NocheUFC co-man celebration 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 break down Grasso-Shevchenko triumvirate fightDaniel Cormier and Chael Sonnen preview the upcoming triumvirate match in between Alexa Grasso and also Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 306. Brett Okamoto: The UFC possesses a record of paying functionality perks to professional athletes at every occasion. This weekend, it will potentially share out among those bonus offers to a fan.ESPN UFC chief executive officer Dana White stated he will certainly spend $25,000 to anybody that pinpoints concealed Easter eggs in a rushing film that will open during the course of UFC Noche on Saturday at the Sphere in Las Vegas. The occasion, additionally called UFC 306, will be the initial online showing off event to take place at the Sphere, and also White possesses mentioned it will be a one-and-done occasion.The UFC possesses partnered along with numerous imaginative performers to produce a film that will air between rounds, alongside 10 various "globes" that will participate in on-screen during fights.Dana White to honor fan able to pinpoint Easter eggs at UFC 306Where's the betting perks at UFC 306? play1:31 Why the Realm could help O'Malley versus DvalishviliDaniel Cormier and also Brett Okamoto go over exactly how the environment at the Realm can offer 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, goes into the match following his first title self defense versus Marlon Vera at UFC 299. O'Malley beat Vera through consensual selection. Merab Dvalishvili, No. 2 in ESPN's bantamweight positions, is actually using a 10-fight winning streak. Dvalishvili has certainly not shed a battle since April 2018. In the co-main tournament, females's flyweight champ Alexa Grasso clashes with previous champ Valentina Shevchenko in a trilogy battle for Grasso's title. Grasso, No. 2 in ESPN's women's mixed martial arts P4P ranks, beat Shevchenko by fourth-round submission to state the title at UFC 285 in March 2023. In the rematch, Grasso preserved the label using crack attract September 2023. Andreas Hale spoke to UFC strawweight Angela Hill to acquire her perspective on the UFC 306 principal as well as co-main events. ESPN wagering specialists Splint Kuhn and also Ian Parker add their understandings as well as study on the UFC centerpiece as well as other fascinating wagers they such as from each advertisings on Saturday.Expert picks as well as best bets for UFC 306 and Bellator Champions SeriesO'Malley's celebrity road remains unchangedplay2:32 Merab Dvalishvili goes over fallout coming from posting cut to deal with onlineMerab Dvalishvili says to Andreas Hale exactly how he is actually healing from the currently well known photo he published of the cut to his face.Brett Okamoto: On Saturday, the 29-year-old O'Malley (18-1) will definitely headline perhaps the highest-profile activity in the UFC's 30-year past history. According to Chief Executive Officer Dana White, Noche UFC inside Realm in Las Vegas will certainly be actually a "one-and-done" occasion, due to the high expense ($ twenty million, according to White) of placing it on. Private chairs for the UFC 306 card headlined by O'Malley's bantamweight title protection against Merab Dvalishvili (17-4) have been actually provided for as long as $13,000 during battle full week. It is actually the kind of occasion every fighter-- or, a lot more efficiently, pugilist-- imagine. Also Conor McGregor, that possesses possessed a bit of a nasty social back-and-forth with O'Malley this year, wanted to headline this Sphere celebration, potentially versus his outdated opponent Nate Diaz. O'Malley marvelled at McGregor up until this year, and also also said he's tried to mimic component of his profession off McGregor's. Ultimately, the tribute and task of headlining UFC 306 mosted likely to O'Malley. Which is actually exactly what O'Malley wished. He started his camp for this particular battle day just before the UFC also gave it to him.Sitting in this quite living-room where he stands today, O'Malley used to dream of fame and cash, loan and popularity. Those aspirations began as early as intermediate school, when he used to visualize themself dressing for an NFL crew on Sundays. When he reached secondary school, he concerned phrases that he was too little to ever play in the NFL. Perhaps non-coincidentally, that is actually additionally the particular very same attend his life he started to kickbox.UFC champ Sean O'Malley reassesses his cheer stardomTurki, Canelo, Dana as well as Stone battle for No. 1Turki Alalshikh, Canelo Alvarez, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Conor McGregor and Dana White are five of the best important individuals in fight sporting activities. ESPNMike Coppinger: A Number Of the best highly effective have a place in the fight game are going to assemble on Sin city today for an uncommon offering, one that includes boxing's top celebrity, Canelo Alvarez, as well as the first real-time featuring event at the innovative Realm along with UFC 306. Canelo's consolidated tremendously middleweight championship self defense vs. long-odds longshot Edgar Berlanga and also Sean O'Malley's UFC bantamweight title battle against Merab Dvalishvili will match Saturday night, an unusual struggle of top-level fight sporting activities events in Las Vegas.And with it, the match activity's electrical power gamers are going to all be actually worked with personally in between each occasions. There is actually Turki Alalshikh, whose financially rewarding Riyadh Period support assisted create it possible for Dana White and also the UFC to keep an event at the too priced Realm. White said the price of the immersive venue has covered $twenty thousand. It's the 1st pay-per-view occasion coming from White that isn't merely announced as UFC followed by a numeral.With a number of the largest names going head-to-head on Saturday night in Las Vegas, that's pulling the strands in the fight activity? ESPN spoke with 30-plus sector energy gamers-- boxers, promoters, executives, attorneys, supervisors and media-- to aid identify that presently stores all the effect all over boxing, MMA as well as professional wrestling as well as how they possess it.The 15 most prominent folks in boxing, MMA and also wrestlingUFC 306 storylines: Will definitely any kind of match beat the venue itself?Merab Dvalishvili trades strikes along with Sean O'Malley in the bantamweight championship battle at UFC 306. Chris Unger/Zuffa LLCJeff Wagenheim: Initially glance, the UFC's technique to commemorating Mexican Self-reliance Day this coming weekend appears perplexing.UFC 306, which takes place Saturday at the Realm in Las Vegas, is headlined through a match in between an Irish-American coming from Montana and a New Yorker hair transplanted coming from the State of Georgia. As well as to include in the quizzically all-over-the-map theme, the activity is actually funded by an arm of the government of Saudi Arabia.Branding and marquee covers apart, however, there are going to certainly be actually a Mexican motif going through the 2nd annual Noche UFC (ESPN+ PPV, 10 p.m. ET). Just before the main event between males's bantamweight champion Sean O'Malley and also Merab Dvalishvili, all 9 of the night's various other spells will feature a Mexico-born or Mexican American fighter. The co-main event pits females's flyweight champion Alexa Grasso-- away from Guadalajara in the Mexican condition of Jalisco-- versus previous titlist Valentina Shevchenko, to accomplish a trilogy that's currently loaded with twists.Beyond the very competitive risks, the overarching atmosphere of the evening assures to creatively and aurally transport supporters southern of the boundary. This very first showing off occasion at Sphere, the advanced enjoyment place that opened last year simply off the Las Vegas Bit, will take full advantage of the mind-numbing modern technology developed into the tremendous around construct. Throughout the night, the UFC will definitely use the 160,000-square-foot wrap-around LED display and also concert-quality stereo to inform the story of fight sporting activities in Mexico.Championship battles. Spectacular creation. Prominent concerns. There will certainly be storylines swirling throughout the ball-shaped miracle of UFC 306. Listed below are a few to listen to.UFC 306 storylines: How Sphere, Suga Sean will definitely shape a historical eventWhat supporters may anticipate at Noche UFCUFC 306 will be at the Realm in Las Vegas on Sunday Sept. 14. Photograph through Eliot J. Schechter/NHLI through Getty ImagesAndreas Hale: The UFC has maintained a tight lid on the specifics regarding their project in to the Realm for UFC 306 on Sept. 14. Nonetheless, before the activity-- which UFC CEO Dana White has actually advised will certainly be actually the best sporting celebration of perpetuity-- the advertising has uncovered some essential information regarding what supporters must anticipate away from the $2.3 billion site in the course of Mexican Independence Day weekend.The UFC will certainly utilize Realm's enormous 160,000 sq. ft. indoor screen plane and also the venue's worldclass concert-grade stereo. The internal display screen aircraft are going to additionally display real-time statistics as well as boxer information.Fans inside the Realm will certainly experience the activity thanks to haptic seating, which gives power reviews based upon the activity inside the Octagon. As well as they possess the possibility to download the LiveVoice app to listen closely to live commentary from either the English or Spanish broadcast.The celebration will definitely additionally premiere the movie "For Mexico, For All Time," informed in six 90-second phases in between matches as well as displayed inside the Ball. The artistic staff behind the film includes 29 Emmy Honor gains, one Golden Globe and one Grammy.There will be actually eight brand new Octagon ladies, 6 native-born Mexican ladies and pair of second-generation Mexicans.Top storiesplay1:31 How Sean O'Malley intends to meet Conor McGregor's appeal in the UFCSean O'Malley participates in "Very first Take" new off gaining the bantamweight label at UFC 292 as well as refer to likely meeting the elevation of Conor McGregor's popularity.After Sphere: Which UFC event locations will happen next?UFC champion Sean O'Malley reassesses his rise to stardomMMA divisional rankings: Big gain improvements Brady, however just how high performs he jump?UFC 306 initial appeal: Big concerns, early wagers, predictions for O'Malley-DvalishviliMMA actual or otherwise: Will O'Malley, Grasso both preserve at Noche UFC?