlineMerab Dvalishvili informs Andreas Hale exactly how he is actually recovery coming from the now infamous image he uploaded of the cut to his face.Brett Okamoto: On Sunday, the 29-year-old O'Malley (18-1) will certainly headline maybe the highest-profile activity in the UFC's 30-year record. According to Chief Executive Officer Dana White, Noche UFC inside Sphere in Sin city are going to be a "one-and-done" celebration, due to the high cost ($ twenty thousand, depending on to White) of placing it on. Individual seats for the UFC 306 memory card headlined through O'Malley's bantamweight headline protection versus Merab Dvalishvili (17-4) have actually been provided for as long as $13,000 during the course of match week. It is actually the sort of occasion every competitor-- or, a lot more properly, pugilist-- hope for. Even Conor McGregor, who has had a bit of an unpleasant public back-and-forth with O'Malley this year, wanted to title this Realm event, possibly versus his old opponent Nate Diaz. O'Malley marvelled at McGregor up until this year, as well as even stated he is actually attempted to mimic aspect of his job off McGregor's. Inevitably, the respect and also duty of headlining UFC 306 went to O'Malley. Which is exactly what O'Malley desired. He started his camp for this certain match date just before the UFC also provided it to him.Sitting in this incredibly living room where he stands up today, O'Malley used to dream of fame as well as loan, funds as well as popularity. Those dreams started as very early as junior high, when he utilized to picture themself dressing for an NFL crew on Sundays. When he achieved high school, he concerned conditions that he was actually too little to ever before play in the NFL. Probably non-coincidentally, that is actually likewise the exact very same attend his life he began to kickbox.UFC champ Sean O'Malley assesses his rise to stardomTurki, Canelo, Dana and Rock fight for No. 1Turki Alalshikh, Canelo Alvarez, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Conor McGregor and Dana White are 5 of the most prominent folks in fight sporting activities. ESPNMike Coppinger: Many of the most powerful figures in the fight video game will definitely come together on Sin city this week for an unusual offering, one that includes punching's best star, Canelo Alvarez, and the first real-time featuring activity at the innovative Sphere with UFC 306. Canelo's merged tremendously middleweight champion self defense vs. long-odds underdog Edgar Berlanga and also Sean O'Malley's UFC bantamweight label match versus Merab Dvalishvili are going to synchronize Saturday night, an uncommon struggle of top-level combat sporting activities events in Las Vegas.And with it, the battle video game's power players will all be worked with personally between each celebrations. There's Turki Alalshikh, whose beneficial Riyadh Time support helped make it feasible for Dana White as well as the UFC to store a celebration at the exorbitantly valued Realm. White mentioned the expense of the immersive venue has topped $twenty million. It is actually the 1st pay-per-view activity from White that isn't merely touted as UFC complied with by a numeral.With several of the biggest titles going head-to-head on Saturday night in Sin city, who is actually drawing the cords in the battle video game? ESPN talked to 30-plus field power players-- fighters, marketers, executives, attorneys, managers as well as media-- to aid identify who currently stores all the influence all over boxing, MMA as well as professional wrestling as well as exactly how they possess it.The 15 very most important folks in boxing, MMA as well as wrestlingUFC 306 storylines: Will certainly any match beat the location itself?Merab Dvalishvili trades strikes along with Sean O'Malley in the bantamweight champion match at UFC 306. Chris Unger/Zuffa LLCJeff Wagenheim: Initially glimpse, the UFC's strategy to commemorating Mexican Self-reliance Day this happening weekend break appears perplexing.UFC 306, which happens Sunday at the Sphere in Sin City, is actually headlined through a fight between an Irish-American from Montana and a New Yorker transplanted from the State of Georgia. And also to include in the quizzically all-over-the-map theme, the activity is sponsored by an arm of the government of Saudi Arabia.Branding as well as marquee mattress toppers apart, though, there will certainly certainly be a Mexican theme going through the second annual Noche UFC (ESPN+ PPV, 10 p.m. ET). Before the main event in between guys's bantamweight champion Sean O'Malley and also Merab Dvalishvili, all nine of the night's various other spells will feature a Mexico-born or Mexican American competitor. The co-main event pits ladies's flyweight champion Alexa Grasso-- away from Guadalajara in the Mexican state of Jalisco-- versus former titlist Valentina Shevchenko, to accomplish a triumvirate that is actually actually filled with twists.Beyond the very competitive risks, the overarching setting of the evening guarantees to creatively and aurally transportation fans south of the perimeter. This initial sporting activity at Sphere, the cutting-edge amusement site that opened up last year only off the Las Vegas Bit, will certainly maximize the mind-numbing modern technology constructed into the whopping round design. Throughout the evening, the UFC will certainly use the 160,000-square-foot wraparound LED screen and also concert-quality sound system to inform the story of fight sports in Mexico.Championship fights. Impressive manufacturing. Big-time stakes. There will certainly be stories surging throughout the circular wonder of UFC 306. Right here are actually a couple of to focus to.UFC 306 stories: Exactly how Sphere, Suga Sean will definitely form a historical eventWhat followers may assume at Noche UFCUFC 306 will definitely be at the Realm in Las Vegas on Saturday Sept. 14. Photo by Eliot J. Schechter/NHLI using Getty ImagesAndreas Hale: The UFC has always kept a strict cover on the specifics regarding their venture in to the Realm for UFC 306 on Sept. 14. Nevertheless, in advance of the celebration-- which UFC Chief Executive Officer Dana White has proposed are going to be the greatest sporting celebration of perpetuity-- the advertising has actually exposed some key details concerning what followers must expect away from the $2.3 billion location throughout Mexican Freedom Time weekend.The UFC are going to take advantage of Sphere's enormous 160,000 sq. ft. interior show aircraft and also the venue's worldclass concert-grade audio system. The interior show aircraft will definitely also display real-time statistics as well as fighter information.Fans inside the Sphere will definitely feel the action courtesy of haptic seating, which provides pressure reviews based on the activity inside the Octagon. And they have the alternative to install the LiveVoice application to listen closely to reside discourse coming from either the English or even Spanish broadcast.The activity will also premiere the movie "For Mexico, For Perpetuity," said to in 6 90-second phases between battles and also presented inside the Round. The creative crew behind the film flaunts 29 Emmy Honor succeeds, one Golden Globe as well as one Grammy.There will be eight brand new Octagon ladies, six native-born Mexican females and also pair of second-generation Mexicans.Top storiesplay1:31 Exactly how Sean O'Malley considers to achieve Conor McGregor's popularity in the UFCSean O'Malley signs up with "Very first Take" new off winning the bantamweight headline at UFC 292 and also talks about likely reaching the elevation of Conor McGregor's popularity.After Ball: Which UFC occasion locations will come next?UFC champ Sean O'Malley reflects on his rise to stardomMMA local rankings: Big succeed increases Brady, however exactly how higher performs he jump?UFC 306 1st appearance: Big questions, early bets, forecasts for O'Malley-DvalishviliMMA genuine or otherwise: Will O'Malley, Grasso both maintain at Noche UFC?