NocheUFC co-man occasion is official. 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 Chael malfunction Grasso-Shevchenko triumvirate fightDaniel Cormier as well as Chael Sonnen examine the upcoming trilogy battle in between Alexa Grasso and Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 306. Brett Okamoto: The UFC has a past of compensating efficiency bonuses to sportsmens at every activity. This weekend, it will possibly share out one of those bonuses to a fan.ESPN UFC chief executive officer Dana White said he will pay out $25,000 to anybody that pinpoints surprise Easter eggs in a dashing motion picture that will open during UFC Noche on Saturday at the Sphere in Sin City. The occasion, additionally known as UFC 306, will be the 1st online sporting affair to take place at the Realm, and White has claimed it will be a one-and-done occasion.The UFC possesses partnered with several artistic performers to generate a movie that will air between rounds, together with 10 various "globes" that will play on-screen in the course of fights.Dana White to honor supporter able to determine Easter eggs at UFC 306Where's the wagering benefits at UFC 306? play1:31 Why the Sphere can gain O'Malley against DvalishviliDaniel Cormier and Brett Okamoto cover just how the atmosphere at the Sphere might give Sean O'Malley a conveniences over Merab Dvalishvili at Noche UFC.Andreas Hale: Sean O'Malley, No. 4 in ESPN's pound-for-pound ranks, enters into the match following his first headline defense against Marlon Vera at UFC 299. O'Malley hammered Vera by unanimous choice. Merab Dvalishvili, No. 2 in ESPN's bantamweight ranks, is using a 10-fight winning streak. Dvalishvili has certainly not shed a match considering that April 2018. In the co-main tournament, women's flyweight champion Alexa Grasso clashes with previous champion Valentina Shevchenko in a trilogy bout for Grasso's title. Grasso, No. 2 in ESPN's girls's mixed martial arts P4P rankings, hammer Shevchenko by fourth-round submission to assert the title at UFC 285 in March 2023. In the rematch, Grasso kept the label using split attract September 2023. Andreas Hale talked with UFC strawweight Angela Hill to receive her perspective on the UFC 306 major and also co-main occasions. ESPN wagering pros Splint Kuhn and also Ian Parker add their insights as well as evaluation on the UFC centerpiece as well as various other appealing bets they such as from both promotions on Saturday.Expert selections and also 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 posting slice to face onlineMerab Dvalishvili tells Andreas Hale how he is recovery from the right now well known image he posted of the slice to his face.Brett Okamoto: On Sunday, the 29-year-old O'Malley (18-1) is going to heading maybe the highest-profile activity in the UFC's 30-year history. Depending On to Chief Executive Officer Dana White, Noche UFC inside Sphere in Sin city will certainly be actually a "one-and-done" occasion, because of the large price ($ 20 thousand, depending on to White) of placing it on. Personal seats for the UFC 306 card headlined through O'Malley's bantamweight label defense versus Merab Dvalishvili (17-4) have been listed for as high as $13,000 during the course of battle full week. It's the kind of celebration every competitor-- or even, a lot more accurately, prizefighter-- desire for. Also Conor McGregor, that possesses possessed a little bit of an unpleasant social back-and-forth with O'Malley this year, desired to heading this Sphere activity, potentially against his old competitor Nate Diaz. O'Malley marvelled at McGregor till this year, and even said he is actually tried to imitate aspect of his job off McGregor's. Ultimately, the tribute and also accountability of headlining UFC 306 went to O'Malley. Which is precisely what O'Malley desired. He started his camp for this certain battle date prior to the UFC also gave it to him.Sitting in this particular very sitting room where he stands up today, O'Malley made use of to long for fame as well as cash, amount of money as well as prominence. Those dreams began as early as middle school, when he made use of to imagine himself wearing for an NFL team on Sundays. When he achieved high school, he pertained to conditions that he was actually too tiny to ever play in the NFL. Possibly non-coincidentally, that's likewise the particular same time in his lifestyle he started to kickbox.UFC champ Sean O'Malley reviews his rise to stardomTurki, Canelo, Dana and Stone fight for No. 1Turki Alalshikh, Canelo Alvarez, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Conor McGregor as well as Dana White are actually 5 of the absolute most important individuals in battle sports. ESPNMike Coppinger: Much Of the best effective have a place in the battle game will certainly come together on Las Vegas this week for a rare offering, one that includes punching's leading celebrity, Canelo Alvarez, and also the very first live featuring activity at the advanced Realm with UFC 306. Canelo's unified super middleweight championship protection vs. long-odds longshot Edgar Berlanga as well as Sean O'Malley's UFC bantamweight title match versus Merab Dvalishvili will definitely synchronize Sunday night, an uncommon conflict of top-level fight sporting activities occasions in Las Vegas.And along with it, the match video game's power players will definitely all be actually embodied in person between both occasions. There is actually Turki Alalshikh, whose rewarding Riyadh Period sponsor assisted create it possible for Dana White as well as the UFC to hold an event at the exorbitantly priced Sphere. White said the price of the immersive place has actually covered $twenty thousand. It is actually the initial pay-per-view event from White that isn't simply touted as UFC observed through a numeral.With a number of the most significant labels going head-to-head on Saturday night in Sin city, that is actually taking the strings in the fight activity? ESPN talked to 30-plus market electrical power players-- competitors, promoters, managers, lawyers, supervisors and also media-- to assist calculate who currently keeps all the effect across boxing, MMA and also expert wrestling and exactly how they wield it.The 15 very most significant folks in boxing, mixed martial arts as well as wrestlingUFC 306 storylines: Will certainly any sort of fight surpass the location itself?Merab Dvalishvili trades blows with Sean O'Malley in the bantamweight champion battle at UFC 306. Chris Unger/Zuffa LLCJeff Wagenheim: Initially look, the UFC's technique to celebrating Mexican Self-reliance Time this happening weekend break appears perplexing.UFC 306, which occurs Saturday at the Realm in Las Vegas, is actually headlined through a match between an Irish-American coming from Montana as well as a New Yorker transplanted coming from the Commonwealth of Georgia. And also to add to the quizzically all-over-the-map design, the occasion is financed by an arm of the government of Saudi Arabia.Branding as well as signboard covers aside, though, there will definitely definitely be a Mexican concept going through the 2nd yearly Noche UFC (ESPN+ PPV, 10 p.m. ET). Just before the centerpiece in between males's bantamweight champion Sean O'Malley as well as Merab Dvalishvili, all 9 of the evening's various other rounds will include a Mexico-born or even Mexican United States fighter. The co-main occasion pits girls's flyweight champion Alexa Grasso-- out of Guadalajara in the Mexican state of Jalisco-- versus former titlist Valentina Shevchenko, to finish a triumvirate that's currently packed with twists.Beyond the reasonable concerns, the overarching ambiance of the night promises to creatively and also aurally transportation fans south of the border. This initial sporting occasion at Round, the cutting-edge enjoyment venue that opened last year simply off the Las Vegas Strip, will certainly make the most of the mind-numbing technology built into the humongous around framework. Throughout the night, the UFC will definitely use the 160,000-square-foot wrap-around LED display screen and concert-quality sound system to say to the tale of fight sporting activities in Mexico.Championship battles. Panoramic manufacturing. Prominent concerns. There will definitely be actually stories surging throughout the spheric miracle of UFC 306. Right here are actually a couple of to take note to.UFC 306 storylines: Just how Sphere, Suga Sean will shape a historic eventWhat followers can easily assume at Noche UFCUFC 306 will definitely be at the Realm in Sin City on Saturday Sept. 14. Photo by Eliot J. Schechter/NHLI via Getty ImagesAndreas Hale: The UFC has maintained a tight top on the specifics concerning their project into the Sphere for UFC 306 on Sept. 14. However, before the activity-- which UFC Chief Executive Officer Dana White has proposed are going to be the greatest showing off celebration of perpetuity-- the promo has actually revealed some essential information about what fans should assume out of the $2.3 billion place throughout Mexican Freedom Time weekend.The UFC are going to take advantage of Sphere's large 160,000 sq. ft. indoor screen aircraft as well as the place's worldclass concert-grade audio system. The indoor display screen plane are going to also showcase real-time statistics and boxer information.Fans inside the Sphere will certainly feel the action thanks to haptic seats, which supplies pressure reviews based on the activity inside the Octagon. And also they have the choice to download and install the LiveVoice app to listen closely to stay discourse coming from either the English or Spanish broadcast.The activity will definitely likewise premiere the movie "For Mexico, For All Time," informed in 6 90-second sections in between battles and also displayed inside the Sphere. The imaginative crew behind the movie boasts 29 Emmy Award succeeds, one Golden Planet and also one Grammy.There will be 8 new Octagon women, six native-born Mexican ladies and two second-generation Mexicans.Top storiesplay1:31 How Sean O'Malley considers to reach Conor McGregor's level of popularity in the UFCSean O'Malley joins "Initial Take" clean off winning the bantamweight label at UFC 292 and speak about possibly reaching the height of Conor McGregor's popularity.After Ball: Which UFC activity areas will come next?UFC champion Sean O'Malley reviews his cheer stardomMMA divisional ranks: Big succeed boosts Brady, yet just how higher does he jump?UFC 306 1st look: Big inquiries, early bets, predictions for O'Malley-DvalishviliMMA actual or otherwise: Will O'Malley, Grasso both retain at Noche UFC?