NocheUFC co-man celebration is 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 also Chael break Grasso-Shevchenko triumvirate fightDaniel Cormier and also Chael Sonnen preview the upcoming trilogy battle between Alexa Grasso and Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 306. Brett Okamoto: The UFC has a past history of compensating efficiency rewards to professional athletes at every occasion. This weekend, it is going to possibly share out among those incentives to a fan.ESPN UFC chief executive officer Dana White mentioned he will pay out $25,000 to any person who recognizes surprise Easter eggs in a rushing movie that is going to air during UFC Noche on Sunday at the Realm in Sin City. The occasion, likewise referred to as UFC 306, will be the 1st real-time featuring affair to happen at the Sphere, and White possesses stated it will be a one-and-done occasion.The UFC possesses partnered with various imaginative musicians to generate a film that will open in between spells, together with 10 various "worlds" that will play on-screen during the course of fights.Dana White to honor enthusiast able to identify Easter eggs at UFC 306Where's the betting conveniences at UFC 306? play1:31 Why the Realm could help O'Malley versus DvalishviliDaniel Cormier as well as Brett Okamoto explain just how the atmosphere at the Sphere can offer 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 fight following his first title defense against Marlon Vera at UFC 299. O'Malley hammered Vera by consensual selection. Merab Dvalishvili, No. 2 in ESPN's bantamweight ranks, is actually riding a 10-fight winning streak. Dvalishvili has actually not shed a fight given that April 2018. In the co-main contest, ladies's flyweight champ Alexa Grasso encounter past champ Valentina Shevchenko in a trilogy fight for Grasso's title. Grasso, No. 2 in ESPN's females's MMA P4P positions, hammer Shevchenko by fourth-round submitting to claim the title at UFC 285 in March 2023. In the rematch, Grasso kept the label by means of split draw in September 2023. Andreas Hale talked to UFC strawweight Angela Hill to receive her viewpoint on the UFC 306 primary as well as co-main occasions. ESPN betting specialists Splint Kuhn and Ian Parker add their understandings as well as analysis on the UFC main event and various other interesting wagers they such as from both promotions on Saturday.Expert selections and also best options for UFC 306 and also Bellator Champions SeriesO'Malley's super star road continues to be unchangedplay2:32 Merab Dvalishvili talks about fallout from submitting slice to encounter onlineMerab Dvalishvili says to Andreas Hale how he is actually recuperation coming from the right now infamous picture he submitted of the slice to his face.Brett Okamoto: On Sunday, the 29-year-old O'Malley (18-1) will definitely title perhaps the highest-profile occasion in the UFC's 30-year past. According to CEO Dana White, Noche UFC inside Realm in Las Vegas will definitely be a "one-and-done" occasion, as a result of the sheer expense ($ twenty thousand, depending on to White) of placing it on. Specific chairs for the UFC 306 card headlined by O'Malley's bantamweight title protection against Merab Dvalishvili (17-4) have been noted for as high as $13,000 in the course of battle full week. It's the sort of occasion every fighter-- or even, more correctly, pugilist-- hope for. Also Conor McGregor, that has possessed a little a nasty public back-and-forth along with O'Malley this year, wanted to headline this Sphere celebration, likely against his old competitor Nate Diaz. O'Malley marvelled at McGregor until this year, as well as also said he's attempted to simulate parts of his career off McGregor's. Eventually, the tribute and task of headlining UFC 306 went to O'Malley. Which is actually precisely what O'Malley wished. He started his camp for this certain battle day before the UFC also used it to him.Sitting within this very living-room where he stands up today, O'Malley used to desire for fame as well as loan, amount of money and also prominence. Those desires began as very early as middle school, when he used to visualize themself suiting up for an NFL team on Sundays. When he reached senior high school, he came to terms that he was as well little to ever before play in the NFL. Probably non-coincidentally, that is actually also the specific same attend his life he began to kickbox.UFC champion Sean O'Malley assesses his cheer stardomTurki, Canelo, Dana as well as Stone fight for No. 1Turki Alalshikh, Canelo Alvarez, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Conor McGregor as well as Dana White are 5 of the absolute most influential people in combat sporting activities. ESPNMike Coppinger: A Lot Of the absolute most powerful have a place in the fight activity will certainly come together on Las Vegas today for an unusual offering, one that includes boxing's leading superstar, Canelo Alvarez, and also the very first online sporting event at the cutting edge Realm with UFC 306. Canelo's unified incredibly middleweight championship defense vs. long-odds underdog Edgar Berlanga and also Sean O'Malley's UFC bantamweight label match versus Merab Dvalishvili will definitely match Sunday night, an unique clash of top-level battle sports events in Las Vegas.And from it, the match activity's power gamers are going to all be exemplified face to face between both activities. There's Turki Alalshikh, whose rewarding Riyadh Time sponsor helped create it feasible for Dana White and also the UFC to store an activity at the exorbitantly priced Sphere. White stated the expense of the immersive site has actually covered $twenty million. It's the very first pay-per-view occasion from White that isn't merely announced as UFC followed by a numeral.With a number of the largest labels going head-to-head on Saturday evening in Sin city, who's drawing the cords in the match video game? ESPN contacted 30-plus market power players-- fighters, promoters, executives, lawyers, managers and media-- to aid calculate that presently holds all the effect all over boxing, MMA and professional wrestling and also exactly how they possess it.The 15 very most prominent people in punching, MMA and wrestlingUFC 306 storylines: Will definitely any kind of match surpass the site itself?Merab Dvalishvili trades hits with Sean O'Malley in the bantamweight championship battle at UFC 306. Chris Unger/Zuffa LLCJeff Wagenheim: In the beginning glimpse, the UFC's method to commemorating Mexican Self-reliance Day this happening weekend seems to be perplexing.UFC 306, which takes place Saturday at the Sphere in Sin City, is actually headlined by a fight between an Irish-American from Montana and a New Yorker hair transplanted coming from the State of Georgia. And also to contribute to the quizzically all-over-the-map motif, the celebration is actually funded through a branch of the federal government of Saudi Arabia.Branding and also tent toppers aside, though, there are going to certainly be a Mexican theme penetrating the 2nd yearly Noche UFC (ESPN+ PPV, 10 p.m. ET). Just before the centerpiece in between males's bantamweight champion Sean O'Malley and Merab Dvalishvili, all nine of the evening's other rounds will certainly include a Mexico-born or even Mexican American competitor. The co-main activity pits ladies's flyweight champion Alexa Grasso-- out of Guadalajara in the Mexican condition of Jalisco-- versus former titlist Valentina Shevchenko, to complete a trilogy that's currently packed with twists.Beyond the competitive concerns, the overarching setting of the evening promises to aesthetically and also aurally transport supporters southern of the perimeter. This 1st featuring occasion at Ball, the groundbreaking amusement site that opened in 2015 only off the Las Vegas Strip, will definitely make the most of the mind-numbing technology constructed in to the humongous sphere framework. Throughout the night, the UFC is going to use the 160,000-square-foot wrap-around LED display screen as well as concert-quality stereo to tell the tale of fight sporting activities in Mexico.Championship matches. Impressive production. Big-time concerns. There will be actually storylines swirling around the ball-shaped surprise of UFC 306. Listed here are actually a couple of to listen to.UFC 306 stories: Just how Realm, Suga Sean will definitely form a famous eventWhat fans can assume at Noche UFCUFC 306 will definitely be at the Realm in Las Vegas on Sunday Sept. 14. Image through Eliot J. Schechter/NHLI through Getty ImagesAndreas Hale: The UFC has actually always kept a limited lid on the specifics regarding their project into the Realm for UFC 306 on Sept. 14. Having said that, in advance of the event-- which UFC CEO Dana White has actually suggested are going to be the greatest showing off event of perpetuity-- the advertising has uncovered some key information concerning what enthusiasts must assume away from the $2.3 billion venue during Mexican Self-reliance Time weekend.The UFC will definitely use Realm's substantial 160,000 sq. ft. indoor display screen airplane as well as the location's worldclass concert-grade stereo. The indoor display screen aircraft will also showcase real-time statistics and also fighter information.Fans inside the Realm will feel the action courtesy of haptic seating, which gives power feedback based upon the activity inside the Octagon. As well as they possess the choice to install the LiveVoice app to listen to live commentary coming from either the English or Spanish broadcast.The occasion will likewise premiere the movie "For Mexico, For All Time," informed in six 90-second phases between battles and also displayed inside the Round. The imaginative staff behind the film boasts 29 Emmy Award gains, one Golden Planet and also one Grammy.There will be actually eight brand new Octagon ladies, six native-born Mexican females as well as 2 second-generation Mexicans.Top storiesplay1:31 Just how Sean O'Malley plans to achieve Conor McGregor's recognition in the UFCSean O'Malley joins "1st Take" clean off winning the bantamweight headline at UFC 292 and speak about likely meeting the elevation of Conor McGregor's popularity.After Round: Which UFC event areas will come next?UFC champ Sean O'Malley reassesses his cheer stardomMMA local ranks: Big win increases Brady, but how high performs he jump?UFC 306 initial look: Big inquiries, very early bets, forecasts for O'Malley-DvalishviliMMA genuine or not: Will O'Malley, Grasso both retain at Noche UFC?