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 and Chael break Grasso-Shevchenko trilogy fightDaniel Cormier and Chael Sonnen examine the upcoming trilogy fight in between Alexa Grasso and Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 306. Brett Okamoto: The UFC possesses a background of compensating functionality incentives to sportsmens at every celebration. This weekend break, it is going to potentially dole out some of those incentives to a fan.ESPN UFC CEO Dana White stated he is going to pay out $25,000 to any individual who identifies covert Easter eggs in a running flick that will certainly open during UFC Noche on Sunday at the Realm in Sin City. The celebration, likewise called UFC 306, will be the very first live sporting event to take place at the Realm, as well as White has mentioned it will be a one-and-done occasion.The UFC has partnered along with various artistic artists to generate a movie that will air in between rounds, together with 10 different "worlds" that will play on-screen during fights.Dana White to honor follower capable to pinpoint Easter eggs at UFC 306Where's the wagering perks at UFC 306? play1:31 Why the Realm could profit O'Malley against DvalishviliDaniel Cormier as well as Brett Okamoto cover how the setting at the Sphere can give Sean O'Malley an advantage over Merab Dvalishvili at Noche UFC.Andreas Hale: Sean O'Malley, No. 4 in ESPN's pound-for-pound positions, goes into the battle following his 1st headline self defense against Marlon Vera at UFC 299. O'Malley beat Vera through consensual choice. Merab Dvalishvili, No. 2 in ESPN's bantamweight positions, is actually using a 10-fight winning touch. Dvalishvili has not lost a battle given that April 2018. In the co-main tournament, females's flyweight champion Alexa Grasso clashes with former champion Valentina Shevchenko in a triumvirate struggle for Grasso's title. Grasso, No. 2 in ESPN's girls's mixed martial arts P4P ranks, beat Shevchenko by fourth-round submitting to assert the title at UFC 285 in March 2023. In the rematch, Grasso kept the title by means of split draw in September 2023. Andreas Hale talked with UFC strawweight Angela Hill to obtain her viewpoint on the UFC 306 major and also co-main celebrations. ESPN betting pros Splint Kuhn and also Ian Parker add their knowledge as well as study on the UFC centerpiece and other intriguing bets they as if from each promos on Saturday.Expert picks and best choices for UFC 306 and Bellator Champions SeriesO'Malley's super star road continues to be unchangedplay2:32 Merab Dvalishvili goes over fallout coming from uploading cut to encounter onlineMerab Dvalishvili informs Andreas Hale exactly how he is actually recovery coming from the right now notorious image he uploaded of the cut to his face.Brett Okamoto: On Sunday, the 29-year-old O'Malley (18-1) will headline probably the highest-profile activity in the UFC's 30-year background. Depending On to CEO Dana White, Noche UFC inside Sphere in Las Vegas will definitely be actually a "one-and-done" event, because of the sheer expense ($ 20 thousand, according to White) of placing it on. Specific seats for the UFC 306 memory card headlined through O'Malley's bantamweight headline protection against Merab Dvalishvili (17-4) have been actually noted for as high as $13,000 in the course of fight full week. It is actually the sort of event every competitor-- or even, extra accurately, pugilist-- imagine. Also Conor McGregor, that has had a little a nasty social back-and-forth along with O'Malley this year, would like to heading this Realm activity, potentially against his outdated opponent Nate Diaz. O'Malley admired McGregor till this year, and also claimed he's made an effort to imitate parts of his profession off McGregor's. Ultimately, the honor and duty of headlining UFC 306 went to O'Malley. Which is specifically what O'Malley yearned for. He began his camping ground for this particular match time before the UFC even used it to him.Sitting in this particular quite living room where he stands up today, O'Malley utilized to imagine prominence and funds, amount of money and also fame. Those desires began as very early as secondary school, when he made use of to imagine themself suiting up for an NFL team on Sundays. When he met high school, he concerned phrases that he was actually as well tiny to ever before play in the NFL. Probably non-coincidentally, that is actually additionally the specific very same time in his lifestyle he began to kickbox.UFC champion Sean O'Malley reviews his cheer stardomTurki, Canelo, Dana and Stone war for No. 1Turki Alalshikh, Canelo Alvarez, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Conor McGregor and Dana White are five of one of the most significant people in fight sports. ESPNMike Coppinger: Many of the best powerful have a place in the fight video game are going to converge on Sin city recently for an unusual offering, one that includes boxing's best celebrity, Canelo Alvarez, and the 1st live showing off occasion at the innovative Realm along with UFC 306. Canelo's combined super middleweight champion self defense vs. long-odds underdog Edgar Berlanga as well as Sean O'Malley's UFC bantamweight label match against Merab Dvalishvili will definitely coincide Saturday night, an uncommon conflict of high-profile fight sporting activities occasions in Las Vegas.And from it, the match activity's electrical power gamers will all be exemplified in person between both events. There is actually Turki Alalshikh, whose profitable Riyadh Time support helped make it feasible for Dana White as well as the UFC to keep an activity at the too valued Realm. White said the cost of the immersive place has topped $twenty million. It's the initial pay-per-view occasion coming from White that isn't simply billed as UFC observed through a numeral.With a few of the greatest names going head-to-head on Saturday evening in Las Vegas, that is actually drawing the cords in the match video game? ESPN spoke to 30-plus field electrical power players-- fighters, marketers, managers, lawyers, supervisors as well as media-- to aid establish who presently keeps all the influence around punching, MMA and also pro fumbling and exactly how they possess it.The 15 very most influential people in boxing, MMA and also wrestlingUFC 306 storylines: Will certainly any match outperform the place itself?Merab Dvalishvili trades punches with Sean O'Malley in the bantamweight championship fight at UFC 306. Chris Unger/Zuffa LLCJeff Wagenheim: Initially look, the UFC's method to celebrating Mexican Self-reliance Time this coming weekend appears perplexing.UFC 306, which happens Saturday at the Sphere in Sin City, is actually headlined by a battle between an Irish-American coming from Montana and also a New Yorker transplanted from the State of Georgia. And to contribute to the quizzically all-over-the-map motif, the event is actually funded by an arm of the government of Saudi Arabia.Branding as well as tent mattress toppers apart, however, there will certainly without a doubt be a Mexican concept penetrating the 2nd annual Noche UFC (ESPN+ PPV, 10 p.m. ET). Just before the main event in between guys's bantamweight champ Sean O'Malley and Merab Dvalishvili, all 9 of the evening's various other stints will definitely include a Mexico-born or Mexican American competitor. The co-main celebration pits girls's flyweight champ Alexa Grasso-- away from Guadalajara in the Mexican condition of Jalisco-- against previous titlist Valentina Shevchenko, to finish a trilogy that is actually already loaded with twists.Beyond the reasonable concerns, the overarching ambiance of the evening assures to visually as well as aurally transport fans south of the boundary. This initial sporting event at Ball, the groundbreaking home entertainment site that opened up in 2013 just off the Las Vegas Bit, will maximize the mind-numbing innovation developed in to the humongous round framework. Throughout the night, the UFC will definitely utilize the 160,000-square-foot wraparound LED screen as well as concert-quality stereo to say to the story of fight sporting activities in Mexico.Championship fights. Impressive production. Leading stakes. There will certainly be storylines swirling around the spherical miracle of UFC 306. Here are a few to listen to.UFC 306 stories: Exactly how Sphere, Suga Sean will mold a historical eventWhat followers can assume at Noche UFCUFC 306 will certainly go to the Sphere in Las Vegas on Saturday Sept. 14. Photograph by Eliot J. Schechter/NHLI using Getty ImagesAndreas Hale: The UFC has kept a strict top on the specifics regarding their venture in to the Sphere for UFC 306 on Sept. 14. Nevertheless, in advance of the event-- which UFC Chief Executive Officer Dana White has suggested will be actually the greatest featuring celebration of all time-- the promotion has exposed some vital particulars regarding what followers must anticipate away from the $2.3 billion place in the course of Mexican Self-reliance Time weekend.The UFC will certainly take advantage of Sphere's extensive 160,000 sq. ft. indoor display airplane as well as the venue's worldclass concert-grade audio system. The internal show plane will also feature real-time statistics and boxer information.Fans inside the Realm will certainly really feel the action thanks to haptic seats, which offers power reviews based upon the activity inside the Octagon. And they have the option to download the LiveVoice app to listen closely to live commentary from either the English or even Spanish broadcast.The activity will definitely also premiere the movie "For Mexico, For Perpetuity," informed in six 90-second sections between matches as well as displayed inside the Ball. The imaginative team responsible for the movie boasts 29 Emmy Award succeeds, one Golden Globe and one Grammy.There will be eight new Octagon ladies, 6 native-born Mexican females as well as pair of second-generation Mexicans.Top storiesplay1:31 How Sean O'Malley intends to achieve Conor McGregor's attraction in the UFCSean O'Malley signs up with "Very first Take" fresh off gaining the bantamweight label at UFC 292 and also refer to possibly achieving the elevation of Conor McGregor's popularity.After Ball: Which UFC activity places will come next?UFC champ Sean O'Malley assesses his cheer stardomMMA local ranks: Big win boosts Brady, but just how high does he jump?UFC 306 1st appeal: Big questions, early wagers, predictions for O'Malley-DvalishviliMMA true or not: Will O'Malley, Grasso both keep at Noche UFC?