NocheUFC co-man activity is official. 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 malfunction Grasso-Shevchenko trilogy fightDaniel Cormier as well as Chael Sonnen preview the upcoming triumvirate match between Alexa Grasso and Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 306. Brett Okamoto: The UFC has a history of compensating efficiency incentives to athletes at every event. This weekend, it will likely dole out among those incentives to a fan.ESPN UFC chief executive officer Dana White mentioned he will definitely spend $25,000 to anyone who identifies surprise Easter eggs in a dashing movie that is going to air throughout UFC Noche on Saturday at the Sphere in Sin City. The celebration, also known as UFC 306, will be actually the very first online featuring affair to take place at the Sphere, and also White has mentioned it will be a one-and-done occasion.The UFC has partnered along with multiple creative musicians to produce a motion picture that will open between spells, alongside 10 various "planets" that will participate in on-screen in the course of fights.Dana White to award fan capable to determine Easter eggs at UFC 306Where's the wagering advantages at UFC 306? play1:31 Why the Sphere could possibly gain O'Malley against DvalishviliDaniel Cormier and Brett Okamoto cover how the environment at the Realm might provide Sean O'Malley a conveniences over Merab Dvalishvili at Noche UFC.Andreas Hale: Sean O'Malley, No. 4 in ESPN's pound-for-pound rankings, goes into the match observing his 1st title defense versus Marlon Vera at UFC 299. O'Malley hammered Vera by consentaneous choice. Merab Dvalishvili, No. 2 in ESPN's bantamweight rankings, is using a 10-fight winning streak. Dvalishvili has actually certainly not shed a battle considering that April 2018. In the co-main tournament, females's flyweight champ Alexa Grasso clashes with previous champion Valentina Shevchenko in a trilogy fight for Grasso's title. Grasso, No. 2 in ESPN's females's mixed martial arts P4P ranks, hammer Shevchenko by fourth-round submission to assert the title at UFC 285 in March 2023. In the rematch, Grasso preserved the title via crack draw in September 2023. Andreas Hale contacted UFC strawweight Angela Hill to receive her standpoint on the UFC 306 primary and also co-main activities. ESPN betting specialists Reed Kuhn and also Ian Parker add their insights as well as analysis on the UFC main event and various other fascinating bets they like coming from each promotions on Saturday.Expert picks and also best bets for UFC 306 as well as Bellator Champions SeriesO'Malley's super star course continues to be unchangedplay2:32 Merab Dvalishvili discusses after effects from uploading cut to experience onlineMerab Dvalishvili informs Andreas Hale exactly how he is actually healing coming from the right now well known image he published of the slice to his face.Brett Okamoto: On Saturday, the 29-year-old O'Malley (18-1) will heading maybe the highest-profile occasion in the UFC's 30-year history. According to Chief Executive Officer Dana White, Noche UFC inside Sphere in Las Vegas will certainly be a "one-and-done" occasion, because of the sheer expense ($ twenty million, according to White) of putting it on. Specific chairs for the UFC 306 memory card headlined by O'Malley's bantamweight headline self defense versus Merab Dvalishvili (17-4) have actually been actually provided for as much as $13,000 during match full week. It is actually the sort of activity every competitor-- or, extra effectively, prizefighter-- imagine. Even Conor McGregor, who possesses possessed a bit of a vicious public back-and-forth along with O'Malley this year, intended to headline this Realm celebration, possibly against his outdated opponent Nate Diaz. O'Malley admired McGregor until this year, and also said he is actually made an effort to imitate component of his occupation off McGregor's. Essentially, the respect and also duty of headlining UFC 306 mosted likely to O'Malley. Which is exactly what O'Malley wanted. He began his camping ground for this particular match date prior to the UFC also supplied it to him.Sitting within this incredibly sitting room where he stands up today, O'Malley made use of to long for popularity as well as money, cash as well as popularity. Those aspirations began as very early as intermediate school, when he utilized to imagine themself dressing for an NFL group on Sundays. When he met secondary school, he related to terms that he was also little to ever before play in the NFL. Perhaps non-coincidentally, that is actually also the specific same time in his lifestyle he began to kickbox.UFC champion Sean O'Malley reviews his cheer stardomTurki, Canelo, Dana as well as Rock battle for No. 1Turki Alalshikh, Canelo Alvarez, Dwayne "The Stone" Johnson, Conor McGregor as well as Dana White are actually 5 of one of the most significant individuals in combat sporting activities. ESPNMike Coppinger: A Number Of the best strong have a place in the fight activity are going to converge on Las Vegas recently for an unusual offering, one that includes boxing's best celebrity, Canelo Alvarez, and the first real-time sporting activity at the advanced Realm along with UFC 306. Canelo's consolidated very middleweight championship defense vs. long-odds underdog Edgar Berlanga and Sean O'Malley's UFC bantamweight headline battle versus Merab Dvalishvili will definitely match Sunday night, an unusual clash of prominent fight sports events in Las Vegas.And using it, the battle video game's power players will definitely all be actually worked with face to face in between each events. There is actually Turki Alalshikh, whose financially rewarding Riyadh Season sponsor aided make it feasible for Dana White and the UFC to store an activity at the too priced Realm. White said the cost of the immersive place has actually covered $20 thousand. It's the first pay-per-view event coming from White that isn't simply announced as UFC observed by a numeral.With a few of the most significant names going head-to-head on Sunday evening in Las Vegas, that is actually pulling the strings in the fight activity? ESPN talked to 30-plus business power players-- competitors, marketers, managers, legal professionals, managers and media-- to assist determine who presently stores all the impact throughout boxing, MMA and also pro fumbling and also how they wield it.The 15 very most significant individuals in punching, MMA and wrestlingUFC 306 storylines: Will any battle outshine the place itself?Merab Dvalishvili trades strikes with Sean O'Malley in the bantamweight championship match at UFC 306. Chris Unger/Zuffa LLCJeff Wagenheim: In the beginning look, the UFC's strategy to commemorating Mexican Freedom Day this happening weekend break seems perplexing.UFC 306, which takes place Sunday at the Realm in Las Vegas, is actually headlined by a match in between an Irish-American coming from Montana and a New Yorker hair transplanted from the Commonwealth of Georgia. And also to contribute to the quizzically all-over-the-map motif, the activity is actually sponsored by a branch of the federal government of Saudi Arabia.Branding and also tent covers apart, however, there will definitely certainly be a Mexican style going through the second yearly Noche UFC (ESPN+ PPV, 10 p.m. ET). Prior to the centerpiece between males's bantamweight champion Sean O'Malley and also Merab Dvalishvili, all nine of the evening's other rounds will feature a Mexico-born or Mexican United States boxer. The co-main event pits girls's flyweight champion Alexa Grasso-- out of Guadalajara in the Mexican state of Jalisco-- against former titlist Valentina Shevchenko, to accomplish a triumvirate that's currently full of twists.Beyond the reasonable stakes, the overarching atmosphere of the evening vows to creatively as well as aurally transportation followers southern of the boundary. This very first featuring event at Sphere, the cutting-edge amusement location that opened in 2014 only off the Las Vegas Bit, will maximize the mind-numbing technology created into the humongous around structure. Throughout the night, the UFC will definitely utilize the 160,000-square-foot wrap-around LED display screen as well as concert-quality stereo to say to the story of combat sports in Mexico.Championship fights. Spectacular production. Leading concerns. There are going to be actually storylines rolling all around the spheric marvel of UFC 306. Listed below are a handful of to pay attention to.UFC 306 stories: How Realm, Suga Sean will form a historic eventWhat followers may anticipate at Noche UFCUFC 306 will go to the Realm in Las Vegas on Saturday Sept. 14. Picture by Eliot J. Schechter/NHLI via Getty ImagesAndreas Hale: The UFC has always kept a limited top on the specifics concerning their venture right into the Sphere for UFC 306 on Sept. 14. Having said that, ahead of the activity-- which UFC CEO Dana White has actually recommended will certainly be actually the greatest showing off event of all time-- the advertising has actually uncovered some crucial particulars about what supporters must assume away from the $2.3 billion venue in the course of Mexican Freedom Time weekend.The UFC will certainly use Sphere's massive 160,000 sq. ft. indoor show aircraft and also the place's worldclass concert-grade stereo. The indoor display plane will certainly also exhibit real-time statistics and boxer information.Fans inside the Realm will feel the activity courtesy of haptic seats, which supplies force responses based on the activity inside the Octagon. As well as they possess the option to install the LiveVoice application to listen closely to live comments coming from either the English or even Spanish broadcast.The occasion are going to additionally premiere the movie "For Mexico, For Perpetuity," told in 6 90-second chapters between matches as well as presented inside the Ball. The artistic staff responsible for the film flaunts 29 Emmy Award succeeds, one Golden Planet and also one Grammy.There will be eight new Octagon ladies, 6 native-born Mexican women and two second-generation Mexicans.Top storiesplay1:31 Exactly how Sean O'Malley organizes to reach Conor McGregor's recognition in the UFCSean O'Malley joins "1st Take" fresh off succeeding the bantamweight title at UFC 292 and speak about likely reaching the height of Conor McGregor's popularity.After Sphere: Which UFC celebration sites will happen next?UFC champ Sean O'Malley assesses his cheer stardomMMA divisional positions: Big succeed boosts Brady, but how high does he jump?UFC 306 very first look: Big questions, very early wagers, prophecies for O'Malley-DvalishviliMMA actual or not: Will O'Malley, Grasso both maintain at Noche UFC?