NocheUFC co-man celebration is actually formal. 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 Grasso-Shevchenko trilogy fightDaniel Cormier and Chael Sonnen sneak peek the upcoming triumvirate match between Alexa Grasso and also Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 306. Brett Okamoto: The UFC has a past of compensating efficiency bonus offers to professional athletes at every celebration. This weekend, it will potentially administer among those bonus offers to a fan.ESPN UFC chief executive officer Dana White mentioned he is going to pay $25,000 to any person who identifies surprise Easter eggs in a jogging film that will certainly open during the course of UFC Noche on Sunday at the Sphere in Las Vegas. The activity, likewise called UFC 306, will be the 1st real-time showing off event to take place at the Realm, as well as White possesses claimed it will be a one-and-done occasion.The UFC has partnered along with several innovative musicians to produce a movie that will air in between bouts, alongside 10 various "globes" that will play on-screen during the course of fights.Dana White to honor supporter capable to identify Easter eggs at UFC 306Where's the wagering perks at UFC 306? play1:31 Why the Sphere might benefit O'Malley versus DvalishviliDaniel Cormier as well as Brett Okamoto discuss how the ambience at the Realm can provide Sean O'Malley a conveniences over Merab Dvalishvili at Noche UFC.Andreas Hale: Sean O'Malley, No. 4 in ESPN's pound-for-pound rankings, enters into the fight observing his first label defense versus Marlon Vera at UFC 299. O'Malley beat Vera through consentaneous decision. Merab Dvalishvili, No. 2 in ESPN's bantamweight rankings, is riding a 10-fight winning streak. Dvalishvili has not shed a fight given that April 2018. In the co-main event, females's flyweight champion Alexa Grasso encounter previous champ Valentina Shevchenko in a triumvirate match for Grasso's title. Grasso, No. 2 in ESPN's females's MMA P4P rankings, beat Shevchenko through fourth-round submission to assert the title at UFC 285 in March 2023. In the rematch, Grasso retained the headline using crack draw in September 2023. Andreas Hale talked with UFC strawweight Angela Mountain to acquire her point of view on the UFC 306 main and also co-main activities. ESPN betting professionals Splint Kuhn and Ian Parker incorporate their ideas and also review on the UFC centerpiece as well as other fascinating wagers they just like coming from each advertisings on Saturday.Expert choices and also best options for UFC 306 as well as Bellator Champions SeriesO'Malley's super star pathway continues to be unchangedplay2:32 Merab Dvalishvili explains results coming from uploading cut to face onlineMerab Dvalishvili says to Andreas Hale how he is actually recuperation coming from the now infamous image he posted of the cut to his face.Brett Okamoto: On Sunday, the 29-year-old O'Malley (18-1) will definitely heading possibly the highest-profile event in the UFC's 30-year record. Depending On to Chief Executive Officer Dana White, Noche UFC inside Realm in Sin city will definitely be actually a "one-and-done" celebration, as a result of the high cost ($ 20 thousand, depending on to White) of placing it on. Private chairs for the UFC 306 memory card headlined through O'Malley's bantamweight title self defense versus Merab Dvalishvili (17-4) have been actually noted for as much as $13,000 in the course of fight full week. It's the type of celebration every fighter-- or, more properly, pugilist-- hope for. Even Conor McGregor, who possesses possessed a little a vicious public back-and-forth along with O'Malley this year, wanted to title this Realm occasion, likely against his aged opponent Nate Diaz. O'Malley admired McGregor up until this year, and also said he's made an effort to imitate parts of his career off McGregor's. Essentially, the tribute and also responsibility of headlining UFC 306 mosted likely to O'Malley. Which is precisely what O'Malley yearned for. He started his camp for this particular match time before the UFC also used it to him.Sitting in this particular really sitting room where he stands today, O'Malley utilized to dream of fame and also money, amount of money and also popularity. Those desires began as very early as intermediate school, when he utilized to imagine themself suiting up for an NFL group on Sundays. When he met high school, he concerned phrases that he was actually also small to ever before play in the NFL. Perhaps non-coincidentally, that's additionally the specific same attend his life he started to kickbox.UFC champ Sean O'Malley assesses his cheer stardomTurki, Canelo, Dana as well as Stone war for No. 1Turki Alalshikh, Canelo Alvarez, Dwayne "The Stone" Johnson, Conor McGregor and Dana White are actually five of the best important individuals in combat sports. ESPNMike Coppinger: A Number Of one of the most strong have a place in the fight game will assemble on Las Vegas recently for a rare offering, one that includes boxing's best celebrity, Canelo Alvarez, as well as the 1st online featuring occasion at the advanced Realm with UFC 306. Canelo's merged tremendously middleweight championship self defense vs. long-odds longshot Edgar Berlanga and also Sean O'Malley's UFC bantamweight headline match versus Merab Dvalishvili are going to correspond Sunday night, an unusual struggle of top-level battle sports activities in Las Vegas.And using it, the battle game's energy players are going to all be actually worked with personally in between both occasions. There is actually Turki Alalshikh, whose rewarding Riyadh Time sponsorship assisted create it possible for Dana White as well as the UFC to hold an event at the too priced Realm. White stated the price of the immersive location has covered $twenty million. It is actually the initial pay-per-view event coming from White that isn't merely billed as UFC complied with through a numeral.With a few of the biggest titles going head-to-head on Sunday night in Las Vegas, that's taking the cords in the fight activity? ESPN spoke to 30-plus business power gamers-- competitors, marketers, execs, legal professionals, supervisors as well as media-- to help establish who presently holds all the effect across punching, mixed martial arts and pro wrestling and also just how they wield it.The 15 very most prominent people in boxing, MMA and wrestlingUFC 306 stories: Will certainly any kind of match surpass the venue itself?Merab Dvalishvili trades hits along with Sean O'Malley in the bantamweight champion fight at UFC 306. Chris Unger/Zuffa LLCJeff Wagenheim: At first glimpse, the UFC's technique to commemorating Mexican Freedom Day this coming weekend break appears perplexing.UFC 306, which happens Sunday at the Realm in Sin City, is headlined through a battle between an Irish-American coming from Montana and also a New Yorker transplanted from the Republic of Georgia. As well as to include in the quizzically all-over-the-map design, the event is actually financed by an arm of the authorities of Saudi Arabia.Branding as well as tent mattress toppers apart, though, there will definitely without a doubt be actually a Mexican concept going through the 2nd yearly Noche UFC (ESPN+ PPV, 10 p.m. ET). Just before the centerpiece in between men's bantamweight champion Sean O'Malley and also Merab Dvalishvili, all 9 of the night's other stints will certainly feature a Mexico-born or even Mexican United States competitor. The co-main activity pits females's flyweight champion Alexa Grasso-- out of Guadalajara in the Mexican state of Jalisco-- versus past titlist Valentina Shevchenko, to accomplish a triumvirate that's currently full of twists.Beyond the very competitive stakes, the overarching atmosphere of the night vows to visually as well as aurally transport enthusiasts southern of the boundary. This initial featuring celebration at Ball, the advanced home entertainment venue that opened in 2015 simply off the Sin city Bit, will make the most of the mind-numbing innovation built right into the tremendous around design. Throughout the evening, the UFC will certainly utilize the 160,000-square-foot wraparound LED screen as well as concert-quality sound system to tell the tale of combat sports in Mexico.Championship battles. Awesome creation. Prominent stakes. There are going to be storylines swirling all over the spheric surprise of UFC 306. Below are a few to listen to.UFC 306 stories: How Realm, Suga Sean will definitely shape a famous eventWhat supporters may assume at Noche UFCUFC 306 will go to the Sphere in Sin City on Saturday Sept. 14. Photograph by Eliot J. Schechter/NHLI via Getty ImagesAndreas Hale: The UFC has actually kept a tight lid on the specifics regarding their project in to the Sphere for UFC 306 on Sept. 14. Nevertheless, ahead of the occasion-- which UFC Chief Executive Officer Dana White has proposed will certainly be actually the greatest sporting activity of all time-- the promotion has actually exposed some crucial information about what enthusiasts need to anticipate out of the $2.3 billion site during Mexican Independence Day weekend.The UFC will take advantage of Sphere's large 160,000 sq. ft. interior display airplane and the location's worldclass concert-grade audio system. The internal show plane will also showcase real-time stats as well as boxer information.Fans inside the Realm will definitely experience the activity courtesy of haptic seating, which gives power responses based on the activity inside the Octagon. And also they possess the option to install the LiveVoice app to listen to live discourse coming from either the English or Spanish broadcast.The activity will definitely also premiere the movie "For Mexico, For All Time," informed in six 90-second phases in between fights and also showed inside the Sphere. The creative group responsible for the film includes 29 Emmy Honor wins, one Golden Globe as well as one Grammy.There will be actually eight new Octagon females, 6 native-born Mexican ladies and also pair of second-generation Mexicans.Top storiesplay1:31 Just how Sean O'Malley prepares to achieve Conor McGregor's recognition in the UFCSean O'Malley participates in "Initial Take" clean off gaining the bantamweight label at UFC 292 and also refer to potentially meeting the elevation of Conor McGregor's popularity.After Ball: Which UFC occasion areas will happen next?UFC champ Sean O'Malley reassesses his cheer stardomMMA divisional rankings: Big win improvements Brady, yet exactly how high does he jump?UFC 306 very first appearance: Big inquiries, early bets, predictions for O'Malley-DvalishviliMMA genuine or otherwise: Will O'Malley, Grasso both retain at Noche UFC?