NocheUFC co-man celebration is actually main. 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 also Chael break Grasso-Shevchenko triumvirate fightDaniel Cormier and also Chael Sonnen examine the upcoming trilogy battle between Alexa Grasso as well as Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 306. Brett Okamoto: The UFC possesses a history of compensating performance benefits to athletes at every occasion. This weekend, it will potentially dole out one of those bonuses to a fan.ESPN UFC chief executive officer Dana White claimed he will spend $25,000 to anyone that pinpoints concealed Easter eggs in a jogging film that will open in the course of UFC Noche on Saturday at the Realm in Sin City. The activity, additionally called UFC 306, will be actually the 1st real-time featuring event to occur at the Sphere, and White has said it will be a one-and-done occasion.The UFC has partnered with various imaginative musicians to produce a motion picture that will open in between spells, along with 10 various "planets" that will participate in on-screen throughout fights.Dana White to honor supporter able to identify Easter eggs at UFC 306Where's the wagering perks at UFC 306? play1:31 Why the Realm could possibly benefit O'Malley against DvalishviliDaniel Cormier and also Brett Okamoto review how the setting at the Realm might 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 rankings, gets into the battle observing his 1st label protection against Marlon Vera at UFC 299. O'Malley hammered Vera through unanimous decision. Merab Dvalishvili, No. 2 in ESPN's bantamweight ranks, is actually using a 10-fight winning touch. Dvalishvili has not shed a battle due to the fact that April 2018. In the co-main tournament, girls's flyweight champ Alexa Grasso encounter former champion Valentina Shevchenko in a trilogy bout for Grasso's title. Grasso, No. 2 in ESPN's women's mixed martial arts P4P rankings, beat Shevchenko by fourth-round entry to profess the name at UFC 285 in March 2023. In the rematch, Grasso maintained the title through crack pull in September 2023. Andreas Hale contacted UFC strawweight Angela Hillside to obtain her standpoint on the UFC 306 principal as well as co-main celebrations. ESPN betting pros Splint Kuhn and also Ian Parker add their ideas as well as evaluation on the UFC centerpiece and other intriguing wagers they just like from each advertisings on Saturday.Expert choices and best bets for UFC 306 and Bellator Champions SeriesO'Malley's superstar road continues to be unchangedplay2:32 Merab Dvalishvili discusses results from uploading cut to experience onlineMerab Dvalishvili tells Andreas Hale how he is actually healing coming from the now well known picture he uploaded of the slice to his face.Brett Okamoto: On Saturday, the 29-year-old O'Malley (18-1) will title perhaps the highest-profile celebration in the UFC's 30-year past. Depending On to Chief Executive Officer Dana White, Noche UFC inside Sphere in Las Vegas will certainly be a "one-and-done" occasion, as a result of the large cost ($ twenty thousand, according to White) of placing it on. Personal chairs for the UFC 306 memory card headlined through O'Malley's bantamweight label protection against Merab Dvalishvili (17-4) have been actually specified for as high as $13,000 throughout battle week. It's the sort of celebration every fighter-- or even, even more effectively, pugilist-- dreams of. Even Conor McGregor, who possesses had a bit of a nasty social back-and-forth along with O'Malley this year, wanted to heading this Realm occasion, possibly versus his old opponent Nate Diaz. O'Malley admired McGregor up until this year, and also said he's made an effort to imitate portion of his career off McGregor's. Eventually, the tribute as well as task of headlining UFC 306 mosted likely to O'Malley. Which is actually exactly what O'Malley desired. He started his camp for this certain match time just before the UFC also delivered it to him.Sitting within this quite living-room where he stands up today, O'Malley utilized to hope for popularity and also money, money as well as prominence. Those aspirations started as early as middle school, when he used to envision himself dressing for an NFL team on Sundays. When he met senior high school, he involved terms that he was too tiny to ever before play in the NFL. Perhaps non-coincidentally, that's also the precise very same attend his lifestyle he started to kickbox.UFC champion Sean O'Malley reflects on his rise to stardomTurki, Canelo, Dana and Rock fight for No. 1Turki Alalshikh, Canelo Alvarez, Dwayne "The Stone" Johnson, Conor McGregor and also Dana White are five of the absolute most significant individuals in combat sporting activities. ESPNMike Coppinger: Many of one of the most highly effective figures in the match activity will assemble on Las Vegas today for an uncommon offering, one that includes punching's top star, Canelo Alvarez, as well as the initial live showing off celebration at the innovative Realm along with UFC 306. Canelo's merged very middleweight champion protection vs. long-odds longshot Edgar Berlanga and also Sean O'Malley's UFC bantamweight title match versus Merab Dvalishvili will certainly synchronize Sunday night, an unusual conflict of top-level battle sporting activities activities in Las Vegas.And from it, the battle game's power players will definitely all be actually stood for personally between each events. There is actually Turki Alalshikh, whose lucrative Riyadh Season sponsor assisted create it possible for Dana White and the UFC to keep a celebration at the exorbitantly valued Sphere. White mentioned the price of the immersive venue has topped $20 thousand. It is actually the very first pay-per-view activity from White that isn't simply announced as UFC followed by a numeral.With a number of the biggest labels going head-to-head on Saturday evening in Sin city, who is actually pulling the strings in the fight activity? ESPN spoke to 30-plus market electrical power gamers-- boxers, promoters, managers, lawyers, managers and media-- to aid determine that currently holds all the influence across punching, mixed martial arts as well as professional wrestling and just how they wield it.The 15 very most significant folks in punching, MMA and also wrestlingUFC 306 stories: Will definitely any fight outshine 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 look, the UFC's method to celebrating Mexican Independence Day this coming weekend seems perplexing.UFC 306, which takes place Saturday at the Sphere in Sin City, is headlined through a match in between an Irish-American from Montana as well as a New Yorker transplanted coming from the State of Georgia. And to add to the quizzically all-over-the-map concept, the event is actually funded through a branch of the government of Saudi Arabia.Branding and tent toppers aside, though, there will certainly undoubtedly be actually a Mexican style going through the second yearly Noche UFC (ESPN+ PPV, 10 p.m. ET). Prior to the main event between males's bantamweight champ Sean O'Malley as well as Merab Dvalishvili, all 9 of the evening's various other spells are going to feature a Mexico-born or Mexican American boxer. The co-main event pits girls's flyweight champion Alexa Grasso-- away from Guadalajara in the Mexican state of Jalisco-- against past titlist Valentina Shevchenko, to accomplish a trilogy that's currently packed with twists.Beyond the competitive concerns, the overarching atmosphere of the evening promises to visually and aurally transport supporters south of the perimeter. This initial featuring activity at Sphere, the cutting-edge enjoyment location that opened up in 2014 only off the Las Vegas Strip, will definitely take full advantage of the mind-numbing modern technology developed into the whopping round construct. Throughout the night, the UFC is going to utilize the 160,000-square-foot wraparound LED screen and concert-quality sound system to inform the tale of combat sporting activities in Mexico.Championship matches. Panoramic creation. Big-time concerns. There will definitely be actually storylines surging throughout the spherical surprise of UFC 306. Listed below are actually a couple of to focus to.UFC 306 stories: Just how Sphere, Suga Sean will definitely form a historic eventWhat fans can anticipate at Noche UFCUFC 306 will go to the Realm in Sin City on Saturday Sept. 14. Image through Eliot J. Schechter/NHLI through Getty ImagesAndreas Hale: The UFC has actually kept a strict top on the specifics concerning their project right into the Sphere for UFC 306 on Sept. 14. Having said that, ahead of the celebration-- which UFC CEO Dana White has recommended will definitely be the best sporting occasion of all time-- the promotion has uncovered some crucial details about what followers must assume away from the $2.3 billion location in the course of Mexican Independence Time weekend.The UFC will definitely use Realm's enormous 160,000 sq. ft. internal show airplane as well as the venue's worldclass concert-grade stereo. The internal display screen plane will definitely additionally display real-time statistics and also boxer information.Fans inside the Sphere will really feel the action courtesy of haptic seating, which provides force responses based on the action inside the Octagon. As well as they possess the possibility to install the LiveVoice app to listen closely to live comments from either the English or Spanish broadcast.The occasion will certainly likewise premiere the movie "For Mexico, For All Time," told in 6 90-second phases between fights as well as displayed inside the Ball. The imaginative staff responsible for the movie boasts 29 Emmy Honor gains, one Golden World and also one Grammy.There will be 8 brand new Octagon females, 6 native-born Mexican women and pair of second-generation Mexicans.Top storiesplay1:31 Just how Sean O'Malley intends to achieve Conor McGregor's appeal in the UFCSean O'Malley signs up with "Very first Take" clean off winning the bantamweight headline at UFC 292 and also refer to potentially meeting the elevation of Conor McGregor's popularity.After Sphere: Which UFC event locations will happen next?UFC champion Sean O'Malley reflects on his cheer stardomMMA local rankings: Big gain increases Brady, however how higher performs he jump?UFC 306 very first appearance: Big concerns, early bets, prophecies for O'Malley-DvalishviliMMA true or otherwise: Will O'Malley, Grasso both preserve at Noche UFC?