NocheUFC co-man activity is 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 as well as Chael malfunction Grasso-Shevchenko trilogy fightDaniel Cormier and also Chael Sonnen sneak peek the upcoming triumvirate battle in between Alexa Grasso and also Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 306. Brett Okamoto: The UFC possesses a record of paying performance bonus offers to professional athletes at every celebration. This weekend, it is going to potentially share out among those incentives to a fan.ESPN UFC chief executive officer Dana White stated he will certainly spend $25,000 to anyone who recognizes hidden Easter eggs in a dashing flick that is going to air during the course of UFC Noche on Saturday at the Sphere in Sin City. The activity, also referred to as UFC 306, will be the initial online sporting affair to take place at the Realm, and White possesses stated it will be actually a one-and-done occasion.The UFC possesses partnered along with numerous creative performers to make a movie that will air between bouts, alongside 10 different "worlds" that will play on-screen during fights.Dana White to award supporter able to determine Easter eggs at UFC 306Where's the wagering conveniences at UFC 306? play1:31 Why the Realm could possibly help O'Malley against DvalishviliDaniel Cormier and Brett Okamoto discuss how the ambience at the Sphere can offer Sean O'Malley a perk over Merab Dvalishvili at Noche UFC.Andreas Hale: Sean O'Malley, No. 4 in ESPN's pound-for-pound positions, gets into the match observing his very first label defense against Marlon Vera at UFC 299. O'Malley hammered Vera through unanimous decision. Merab Dvalishvili, No. 2 in ESPN's bantamweight rankings, is riding a 10-fight winning touch. Dvalishvili has certainly not shed a match since April 2018. In the co-main tournament, females's flyweight champion Alexa Grasso clashes with past champ Valentina Shevchenko in a trilogy match for Grasso's name. Grasso, No. 2 in ESPN's girls's MMA P4P ranks, beat Shevchenko by fourth-round submission to claim the title at UFC 285 in March 2023. In the rematch, Grasso retained the label via split pull in September 2023. Andreas Hale contacted UFC strawweight Angela Hill to obtain her standpoint on the UFC 306 major as well as co-main events. ESPN wagering pros Splint Kuhn and also Ian Parker add their ideas and analysis on the UFC centerpiece and other interesting bets they like coming from each promos on Saturday.Expert picks as well as best choices for UFC 306 and Bellator Champions SeriesO'Malley's super star course stays unchangedplay2:32 Merab Dvalishvili goes over after effects coming from publishing slice to experience onlineMerab Dvalishvili says to Andreas Hale exactly how he is actually recovery from the currently infamous image he submitted of the slice to his face.Brett Okamoto: On Sunday, the 29-year-old O'Malley (18-1) will definitely headline maybe the highest-profile occasion in the UFC's 30-year record. Depending On to CEO Dana White, Noche UFC inside Sphere in Las Vegas will definitely be a "one-and-done" celebration, due to the high price ($ 20 million, depending on to White) of putting it on. Specific seats for the UFC 306 card headlined through O'Malley's bantamweight title defense against Merab Dvalishvili (17-4) have actually been detailed for as long as $13,000 throughout fight full week. It is actually the kind of event every competitor-- or even, even more efficiently, prizefighter-- dreams of. Even Conor McGregor, who has had a bit of an unpleasant public back-and-forth with O'Malley this year, would like to heading this Sphere celebration, potentially against his old competitor Nate Diaz. O'Malley marvelled at McGregor till this year, and also also said he's made an effort to resemble parts of his profession off McGregor's. Ultimately, the respect as well as responsibility of headlining UFC 306 headed to O'Malley. Which is exactly what O'Malley wanted. He started his camp for this particular battle time before the UFC also offered it to him.Sitting within this quite living-room where he stands up today, O'Malley used to hope for popularity and also amount of money, funds and also fame. Those goals started as very early as intermediate school, when he used to visualize themself dressing for an NFL staff on Sundays. When he achieved high school, he involved terms that he was actually also little to ever before play in the NFL. Probably non-coincidentally, that is actually likewise the specific very same time in his lifestyle he began to kickbox.UFC champion Sean O'Malley reassesses his rise to stardomTurki, Canelo, Dana and also Rock fight for No. 1Turki Alalshikh, Canelo Alvarez, Dwayne "The Stone" Johnson, Conor McGregor as well as Dana White are actually five of the most prominent individuals in combat sporting activities. ESPNMike Coppinger: Much Of the most powerful have a place in the fight video game will converge on Sin city today for an uncommon offering, one that features boxing's best star, Canelo Alvarez, as well as the very first online sporting activity at the advanced Realm with UFC 306. Canelo's unified extremely middleweight championship self defense vs. long-odds underdog Edgar Berlanga and Sean O'Malley's UFC bantamweight headline fight versus Merab Dvalishvili will certainly match Saturday evening, an uncommon conflict of prominent combat sporting activities occasions in Las Vegas.And using it, the match game's electrical power players will all be worked with personally between both activities. There is actually Turki Alalshikh, whose highly profitable Riyadh Time sponsor aided create it feasible for Dana White as well as the UFC to keep a celebration at the exorbitantly priced Realm. White claimed the expense of the immersive place has actually covered $twenty thousand. It's the 1st pay-per-view celebration coming from White that isn't just announced as UFC adhered to by a numeral.With a few of the greatest titles going head-to-head on Saturday night in Sin city, that's pulling the strings in the match video game? ESPN talked to 30-plus industry energy players-- competitors, marketers, managers, attorneys, supervisors as well as media-- to help determine who currently stores all the effect all over boxing, MMA and also expert fumbling and also just how they possess it.The 15 very most important folks in punching, mixed martial arts and wrestlingUFC 306 storylines: Is going to any sort of fight surpass the location itself?Merab Dvalishvili trades blows with Sean O'Malley in the bantamweight champion match at UFC 306. Chris Unger/Zuffa LLCJeff Wagenheim: In the beginning glimpse, the UFC's strategy to commemorating Mexican Independence Time this happening weekend appears perplexing.UFC 306, which takes place Sunday at the Realm in Sin City, is headlined by a fight between an Irish-American coming from Montana as well as a New Yorker transplanted coming from the Commonwealth of Georgia. And to add to the quizzically all-over-the-map concept, the event is financed through an arm of the authorities of Saudi Arabia.Branding and also marquee covers apart, however, there are going to undoubtedly be actually a Mexican motif penetrating the second yearly Noche UFC (ESPN+ PPV, 10 p.m. ET). Prior to the main event between males's bantamweight champion Sean O'Malley as well as Merab Dvalishvili, all 9 of the night's other spells are going to include a Mexico-born or even Mexican United States competitor. The co-main event pits females's flyweight champion Alexa Grasso-- away from Guadalajara in the Mexican state of Jalisco-- against past titlist Valentina Shevchenko, to finish a triumvirate that's currently full of twists.Beyond the competitive risks, the overarching ambiance of the evening assures to visually and also aurally transport followers south of the perimeter. This initial featuring event at Sphere, the cutting-edge entertainment site that opened in 2015 merely off the Sin city Strip, will definitely maximize the mind-numbing innovation created into the enormous sphere framework. Throughout the night, the UFC will definitely use the 160,000-square-foot wraparound LED display screen and concert-quality sound system to tell the story of combat sports in Mexico.Championship matches. Impressive manufacturing. Prominent concerns. There are going to be actually storylines surging all over the spherical surprise of UFC 306. Right here are actually a handful of to focus to.UFC 306 stories: Just how Sphere, Suga Sean will form a historical eventWhat supporters can easily assume at Noche UFCUFC 306 will certainly be at the Realm in Sin City on Sunday Sept. 14. Image through Eliot J. Schechter/NHLI via Getty ImagesAndreas Hale: The UFC has always kept a limited top on the specifics regarding their venture right into the Sphere for UFC 306 on Sept. 14. Having said that, in front of the celebration-- which UFC Chief Executive Officer Dana White has actually proposed will certainly be actually the best showing off celebration of perpetuity-- the promo has revealed some vital particulars about what fans should anticipate out of the $2.3 billion venue in the course of Mexican Independence Day weekend.The UFC are going to make use of Sphere's huge 160,000 sq. ft. interior screen airplane and also the place's worldclass concert-grade stereo. The indoor screen plane will definitely additionally exhibit real-time statistics and also competitor information.Fans inside the Realm will certainly really feel the activity courtesy of haptic seats, which gives power feedback based on the action inside the Octagon. And they possess the option to download the LiveVoice app to pay attention to live commentary from either the English or Spanish broadcast.The event will certainly likewise premiere the movie "For Mexico, For All Time," said to in 6 90-second phases in between battles and displayed inside the Round. The innovative staff behind the movie flaunts 29 Emmy Award wins, one Golden World and also one Grammy.There will be eight brand-new Octagon women, 6 native-born Mexican females and also two second-generation Mexicans.Top storiesplay1:31 How Sean O'Malley intends to achieve Conor McGregor's attraction in the UFCSean O'Malley joins "1st Take" clean off gaining the bantamweight label at UFC 292 as well as speak about potentially meeting the height of Conor McGregor's popularity.After Round: Which UFC activity sites will come next?UFC champion Sean O'Malley reassesses his cheer stardomMMA divisional ranks: Big succeed improvements Brady, yet exactly how high does he jump?UFC 306 initial appeal: Big inquiries, early bets, predictions for O'Malley-DvalishviliMMA genuine or not: Will O'Malley, Grasso both preserve at Noche UFC?