NocheUFC co-man event is official. 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 Chael Sonnen examine the upcoming trilogy match in between Alexa Grasso as well as Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 306. Brett Okamoto: The UFC has a past history of compensating performance benefits to professional athletes at every activity. This weekend break, it will likely dole out among those bonus offers to a fan.ESPN UFC CEO Dana White mentioned he will pay out $25,000 to any individual who recognizes concealed Easter eggs in a jogging film that will air in the course of UFC Noche on Sunday at the Sphere in Las Vegas. The activity, additionally known as UFC 306, will be actually the very first real-time featuring undertaking to take place at the Sphere, as well as White possesses mentioned it will be actually a one-and-done occasion.The UFC possesses partnered along with various imaginative artists to produce a motion picture that will air between spells, along with 10 various "worlds" that will participate in on-screen during fights.Dana White to honor supporter able to identify Easter eggs at UFC 306Where's the betting advantages at UFC 306? play1:31 Why the Realm can gain O'Malley versus DvalishviliDaniel Cormier and Brett Okamoto cover how the atmosphere at the Sphere can 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 fight following his initial headline self defense against Marlon Vera at UFC 299. O'Malley beat Vera by consentaneous decision. Merab Dvalishvili, No. 2 in ESPN's bantamweight positions, is riding a 10-fight winning streak. Dvalishvili has not dropped a battle because April 2018. In the co-main tournament, women's flyweight champ Alexa Grasso encounter previous champ Valentina Shevchenko in a triumvirate fight for Grasso's name. Grasso, No. 2 in ESPN's girls's MMA P4P rankings, hammer Shevchenko through fourth-round submitting to profess the name at UFC 285 in March 2023. In the rematch, Grasso maintained the headline using crack pull in September 2023. Andreas Hale contacted UFC strawweight Angela Mountain to get her perspective on the UFC 306 major and co-main activities. ESPN betting professionals Reed Kuhn as well as Ian Parker incorporate their ideas and also analysis on the UFC centerpiece and other appealing wagers they like from each promos on Saturday.Expert choices as well as best options for UFC 306 and Bellator Champions SeriesO'Malley's superstar road continues to be unchangedplay2:32 Merab Dvalishvili talks about fallout coming from submitting slice to encounter onlineMerab Dvalishvili says to Andreas Hale just how he is actually healing from the now well known photo he uploaded of the slice to his face.Brett Okamoto: On Saturday, the 29-year-old O'Malley (18-1) will certainly title possibly the highest-profile event in the UFC's 30-year history. Depending On to CEO Dana White, Noche UFC inside Sphere in Sin city will be actually a "one-and-done" celebration, due to the sheer cost ($ twenty million, according to White) of putting it on. Specific chairs for the UFC 306 card headlined by O'Malley's bantamweight label defense versus Merab Dvalishvili (17-4) have been actually specified for as high as $13,000 during the course of battle week. It is actually the sort of event every fighter-- or even, more precisely, pugilist-- desire for. Also Conor McGregor, who has possessed a bit of a vicious social back-and-forth with O'Malley this year, wanted to headline this Sphere celebration, likely versus his aged rival Nate Diaz. O'Malley appreciated McGregor till this year, and even said he is actually made an effort to resemble component of his career off McGregor's. Ultimately, the tribute and duty of headlining UFC 306 visited O'Malley. Which is actually precisely what O'Malley preferred. He started his camping ground for this specific fight day before the UFC also provided it to him.Sitting within this really living room where he stands today, O'Malley made use of to desire for popularity as well as funds, loan and also popularity. Those dreams started as very early as middle school, when he made use of to visualize himself wearing for an NFL crew on Sundays. When he reached high school, he came to terms that he was actually as well little to ever play in the NFL. Perhaps non-coincidentally, that's also the exact very same attend his life he started to kickbox.UFC champion Sean O'Malley reassesses his rise to stardomTurki, Canelo, Dana and also Rock war for No. 1Turki Alalshikh, Canelo Alvarez, Dwayne "The Stone" Johnson, Conor McGregor and also Dana White are actually five of the best prominent people in fight sports. ESPNMike Coppinger: A Lot Of the best powerful have a place in the fight activity are going to come together on Las Vegas today for an uncommon offering, one that features boxing's leading star, Canelo Alvarez, and the initial online showing off activity at the advanced Realm along with UFC 306. Canelo's combined incredibly middleweight championship defense vs. long-odds longshot Edgar Berlanga and also Sean O'Malley's UFC bantamweight headline match against Merab Dvalishvili are going to correspond Sunday evening, an unusual struggle of prominent battle sporting activities activities in Las Vegas.And along with it, the fight game's electrical power players will all be embodied in person between both events. There is actually Turki Alalshikh, whose profitable Riyadh Season support helped create it feasible for Dana White as well as the UFC to store a celebration at the exorbitantly valued Sphere. White claimed the expense of the immersive site has actually covered $twenty thousand. It's the very first pay-per-view celebration from White that isn't merely touted as UFC observed through a numeral.With some of the greatest names going head-to-head on Saturday night in Sin city, who's taking the strings in the battle video game? ESPN talked with 30-plus industry energy gamers-- competitors, promoters, executives, lawyers, managers as well as media-- to aid determine who currently holds all the influence across punching, MMA as well as expert wrestling and just how they possess it.The 15 very most influential individuals in punching, MMA and also wrestlingUFC 306 storylines: Is going to any sort of match outshine the place itself?Merab Dvalishvili trades punches along with Sean O'Malley in the bantamweight champion match at UFC 306. Chris Unger/Zuffa LLCJeff Wagenheim: At first glance, the UFC's technique to commemorating Mexican Self-reliance Time this happening weekend break seems perplexing.UFC 306, which occurs Sunday at the Sphere in Sin City, is actually headlined by a match in between an Irish-American coming from Montana and a New Yorker hair transplanted coming from the Republic of Georgia. As well as to contribute to the quizzically all-over-the-map theme, the event is funded by an arm of the authorities of Saudi Arabia.Branding and also tent mattress toppers aside, however, there will certainly indeed be actually a Mexican concept permeating the second annual Noche UFC (ESPN+ PPV, 10 p.m. ET). Prior to the centerpiece between males's bantamweight champion Sean O'Malley as well as Merab Dvalishvili, all 9 of the night's other bouts will definitely include a Mexico-born or even Mexican American boxer. The co-main celebration pits women's flyweight champion Alexa Grasso-- away from Guadalajara in the Mexican condition of Jalisco-- versus previous titlist Valentina Shevchenko, to accomplish a triumvirate that's already packed with twists.Beyond the affordable stakes, the overarching atmosphere of the night promises to visually as well as aurally transport followers southern of the border. This 1st featuring celebration at Sphere, the innovative home entertainment site that opened in 2013 simply off the Las Vegas Bit, will definitely make the most of the mind-numbing technology developed right into the whopping sphere construct. Throughout the night, the UFC will definitely utilize the 160,000-square-foot wraparound LED display and concert-quality stereo to tell the tale of combat sporting activities in Mexico.Championship fights. Breathtaking creation. Big-time concerns. There will certainly be actually stories swirling all over the spheric miracle of UFC 306. Here are actually a handful of to listen to.UFC 306 storylines: Just how Sphere, Suga Sean will definitely shape a historical eventWhat supporters can easily assume at Noche UFCUFC 306 will be at the Realm in Las Vegas on Saturday Sept. 14. Image by Eliot J. Schechter/NHLI by means of Getty ImagesAndreas Hale: The UFC has maintained a limited cover on the specifics regarding their venture right into the Sphere for UFC 306 on Sept. 14. Nevertheless, ahead of the event-- which UFC CEO Dana White has actually suggested will be the greatest sporting event of all time-- the promotion has disclosed some key particulars concerning what followers should assume away from the $2.3 billion location in the course of Mexican Independence Day weekend.The UFC will definitely utilize Sphere's extensive 160,000 sq. ft. internal screen airplane and the place's worldclass concert-grade stereo. The interior display plane are going to additionally display real-time statistics and fighter information.Fans inside the Realm will really feel the activity courtesy of haptic seats, which provides pressure comments based on the activity inside the Octagon. As well as they have the alternative to download the LiveVoice app to listen closely to reside comments from either the English or Spanish broadcast.The occasion are going to additionally premiere the film "For Mexico, For Perpetuity," informed in six 90-second chapters in between fights as well as displayed inside the Round. The creative staff responsible for the film flaunts 29 Emmy Award gains, one Golden Planet and also one Grammy.There will be actually 8 new Octagon females, six native-born Mexican females as well as pair of second-generation Mexicans.Top storiesplay1:31 Exactly how Sean O'Malley prepares to achieve Conor McGregor's level of popularity in the UFCSean O'Malley joins "1st Take" clean off winning the bantamweight title at UFC 292 and also discuss likely reaching the elevation of Conor McGregor's popularity.After Round: Which UFC event locations will come next?UFC champion Sean O'Malley reflects on his rise to stardomMMA local positions: Big gain boosts Brady, however just how higher does he jump?UFC 306 1st look: Big concerns, very early bets, forecasts for O'Malley-DvalishviliMMA true or not: Will O'Malley, Grasso both retain at Noche UFC?