NocheUFC co-man activity is actually 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 Chael break down Grasso-Shevchenko trilogy fightDaniel Cormier and also Chael Sonnen preview the upcoming triumvirate battle between Alexa Grasso and Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 306. Brett Okamoto: The UFC possesses a history of paying performance perks to professional athletes at every occasion. This weekend, it will potentially administer among those bonus offers to a fan.ESPN UFC chief executive officer Dana White stated he will definitely pay out $25,000 to anybody that pinpoints covert Easter eggs in a running flick that will definitely open throughout UFC Noche on Sunday at the Realm in Sin City. The activity, additionally called UFC 306, will be actually the very first online featuring event to take place at the Sphere, as well as White has stated it will be actually a one-and-done occasion.The UFC has partnered along with various creative artists to make a movie that will open between rounds, alongside 10 various "worlds" that will participate in on-screen during fights.Dana White to award supporter able to identify Easter eggs at UFC 306Where's the betting perks at UFC 306? play1:31 Why the Sphere might profit O'Malley against DvalishviliDaniel Cormier and Brett Okamoto talk about just how the setting at the Realm could possibly provide Sean O'Malley a perk over Merab Dvalishvili at Noche UFC.Andreas Hale: Sean O'Malley, No. 4 in ESPN's pound-for-pound rankings, enters the battle following his first headline self defense against Marlon Vera at UFC 299. O'Malley hammered Vera by consensual choice. Merab Dvalishvili, No. 2 in ESPN's bantamweight positions, is actually using a 10-fight winning streak. Dvalishvili has actually not dropped a battle since April 2018. In the co-main contest, women's flyweight champion Alexa Grasso clashes with previous champ Valentina Shevchenko in a trilogy bout for Grasso's name. Grasso, No. 2 in ESPN's women's MMA P4P rankings, hammer Shevchenko through fourth-round entry to declare the title at UFC 285 in March 2023. In the rematch, Grasso retained the headline via split attract September 2023. Andreas Hale spoke with UFC strawweight Angela Hill to obtain her point of view on the UFC 306 principal and co-main occasions. ESPN wagering pros Splint Kuhn as well as Ian Parker add their knowledge and also analysis on the UFC centerpiece as well as other intriguing wagers they like coming from both promotions on Saturday.Expert choices and also best choices for UFC 306 as well as Bellator Champions SeriesO'Malley's superstar pathway continues to be unchangedplay2:32 Merab Dvalishvili talks about after effects from posting slice to experience onlineMerab Dvalishvili says to Andreas Hale exactly how he is actually recovery coming from the right now notorious photo he posted of the slice to his face.Brett Okamoto: On Saturday, the 29-year-old O'Malley (18-1) will heading maybe the highest-profile celebration in the UFC's 30-year past history. According to CEO Dana White, Noche UFC inside Sphere in Sin city are going to be actually a "one-and-done" celebration, due to the large cost ($ twenty thousand, according to White) of putting it on. Private seats for the UFC 306 card headlined through O'Malley's bantamweight title self defense against Merab Dvalishvili (17-4) have actually been detailed for as long as $13,000 in the course of fight full week. It's the kind of occasion every fighter-- or even, much more accurately, pugilist-- long for. Also Conor McGregor, that possesses had a little bit of a vicious public back-and-forth along with O'Malley this year, intended to title this Sphere event, possibly versus his aged rival Nate Diaz. O'Malley marvelled at McGregor until this year, and also also stated he's tried to copy aspect of his profession off McGregor's. Ultimately, the respect as well as obligation of headlining UFC 306 mosted likely to O'Malley. Which is exactly what O'Malley wished. He started his camping ground for this particular match day just before the UFC also supplied it to him.Sitting in this particular extremely living-room where he stands up today, O'Malley utilized to imagine popularity and also funds, money and also prominence. Those dreams began as early as secondary school, when he utilized to envision themself dressing for an NFL team on Sundays. When he met high school, he came to conditions that he was actually too little to ever before play in the NFL. Maybe non-coincidentally, that's additionally the particular same time in his life he started to kickbox.UFC champ Sean O'Malley reviews his rise to stardomTurki, Canelo, Dana as well as Rock fight for No. 1Turki Alalshikh, Canelo Alvarez, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Conor McGregor and Dana White are actually five of the absolute most prominent people in combat sports. ESPNMike Coppinger: Most Of the best powerful have a place in the match game will definitely merge on Sin city recently for an uncommon offering, one that includes boxing's best superstar, Canelo Alvarez, and the first online showing off activity at the revolutionary Realm with UFC 306. Canelo's merged very middleweight champion self defense vs. long-odds longshot Edgar Berlanga and Sean O'Malley's UFC bantamweight title match against Merab Dvalishvili will synchronize Sunday night, an unusual conflict of prominent battle sporting activities activities in Las Vegas.And with it, the battle game's power players will all be actually exemplified personally between both events. There's Turki Alalshikh, whose beneficial Riyadh Season sponsorship helped create it possible for Dana White and also the UFC to hold an occasion at the too priced Sphere. White mentioned the price of the immersive site has covered $twenty thousand. It is actually the first pay-per-view occasion coming from White that isn't merely announced as UFC complied with by a numeral.With a few of the most significant labels going head-to-head on Saturday evening in Sin city, who's pulling the strands in the match activity? ESPN contacted 30-plus sector energy players-- competitors, marketers, execs, attorneys, supervisors as well as media-- to assist establish who presently holds all the effect across boxing, MMA and pro fumbling and exactly how they possess it.The 15 most influential people in boxing, MMA as well as wrestlingUFC 306 storylines: Will certainly any sort of fight outshine the location itself?Merab Dvalishvili trades blows with Sean O'Malley in the bantamweight champion match at UFC 306. Chris Unger/Zuffa LLCJeff Wagenheim: Initially glance, the UFC's technique to commemorating Mexican Freedom Day this happening weekend seems to be perplexing.UFC 306, which takes place Sunday at the Sphere in Las Vegas, is headlined by a fight in between an Irish-American coming from Montana as well as a New Yorker hair transplanted coming from the State of Georgia. As well as to contribute to the quizzically all-over-the-map design, the celebration is financed through an arm of the government of Saudi Arabia.Branding and also marquee covers aside, though, there will without a doubt be actually a Mexican concept going through the 2nd annual Noche UFC (ESPN+ PPV, 10 p.m. ET). Just before the centerpiece in between males's bantamweight champion Sean O'Malley and also Merab Dvalishvili, all 9 of the night's various other spells are going to include a Mexico-born or even Mexican American boxer. The co-main activity pits females's flyweight champ Alexa Grasso-- away from Guadalajara in the Mexican state of Jalisco-- versus previous titlist Valentina Shevchenko, to finish a triumvirate that's presently loaded with twists.Beyond the very competitive risks, the overarching atmosphere of the evening assures to visually as well as aurally transportation supporters southern of the perimeter. This first featuring activity at Sphere, the cutting-edge entertainment venue that opened up in 2015 merely off the Las Vegas Bit, will definitely maximize the mind-numbing modern technology created into the tremendous around design. Throughout the night, the UFC is going to use the 160,000-square-foot wrap-around LED monitor and also concert-quality sound system to say to the story of fight sports in Mexico.Championship fights. Impressive creation. Prominent risks. There will definitely be storylines swirling throughout the spherical marvel of UFC 306. Listed here are a couple of to take note to.UFC 306 stories: Exactly how Sphere, Suga Sean are going to form a historical eventWhat supporters can easily assume at Noche UFCUFC 306 will certainly be at the Sphere in Sin City on Sunday Sept. 14. Photograph by Eliot J. Schechter/NHLI via Getty ImagesAndreas Hale: The UFC has always kept a strict top on the specifics regarding their project into the Realm for UFC 306 on Sept. 14. However, in front of the event-- which UFC Chief Executive Officer Dana White has suggested will certainly be actually the best showing off occasion of all time-- the advertising has exposed some vital details about what enthusiasts need to assume out of the $2.3 billion location throughout Mexican Self-reliance Time weekend.The UFC will utilize Sphere's gigantic 160,000 sq. ft. interior display aircraft and also the venue's worldclass concert-grade stereo. The interior screen plane are going to additionally exhibit real-time statistics as well as fighter information.Fans inside the Sphere will really feel the action thanks to haptic seating, which gives power reviews based upon the activity inside the Octagon. As well as they have the possibility to download the LiveVoice application to listen closely to live comments from either the English or even Spanish broadcast.The celebration will definitely additionally premiere the film "For Mexico, For All Time," informed in 6 90-second sections in between battles as well as presented inside the Round. The innovative group responsible for the movie flaunts 29 Emmy Award wins, one Golden Globe as well as one Grammy.There will be actually eight brand new Octagon females, six native-born Mexican girls and also 2 second-generation Mexicans.Top storiesplay1:31 Exactly how Sean O'Malley prepares to reach Conor McGregor's popularity in the UFCSean O'Malley participates in "Very first Take" fresh off gaining the bantamweight title at UFC 292 and also speak about possibly meeting the elevation of Conor McGregor's popularity.After Round: Which UFC celebration locations will come next?UFC champion Sean O'Malley reassesses his cheer stardomMMA local positions: Big succeed increases Brady, but exactly how high does he jump?UFC 306 very first appeal: Big concerns, very early wagers, prophecies for O'Malley-DvalishviliMMA true or not: Will O'Malley, Grasso both maintain at Noche UFC?