NocheUFC co-man event is formal. 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 as well as Chael break down Grasso-Shevchenko triumvirate fightDaniel Cormier as well as Chael Sonnen examine the upcoming triumvirate battle in between Alexa Grasso as well as Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 306. Brett Okamoto: The UFC has a past of paying functionality rewards to professional athletes at every occasion. This weekend, it is going to potentially administer among those bonuses to a fan.ESPN UFC CEO Dana White said he is going to spend $25,000 to any individual who determines covert Easter eggs in a dashing motion picture that will definitely air throughout UFC Noche on Saturday at the Realm in Sin City. The activity, likewise referred to as UFC 306, will be actually the first online showing off event to occur at the Realm, and White has claimed it will be actually a one-and-done occasion.The UFC has partnered with various artistic musicians to generate a motion picture that will air in between bouts, along with 10 various "planets" that will play on-screen in the course of fights.Dana White to award supporter capable to identify Easter eggs at UFC 306Where's the betting conveniences at UFC 306? play1:31 Why the Sphere might gain O'Malley versus DvalishviliDaniel Cormier and Brett Okamoto go over just how the atmosphere at the Sphere could possibly 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, goes into the fight observing his first title defense versus Marlon Vera at UFC 299. O'Malley hammered Vera by unanimous decision. Merab Dvalishvili, No. 2 in ESPN's bantamweight ranks, is actually riding a 10-fight winning touch. Dvalishvili has actually not dropped a match because April 2018. In the co-main contest, ladies's flyweight champion Alexa Grasso clashes with past champion Valentina Shevchenko in a triumvirate battle for Grasso's title. Grasso, No. 2 in ESPN's women's MMA P4P rankings, beat Shevchenko by fourth-round submitting to claim the title at UFC 285 in March 2023. In the rematch, Grasso kept the title using crack reel in September 2023. Andreas Hale talked with UFC strawweight Angela Hill to get her viewpoint on the UFC 306 primary and co-main activities. ESPN betting experts Splint Kuhn as well as Ian Parker incorporate their insights as well as evaluation on the UFC centerpiece and also various other fascinating bets they such as coming from each promos on Saturday.Expert choices and best bets for UFC 306 as well as Bellator Champions SeriesO'Malley's super star course stays unchangedplay2:32 Merab Dvalishvili covers fallout coming from publishing cut to encounter onlineMerab Dvalishvili says to Andreas Hale exactly how he is actually recovery 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) will certainly headline perhaps the highest-profile event in the UFC's 30-year past. According to CEO Dana White, Noche UFC inside Realm in Las Vegas will be actually a "one-and-done" celebration, because of the high expense ($ 20 thousand, according to White) of placing it on. Private seats for the UFC 306 memory card headlined through O'Malley's bantamweight headline defense versus Merab Dvalishvili (17-4) have actually been specified for as much as $13,000 in the course of battle week. It's the sort of celebration every boxer-- or even, extra properly, prizefighter-- long for. Also Conor McGregor, who possesses had a little a nasty public back-and-forth with O'Malley this year, wanted to headline this Realm event, possibly against his aged rival Nate Diaz. O'Malley marvelled at McGregor till this year, as well as even stated he is actually tried to imitate component of his career off McGregor's. Essentially, the honor and task of headlining UFC 306 mosted likely to O'Malley. Which is actually specifically what O'Malley desired. He began his camp for this specific fight time before the UFC even used it to him.Sitting in this particular extremely living room where he stands up today, O'Malley utilized to imagine fame and funds, amount of money and also popularity. Those aspirations began as very early as middle school, when he made use of to imagine themself dressing for an NFL staff on Sundays. When he met secondary school, he involved conditions that he was actually too small to ever play in the NFL. Possibly non-coincidentally, that is actually also the particular very same time in his lifestyle he began to kickbox.UFC champion Sean O'Malley assesses his rise to stardomTurki, Canelo, Dana and also Stone war for No. 1Turki Alalshikh, Canelo Alvarez, Dwayne "The Stone" Johnson, Conor McGregor and also Dana White are five of one of the most influential people in combat sports. ESPNMike Coppinger: Most Of one of the most highly effective have a place in the battle game are going to assemble on Sin city recently for an unusual offering, one that features punching's leading celebrity, Canelo Alvarez, and also the very first real-time sporting event at the state-of-the-art Sphere with UFC 306. Canelo's linked tremendously middleweight champion protection vs. long-odds underdog Edgar Berlanga as well as Sean O'Malley's UFC bantamweight label match against Merab Dvalishvili are going to correspond Sunday evening, an unique clash of top-level battle sports activities in Las Vegas.And using it, the match activity's power gamers will certainly all be actually embodied personally between each celebrations. There is actually Turki Alalshikh, whose profitable Riyadh Time support assisted create it possible for Dana White and the UFC to keep an activity at the too priced Sphere. White pointed out the cost of the immersive site has actually covered $20 million. It is actually the 1st pay-per-view activity from White that isn't just touted as UFC adhered to by a numeral.With several of the most significant titles going head-to-head on Saturday night in Sin city, who's pulling the cords in the match game? ESPN spoke to 30-plus field electrical power players-- competitors, promoters, managers, legal representatives, supervisors as well as media-- to aid establish who currently stores all the effect throughout boxing, mixed martial arts and also expert fumbling and just how they possess it.The 15 most important people in punching, mixed martial arts as well as wrestlingUFC 306 stories: Will definitely any fight beat the site itself?Merab Dvalishvili trades punches with Sean O'Malley in the bantamweight championship fight at UFC 306. Chris Unger/Zuffa LLCJeff Wagenheim: In the beginning look, the UFC's strategy to commemorating Mexican Freedom Time this happening weekend break seems perplexing.UFC 306, which occurs Sunday at the Realm in Sin City, is actually headlined through a battle in between an Irish-American from Montana and a New Yorker hair transplanted from the State of Georgia. And also to include in the quizzically all-over-the-map concept, the celebration is actually financed by a branch of the government of Saudi Arabia.Branding as well as marquee toppers apart, however, there are going to definitely be actually a Mexican style going through the second annual Noche UFC (ESPN+ PPV, 10 p.m. ET). Just before the centerpiece between guys's bantamweight champ Sean O'Malley and also Merab Dvalishvili, all 9 of the night's other bouts are going to include a Mexico-born or even Mexican United States boxer. The co-main occasion pits girls's flyweight champ Alexa Grasso-- away from Guadalajara in the Mexican state of Jalisco-- against former titlist Valentina Shevchenko, to accomplish a trilogy that's presently packed with twists.Beyond the affordable risks, the overarching atmosphere of the night assures to creatively and aurally transportation enthusiasts south of the perimeter. This initial featuring celebration at Ball, the innovative entertainment venue that opened in 2014 simply off the Sin city Strip, will definitely make the most of the mind-numbing technology created in to the humongous sphere design. Throughout the evening, the UFC will definitely utilize the 160,000-square-foot wraparound LED display screen as well as concert-quality sound system to say to the tale of combat sporting activities in Mexico.Championship matches. Spectacular creation. Leading risks. There will be stories swirling all around the spheric wonder of UFC 306. Here are a few to listen to.UFC 306 stories: Exactly how Realm, Suga Sean will form a historic eventWhat enthusiasts may anticipate at Noche UFCUFC 306 are going to go to the Sphere in Sin City on Sunday Sept. 14. Photograph by Eliot J. Schechter/NHLI via Getty ImagesAndreas Hale: The UFC has maintained a strict cover on the specifics concerning their venture right into the Sphere for UFC 306 on Sept. 14. Nevertheless, in advance of the occasion-- which UFC Chief Executive Officer Dana White has suggested will definitely be the greatest showing off occasion of perpetuity-- the advertising has exposed some vital information concerning what supporters ought to anticipate out of the $2.3 billion place during Mexican Freedom Time weekend.The UFC will certainly make use of Sphere's extensive 160,000 sq. ft. internal show plane and also the place's worldclass concert-grade audio system. The indoor display screen plane will certainly additionally feature real-time stats and also fighter information.Fans inside the Realm will feel the action thanks to haptic seats, which gives pressure reviews based upon the activity inside the Octagon. And they have the alternative to download the LiveVoice app to listen closely to live commentary from either the English or Spanish broadcast.The occasion are going to also premiere the movie "For Mexico, For All Time," said to in six 90-second sections between battles and showed inside the Ball. The creative group behind the film flaunts 29 Emmy Honor succeeds, one Golden Globe and also one Grammy.There will be actually 8 brand new Octagon girls, 6 native-born Mexican ladies and also pair of second-generation Mexicans.Top storiesplay1:31 Exactly how Sean O'Malley intends to reach Conor McGregor's attraction in the UFCSean O'Malley joins "1st Take" clean off succeeding the bantamweight label at UFC 292 and also talks about potentially achieving the elevation of Conor McGregor's popularity.After Sphere: Which UFC occasion locations will come next?UFC champ Sean O'Malley reassesses his rise to stardomMMA divisional rankings: Big gain increases Brady, but exactly how high performs he jump?UFC 306 1st appeal: Big inquiries, very early bets, prophecies for O'Malley-DvalishviliMMA genuine or not: Will O'Malley, Grasso both keep at Noche UFC?