NocheUFC co-man activity is 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 malfunction Grasso-Shevchenko triumvirate fightDaniel Cormier and Chael Sonnen sneak peek the upcoming trilogy match in between Alexa Grasso and Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 306. Brett Okamoto: The UFC possesses a past history of compensating efficiency bonuses to athletes at every celebration. This weekend break, it will possibly share out one of those incentives to a fan.ESPN UFC chief executive officer Dana White said he is going to pay $25,000 to anyone that identifies hidden Easter eggs in a dashing movie that will certainly air throughout UFC Noche on Sunday at the Sphere in Sin City. The activity, likewise called UFC 306, will be actually the initial online showing off undertaking to occur at the Sphere, and White possesses said it will be a one-and-done occasion.The UFC possesses partnered with multiple imaginative musicians to create a movie that will open in between bouts, together with 10 various "worlds" that will play on-screen during fights.Dana White to award follower able to determine Easter eggs at UFC 306Where's the wagering advantages at UFC 306? play1:31 Why the Realm could possibly help O'Malley versus DvalishviliDaniel Cormier and Brett Okamoto go over just how the environment at the Sphere could give Sean O'Malley a perk over Merab Dvalishvili at Noche UFC.Andreas Hale: Sean O'Malley, No. 4 in ESPN's pound-for-pound ranks, gets into the match observing his very first label protection against Marlon Vera at UFC 299. O'Malley beat Vera by consentaneous choice. Merab Dvalishvili, No. 2 in ESPN's bantamweight positions, is using a 10-fight winning streak. Dvalishvili has actually certainly not shed a battle because April 2018. In the co-main contest, girls's flyweight champion Alexa Grasso encounter previous champion Valentina Shevchenko in a triumvirate match for Grasso's title. Grasso, No. 2 in ESPN's women's mixed martial arts P4P ranks, hammer Shevchenko by fourth-round entry to claim the title at UFC 285 in March 2023. In the rematch, Grasso maintained the title through crack pull in September 2023. Andreas Hale spoke to UFC strawweight Angela Hill to get her perspective on the UFC 306 major as well as co-main events. ESPN betting specialists Reed Kuhn as well as Ian Parker add their ideas and also evaluation on the UFC centerpiece and also other appealing bets they as if coming from both promotions on Saturday.Expert picks and also best bets for UFC 306 and Bellator Champions SeriesO'Malley's super star road continues to be unchangedplay2:32 Merab Dvalishvili covers fallout coming from uploading slice to encounter onlineMerab Dvalishvili tells Andreas Hale how he is recovery from the now notorious picture he uploaded of the cut to his face.Brett Okamoto: On Saturday, the 29-year-old O'Malley (18-1) will certainly heading maybe the highest-profile activity in the UFC's 30-year record. According to Chief Executive Officer Dana White, Noche UFC inside Realm in Sin city will definitely be actually a "one-and-done" activity, as a result of the large cost ($ twenty thousand, according to White) of placing it on. Private chairs for the UFC 306 card headlined through O'Malley's bantamweight headline self defense against Merab Dvalishvili (17-4) have been provided for as long as $13,000 in the course of battle week. It is actually the type of activity every boxer-- or, even more efficiently, prizefighter-- long for. Also Conor McGregor, that has had a little a vicious social back-and-forth with O'Malley this year, wanted to heading this Realm occasion, likely versus his aged opponent Nate Diaz. O'Malley appreciated McGregor until this year, and also even mentioned he is actually made an effort to copy portion of his job off McGregor's. Essentially, the honor as well as task of headlining UFC 306 went to O'Malley. Which is actually exactly what O'Malley desired. He began his camping ground for this certain fight time before the UFC even delivered it to him.Sitting in this quite living room where he stands up today, O'Malley utilized to desire for fame as well as cash, amount of money as well as popularity. Those dreams started as early as middle school, when he used to visualize themself wearing for an NFL group on Sundays. When he reached high school, he related to conditions that he was actually also small to ever before play in the NFL. Perhaps non-coincidentally, that is actually likewise the precise very same time in his lifestyle he started to kickbox.UFC champion Sean O'Malley assesses his rise to stardomTurki, Canelo, Dana and also Stone battle for No. 1Turki Alalshikh, Canelo Alvarez, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Conor McGregor and Dana White are 5 of the absolute most prominent individuals in fight sporting activities. ESPNMike Coppinger: A Lot Of the most effective have a place in the battle game will certainly merge on Las Vegas recently for an unusual offering, one that includes boxing's best superstar, Canelo Alvarez, and the first online sporting celebration at the revolutionary Sphere along with UFC 306. Canelo's merged extremely middleweight championship protection vs. long-odds underdog Edgar Berlanga as well as Sean O'Malley's UFC bantamweight label battle versus Merab Dvalishvili will synchronize Sunday evening, an unusual conflict of top-level combat sports occasions in Las Vegas.And along with it, the match activity's power gamers are going to all be represented personally in between each activities. There is actually Turki Alalshikh, whose lucrative Riyadh Season support aided create it possible for Dana White and also the UFC to store an event at the too priced Sphere. White stated the price of the immersive place has actually covered $20 thousand. It's the very first pay-per-view event from White that isn't just touted as UFC followed by a numeral.With some of the biggest names going head-to-head on Sunday evening in Las Vegas, that's taking the strings in the fight activity? ESPN talked with 30-plus sector power players-- boxers, promoters, executives, lawyers, supervisors and media-- to help identify who presently keeps all the effect around boxing, mixed martial arts and pro fumbling and exactly how they possess it.The 15 very most prominent people in boxing, MMA and also wrestlingUFC 306 storylines: Will certainly any match outperform the site itself?Merab Dvalishvili trades hits with Sean O'Malley in the bantamweight champion match at UFC 306. Chris Unger/Zuffa LLCJeff Wagenheim: In the beginning glance, the UFC's strategy to commemorating Mexican Self-reliance Day this happening weekend break appears perplexing.UFC 306, which occurs Saturday at the Sphere in Sin City, is headlined through a match in between an Irish-American from Montana and also a New Yorker transplanted coming from the Commonwealth of Georgia. As well as to add to the quizzically all-over-the-map theme, the celebration is actually funded through a branch of the federal government of Saudi Arabia.Branding and also tent toppers aside, however, there will certainly be actually a Mexican theme penetrating the second annual Noche UFC (ESPN+ PPV, 10 p.m. ET). Prior to the main event between guys's bantamweight champion Sean O'Malley and also Merab Dvalishvili, all nine of the night's other spells will certainly include a Mexico-born or even Mexican United States competitor. The co-main event pits ladies's flyweight champion Alexa Grasso-- away from Guadalajara in the Mexican state of Jalisco-- versus past titlist Valentina Shevchenko, to complete a trilogy that's presently loaded with twists.Beyond the very competitive stakes, the overarching setting of the night guarantees to aesthetically and also aurally transportation followers south of the border. This first showing off occasion at Ball, the groundbreaking entertainment venue that opened in 2013 just off the Las Vegas Bit, will certainly make the most of the mind-numbing innovation constructed right into the enormous around construct. Throughout the evening, the UFC will certainly make use of the 160,000-square-foot wraparound LED display and concert-quality stereo to inform the tale of fight sporting activities in Mexico.Championship matches. Gorgeous development. Major-league concerns. There will definitely be actually stories rolling throughout the ball-shaped surprise of UFC 306. Right here are actually a few to focus to.UFC 306 storylines: Exactly how Realm, Suga Sean will shape a historic eventWhat fans may anticipate at Noche UFCUFC 306 will certainly go to the Realm in Sin City on Saturday Sept. 14. Photo by Eliot J. Schechter/NHLI using Getty ImagesAndreas Hale: The UFC has maintained a strict lid on the specifics regarding their endeavor right into the Sphere for UFC 306 on Sept. 14. Nevertheless, ahead of the celebration-- which UFC Chief Executive Officer Dana White has actually recommended will be the greatest featuring activity of perpetuity-- the promo has exposed some key particulars about what fans ought to assume away from the $2.3 billion venue during Mexican Self-reliance Day weekend.The UFC are going to utilize Realm's gigantic 160,000 sq. ft. internal show aircraft as well as the place's worldclass concert-grade stereo. The interior show airplane are going to additionally display real-time statistics and fighter information.Fans inside the Realm are going to experience the activity courtesy of haptic seating, which delivers power reviews based on the action inside the Octagon. As well as they have the possibility to install the LiveVoice app to pay attention to stay discourse coming from either the English or Spanish broadcast.The celebration are going to likewise premiere the film "For Mexico, For Perpetuity," informed in 6 90-second chapters between fights as well as featured inside the Ball. The imaginative team responsible for the film boasts 29 Emmy Award gains, one Golden Planet and also one Grammy.There will be 8 new Octagon women, 6 native-born Mexican ladies as well as pair of second-generation Mexicans.Top storiesplay1:31 How Sean O'Malley prepares to meet Conor McGregor's recognition in the UFCSean O'Malley signs up with "1st Take" fresh off gaining the bantamweight title at UFC 292 as well as talks about possibly reaching the elevation of Conor McGregor's popularity.After Ball: Which UFC occasion areas will come next?UFC champion Sean O'Malley reflects on his rise to stardomMMA divisional ranks: Big win increases Brady, yet exactly how high performs he jump?UFC 306 very first appearance: Big inquiries, early bets, forecasts for O'Malley-DvalishviliMMA real or otherwise: Will O'Malley, Grasso both preserve at Noche UFC?