NocheUFC co-man event 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 trilogy fightDaniel Cormier and also Chael Sonnen examine the upcoming triumvirate battle between Alexa Grasso as well as Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 306. Brett Okamoto: The UFC has a past history of compensating performance rewards to athletes at every occasion. This weekend break, it will possibly dole out some of those rewards to a fan.ESPN UFC chief executive officer Dana White claimed he is going to pay for $25,000 to anybody that pinpoints covert Easter eggs in a running flick that is going to air during UFC Noche on Sunday at the Realm in Sin City. The event, additionally called UFC 306, will be the initial online showing off affair to take place at the Realm, and White has claimed it will be actually a one-and-done occasion.The UFC has partnered with a number of innovative performers to produce a motion picture that will open in between spells, alongside 10 various "planets" that will participate in on-screen throughout fights.Dana White to honor enthusiast able to determine Easter eggs at UFC 306Where's the wagering perks at UFC 306? play1:31 Why the Sphere could profit O'Malley against DvalishviliDaniel Cormier and Brett Okamoto explain exactly how the environment at the Sphere might 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 rankings, goes into the fight following his very first headline defense versus Marlon Vera at UFC 299. O'Malley beat Vera through consensual selection. Merab Dvalishvili, No. 2 in ESPN's bantamweight positions, is using a 10-fight winning touch. Dvalishvili has certainly not shed a battle given that April 2018. In the co-main tournament, females's flyweight champion Alexa Grasso clashes with past champion Valentina Shevchenko in a trilogy match for Grasso's title. Grasso, No. 2 in ESPN's ladies's mixed martial arts P4P rankings, beat Shevchenko by fourth-round article to profess the title at UFC 285 in March 2023. In the rematch, Grasso retained the headline using crack draw in September 2023. Andreas Hale talked to UFC strawweight Angela Mountain to get her viewpoint on the UFC 306 major and also co-main activities. ESPN betting experts Reed Kuhn and also Ian Parker add their understandings as well as study on the UFC centerpiece as well as various other fascinating bets they just like from each promos on Saturday.Expert selections as well as best options for UFC 306 as well as Bellator Champions SeriesO'Malley's super star road continues to be unchangedplay2:32 Merab Dvalishvili talks about after effects from submitting slice to experience onlineMerab Dvalishvili says to Andreas Hale exactly how he is actually healing coming from the now infamous picture he uploaded of the slice to his face.Brett Okamoto: On Saturday, the 29-year-old O'Malley (18-1) will definitely headline possibly the highest-profile occasion in the UFC's 30-year past. According to CEO Dana White, Noche UFC inside Sphere in Sin city will be actually a "one-and-done" event, as a result of the high cost ($ 20 million, according to White) of putting it on. Personal seats for the UFC 306 memory card headlined through O'Malley's bantamweight title defense versus Merab Dvalishvili (17-4) have been actually detailed for as much as $13,000 during match week. It's the type of celebration every boxer-- or even, more precisely, pugilist-- hope for. Also Conor McGregor, who has had a little bit of a nasty public back-and-forth along with O'Malley this year, would like to heading this Realm celebration, possibly versus his old opponent Nate Diaz. O'Malley marvelled at McGregor till this year, and also even said he's made an effort to imitate aspect of his occupation off McGregor's. Essentially, the honor and responsibility of headlining UFC 306 headed to O'Malley. Which is actually specifically what O'Malley desired. He began his camp for this certain match time just before the UFC even gave it to him.Sitting in this really sitting room where he stands today, O'Malley utilized to hope for fame and also funds, loan and popularity. Those desires began as early as intermediate school, when he used to envision themself wearing for an NFL group on Sundays. When he reached high school, he involved conditions that he was actually also tiny to ever play in the NFL. Probably non-coincidentally, that is actually additionally the precise same attend his life he started to kickbox.UFC champion Sean O'Malley reassesses his cheer stardomTurki, Canelo, Dana and also Stone battle for No. 1Turki Alalshikh, Canelo Alvarez, Dwayne "The Stone" Johnson, Conor McGregor as well as Dana White are 5 of one of the most significant people in combat sporting activities. ESPNMike Coppinger: Much Of one of the most effective have a place in the match activity will converge on Sin city this week for a rare offering, one that includes punching's top superstar, Canelo Alvarez, and the first real-time featuring celebration at the cutting edge Realm along with UFC 306. Canelo's unified tremendously middleweight championship self defense vs. long-odds underdog Edgar Berlanga and also Sean O'Malley's UFC bantamweight title match versus Merab Dvalishvili will certainly match Sunday night, an uncommon battle of top-level combat sporting activities occasions in Las Vegas.And from it, the fight video game's power gamers are going to all be actually worked with face to face in between both events. There is actually Turki Alalshikh, whose beneficial Riyadh Season sponsor assisted create it feasible for Dana White as well as the UFC to store an event at the too valued Realm. White claimed the cost of the immersive place has topped $twenty million. It's the first pay-per-view occasion from White that isn't just billed as UFC followed through a numeral.With some of the biggest names going head-to-head on Saturday evening in Las Vegas, who is actually drawing the strings in the match game? ESPN spoke with 30-plus field power players-- fighters, promoters, executives, legal professionals, supervisors and media-- to aid establish who currently stores all the influence all over punching, MMA and pro wrestling and exactly how they possess it.The 15 very most important folks in boxing, mixed martial arts and also wrestlingUFC 306 stories: Is going to any type of battle surpass the site itself?Merab Dvalishvili trades blows along with Sean O'Malley in the bantamweight champion fight at UFC 306. Chris Unger/Zuffa LLCJeff Wagenheim: In the beginning look, the UFC's strategy to celebrating Mexican Independence Day this happening weekend break seems to be perplexing.UFC 306, which occurs Saturday at the Realm in Sin City, is actually headlined through a battle between an Irish-American from Montana and a New Yorker transplanted from the Commonwealth of Georgia. As well as to include in the quizzically all-over-the-map design, the occasion is actually financed through an arm of the government of Saudi Arabia.Branding and also marquee covers aside, though, there are going to indeed be a Mexican concept going through the second annual Noche UFC (ESPN+ PPV, 10 p.m. ET). Before the main event in between men's bantamweight champ Sean O'Malley as well as Merab Dvalishvili, all nine of the evening's other bouts will definitely include a Mexico-born or Mexican American competitor. The co-main celebration pits females's flyweight champion Alexa Grasso-- out of Guadalajara in the Mexican state of Jalisco-- against former titlist Valentina Shevchenko, to finish a triumvirate that is actually already full of twists.Beyond the affordable concerns, the overarching atmosphere of the night promises to aesthetically and also aurally transport followers south of the perimeter. This 1st sporting occasion at Round, the sophisticated entertainment location that opened up in 2014 only off the Las Vegas Bit, will certainly make the most of the mind-numbing innovation built in to the whopping sphere design. Throughout the night, the UFC will certainly make use of the 160,000-square-foot wraparound LED display screen and concert-quality stereo to tell the story of combat sporting activities in Mexico.Championship fights. Impressive creation. Prominent risks. There will certainly be storylines surging around the circular marvel of UFC 306. Here are actually a handful of to listen to.UFC 306 storylines: Exactly how Realm, Suga Sean are going to shape a historical eventWhat enthusiasts can expect at Noche UFCUFC 306 are going to go to the Realm in Las Vegas on Saturday Sept. 14. Photograph through Eliot J. Schechter/NHLI through Getty ImagesAndreas Hale: The UFC has actually always kept a strict top on the specifics concerning their endeavor right into the Sphere for UFC 306 on Sept. 14. Having said that, in front of the activity-- which UFC Chief Executive Officer Dana White has actually recommended will be actually the best sporting activity of perpetuity-- the advertising has exposed some essential particulars concerning what followers must anticipate away from the $2.3 billion place during the course of Mexican Self-reliance Time weekend.The UFC will utilize Realm's extensive 160,000 sq. ft. interior display screen plane as well as the venue's worldclass concert-grade stereo. The interior screen plane will also feature real-time stats as well as fighter information.Fans inside the Sphere will feel the action courtesy of haptic seating, which gives power responses based on the activity inside the Octagon. As well as they have the alternative to download and install the LiveVoice app to listen closely to stay comments coming from either the English or even Spanish broadcast.The occasion will also premiere the film "For Mexico, For All Time," told in six 90-second sections between matches as well as featured inside the Ball. The artistic group responsible for the movie boasts 29 Emmy Award wins, one Golden World and one Grammy.There will be actually 8 brand new Octagon ladies, six native-born Mexican ladies 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 participates in "1st Take" new off gaining the bantamweight label at UFC 292 and also talks about possibly reaching the height of Conor McGregor's popularity.After Sphere: Which UFC activity areas will happen next?UFC champion Sean O'Malley reflects on his cheer stardomMMA local positions: Big win improvements Brady, yet just how higher does he jump?UFC 306 very first appearance: Big concerns, very early wagers, predictions for O'Malley-DvalishviliMMA real or otherwise: Will O'Malley, Grasso both keep at Noche UFC?