NocheUFC co-man event 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 trilogy fightDaniel Cormier and Chael Sonnen sneak peek the upcoming triumvirate fight between Alexa Grasso as well as Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 306. Brett Okamoto: The UFC has a past history of paying performance bonuses to sportsmens at every occasion. This weekend, it is going to likely dispense one of those bonus offers to a fan.ESPN UFC CEO Dana White said he will definitely pay for $25,000 to any person that recognizes covert Easter eggs in a dashing movie that is going to air during the course of UFC Noche on Saturday at the Sphere in Sin City. The occasion, also known as UFC 306, will be actually the initial real-time featuring undertaking to happen at the Sphere, as well as White has mentioned it will be a one-and-done occasion.The UFC has partnered along with multiple artistic musicians to make a film that will open in between stints, along with 10 various "globes" that will play on-screen during fights.Dana White to honor fan able to recognize Easter eggs at UFC 306Where's the betting advantages at UFC 306? play1:31 Why the Realm could possibly profit O'Malley versus DvalishviliDaniel Cormier and also Brett Okamoto explain just how the ambience at the Sphere could possibly give Sean O'Malley a benefit over Merab Dvalishvili at Noche UFC.Andreas Hale: Sean O'Malley, No. 4 in ESPN's pound-for-pound rankings, gets into the match observing his initial label defense against Marlon Vera at UFC 299. O'Malley hammered Vera by unanimous decision. Merab Dvalishvili, No. 2 in ESPN's bantamweight ranks, is riding a 10-fight winning streak. Dvalishvili has actually not lost a fight considering that April 2018. In the co-main contest, ladies's flyweight champion Alexa Grasso encounter past champion Valentina Shevchenko in a triumvirate fight for Grasso's name. Grasso, No. 2 in ESPN's women's mixed martial arts P4P ranks, hammer Shevchenko by fourth-round submission to claim the name at UFC 285 in March 2023. In the rematch, Grasso retained the title through crack attract September 2023. Andreas Hale spoke to UFC strawweight Angela Hillside to receive her viewpoint on the UFC 306 primary and co-main events. ESPN wagering pros Reed Kuhn as well as Ian Parker incorporate their insights and analysis on the UFC centerpiece as well as other intriguing wagers they as if coming from each promotions on Saturday.Expert choices and also best bets for UFC 306 and also Bellator Champions SeriesO'Malley's super star road continues to be unchangedplay2:32 Merab Dvalishvili reviews after effects from submitting slice to face onlineMerab Dvalishvili says to Andreas Hale exactly how he is recuperation coming from the right now infamous image he submitted of the slice to his face.Brett Okamoto: On Sunday, the 29-year-old O'Malley (18-1) is going to title perhaps the highest-profile activity in the UFC's 30-year past. Depending On to CEO Dana White, Noche UFC inside Sphere in Las Vegas will definitely be actually a "one-and-done" occasion, as a result of the sheer price ($ twenty million, depending on to White) of placing it on. Specific seats for the UFC 306 card headlined by O'Malley's bantamweight headline protection versus Merab Dvalishvili (17-4) have actually been provided for as long as $13,000 during the course of fight full week. It's the sort of activity every fighter-- or even, a lot more correctly, prizefighter-- long for. Also Conor McGregor, who possesses possessed a bit of an unpleasant social back-and-forth along with O'Malley this year, wished to title this Realm event, potentially against his old competitor Nate Diaz. O'Malley marvelled at McGregor till this year, and also also stated he's attempted to imitate component of his career off McGregor's. Essentially, the tribute as well as duty of headlining UFC 306 went to O'Malley. Which is actually specifically what O'Malley desired. He began his camping ground for this specific battle date just before the UFC also used it to him.Sitting in this quite living room where he stands today, O'Malley made use of to dream of popularity as well as amount of money, cash and also popularity. Those aspirations began as very early as middle school, when he used to visualize himself dressing for an NFL team on Sundays. When he met secondary school, he related to terms that he was actually too small to ever before play in the NFL. Possibly non-coincidentally, that's additionally the particular very same time in his life he began to kickbox.UFC champ Sean O'Malley reflects on his cheer stardomTurki, Canelo, Dana and Stone war for No. 1Turki Alalshikh, Canelo Alvarez, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Conor McGregor as well as Dana White are actually five of one of the most important people in combat sports. ESPNMike Coppinger: Many of the best powerful figures in the match activity will merge on Sin city this week for an uncommon offering, one that features punching's best celebrity, Canelo Alvarez, and also the 1st real-time featuring event at the innovative Sphere along with UFC 306. Canelo's combined tremendously middleweight champion defense vs. long-odds longshot Edgar Berlanga as well as Sean O'Malley's UFC bantamweight label match against Merab Dvalishvili are going to match Saturday night, an uncommon struggle of high-profile fight sports events in Las Vegas.And from it, the match video game's power gamers will certainly all be represented in person in between each activities. There is actually Turki Alalshikh, whose rewarding Riyadh Time support aided create it feasible for Dana White and the UFC to hold an activity at the too priced Realm. White claimed the expense of the immersive location has covered $20 million. It's the 1st pay-per-view occasion coming from White that isn't just billed as UFC followed by a numeral.With some of the biggest names going head-to-head on Sunday evening in Las Vegas, that's drawing the cords in the battle game? ESPN talked with 30-plus field electrical power gamers-- boxers, marketers, executives, legal representatives, supervisors as well as media-- to assist determine who presently stores all the influence all over punching, mixed martial arts as well as professional fumbling and also just how they wield it.The 15 very most prominent individuals in boxing, mixed martial arts as well as wrestlingUFC 306 storylines: Is going to any match outperform the site 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 glimpse, the UFC's approach to celebrating Mexican Freedom Day this happening weekend break appears perplexing.UFC 306, which occurs Sunday at the Realm in Sin City, is headlined through a match in between an Irish-American coming from Montana as well as a New Yorker transplanted from the Republic of Georgia. And also to include in the quizzically all-over-the-map motif, the event is actually funded by an arm of the federal government of Saudi Arabia.Branding and also signboard toppers aside, though, there will indeed be a Mexican theme permeating the second yearly Noche UFC (ESPN+ PPV, 10 p.m. ET). Before the centerpiece between guys's bantamweight champion Sean O'Malley and Merab Dvalishvili, all nine of the night's other stints will certainly feature a Mexico-born or even Mexican American fighter. The co-main activity pits ladies's flyweight champion Alexa Grasso-- out of Guadalajara in the Mexican state of Jalisco-- against previous titlist Valentina Shevchenko, to complete a triumvirate that is actually presently full of twists.Beyond the very competitive risks, the overarching ambiance of the night guarantees to creatively and aurally transportation enthusiasts southern of the border. This first sporting event at Sphere, the groundbreaking amusement venue that opened up last year merely off the Sin city Strip, will certainly make the most of the mind-numbing modern technology created into the humongous round design. Throughout the evening, the UFC will make use of the 160,000-square-foot wraparound LED screen and also concert-quality sound system to inform the story of combat sporting activities in Mexico.Championship matches. Impressive development. Big-time concerns. There are going to be actually storylines swirling throughout the spheric marvel of UFC 306. Here are a handful of to focus to.UFC 306 storylines: Exactly how Realm, Suga Sean will definitely shape a historical eventWhat enthusiasts can anticipate at Noche UFCUFC 306 are going to go to the Realm in Sin City on Saturday Sept. 14. Photo by Eliot J. Schechter/NHLI using Getty ImagesAndreas Hale: The UFC has actually maintained a limited lid on the specifics regarding their project right into the Sphere for UFC 306 on Sept. 14. Nevertheless, before the celebration-- which UFC Chief Executive Officer Dana White has actually recommended will certainly be actually the greatest featuring celebration of all time-- the promotion has revealed some essential information about what supporters should assume away from the $2.3 billion place throughout Mexican Independence Day weekend.The UFC are going to make use of Sphere's extensive 160,000 sq. ft. interior screen aircraft and the location's worldclass concert-grade stereo. The internal display aircraft will additionally display real-time stats and boxer information.Fans inside the Sphere will definitely really feel the action thanks to haptic seating, which supplies power comments based on the activity inside the Octagon. And also they have the option to download the LiveVoice app to pay attention to reside comments from either the English or Spanish broadcast.The occasion will definitely likewise premiere the film "For Mexico, For All Time," told in six 90-second chapters in between fights and displayed inside the Sphere. The imaginative group behind the movie flaunts 29 Emmy Award wins, one Golden World and one Grammy.There will be actually 8 brand-new Octagon girls, 6 native-born Mexican females as well as two second-generation Mexicans.Top storiesplay1:31 Exactly how Sean O'Malley considers to achieve Conor McGregor's recognition in the UFCSean O'Malley participates in "Initial Take" new off succeeding the bantamweight label at UFC 292 and also talks about possibly reaching the elevation of Conor McGregor's popularity.After Sphere: Which UFC occasion locations will come next?UFC champion Sean O'Malley reassesses his rise to stardomMMA local positions: Big succeed increases Brady, yet exactly how higher does he jump?UFC 306 first appearance: Big concerns, early wagers, forecasts for O'Malley-DvalishviliMMA real or not: Will O'Malley, Grasso both retain at Noche UFC?