NocheUFC co-man celebration is main. 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 break Grasso-Shevchenko trilogy fightDaniel Cormier and Chael Sonnen preview the upcoming triumvirate fight between Alexa Grasso as well as Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 306. Brett Okamoto: The UFC possesses a past of compensating efficiency benefits to professional athletes at every activity. This weekend break, it will likely dole out some of those perks to a fan.ESPN UFC chief executive officer Dana White said he is going to pay out $25,000 to any individual who determines covert Easter eggs in a jogging movie that is going to air in the course of UFC Noche on Saturday at the Realm in Sin City. The celebration, likewise called UFC 306, will be actually the very first live sporting undertaking to happen at the Sphere, as well as White possesses claimed it will be actually a one-and-done occasion.The UFC has partnered with various imaginative musicians to make a movie that will open in between rounds, in addition to 10 various "globes" that will participate in on-screen in the course of fights.Dana White to award enthusiast able to recognize Easter eggs at UFC 306Where's the wagering conveniences at UFC 306? play1:31 Why the Sphere could possibly help O'Malley versus DvalishviliDaniel Cormier and Brett Okamoto cover exactly how the atmosphere at the Sphere could give Sean O'Malley a benefit over Merab Dvalishvili at Noche UFC.Andreas Hale: Sean O'Malley, No. 4 in ESPN's pound-for-pound ranks, enters into the battle observing his initial headline self defense against Marlon Vera at UFC 299. O'Malley beat Vera through consensual selection. Merab Dvalishvili, No. 2 in ESPN's bantamweight rankings, is riding a 10-fight winning streak. Dvalishvili has actually not lost a fight considering that April 2018. In the co-main tournament, females's flyweight champion Alexa Grasso encounter previous champ Valentina Shevchenko in a triumvirate fight for Grasso's title. Grasso, No. 2 in ESPN's women's MMA P4P rankings, beat Shevchenko by fourth-round submitting to state the name at UFC 285 in March 2023. In the rematch, Grasso preserved the headline by means of split attract September 2023. Andreas Hale talked to UFC strawweight Angela Hillside to receive her perspective on the UFC 306 major and co-main events. ESPN betting pros Splint Kuhn and also Ian Parker include their insights and also analysis on the UFC centerpiece and also other appealing wagers they as if from both promotions on Saturday.Expert selections as well as best options for UFC 306 and Bellator Champions SeriesO'Malley's super star path stays unchangedplay2:32 Merab Dvalishvili goes over results coming from posting cut to encounter onlineMerab Dvalishvili tells Andreas Hale just how he is recuperation coming from the right now infamous picture he published of the cut to his face.Brett Okamoto: On Saturday, the 29-year-old O'Malley (18-1) will definitely title maybe the highest-profile event in the UFC's 30-year record. According to Chief Executive Officer Dana White, Noche UFC inside Realm in Sin city will certainly be a "one-and-done" celebration, because of the high expense ($ twenty million, according to White) of putting it on. Personal seats for the UFC 306 memory card headlined through O'Malley's bantamweight headline self defense against Merab Dvalishvili (17-4) have actually been actually listed for as high as $13,000 during the course of fight week. It is actually the kind of activity every fighter-- or, a lot more precisely, pugilist-- imagine. Also Conor McGregor, who possesses possessed a little bit of a vicious social back-and-forth along with O'Malley this year, desired to title this Realm celebration, likely versus his aged opponent Nate Diaz. O'Malley marvelled at McGregor until this year, and even said he is actually tried to copy component of his occupation off McGregor's. Eventually, the tribute and accountability of headlining UFC 306 mosted likely to O'Malley. Which is actually specifically what O'Malley yearned for. He started his camping ground for this specific match date just before the UFC also offered it to him.Sitting in this particular incredibly living room where he stands today, O'Malley utilized to desire for prominence and also loan, loan and also fame. Those goals started as very early as secondary school, when he used to envision himself wearing for an NFL group on Sundays. When he met high school, he pertained to conditions that he was actually also tiny to ever before play in the NFL. Probably non-coincidentally, that is actually also the precise very same attend his lifestyle he began to kickbox.UFC champion Sean O'Malley reviews his cheer stardomTurki, Canelo, Dana as well as Stone war for No. 1Turki Alalshikh, Canelo Alvarez, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Conor McGregor and also Dana White are 5 of one of the most significant folks in battle sports. ESPNMike Coppinger: A Lot Of the absolute most effective have a place in the battle game are going to merge on Las Vegas recently for an uncommon offering, one that includes punching's top celebrity, Canelo Alvarez, as well as the initial online featuring celebration at the cutting edge Sphere along with UFC 306. Canelo's unified tremendously middleweight champion defense vs. long-odds underdog Edgar Berlanga as well as Sean O'Malley's UFC bantamweight title match versus Merab Dvalishvili will correspond Sunday evening, an unusual struggle of high-profile fight sporting activities celebrations in Las Vegas.And from it, the battle activity's energy gamers will definitely all be stood for personally in between each occasions. There's Turki Alalshikh, whose financially rewarding Riyadh Period sponsorship assisted make it achievable for Dana White and the UFC to store a celebration at the too valued Sphere. White stated the cost of the immersive site has actually topped $twenty million. It is actually the initial pay-per-view event coming from White that isn't merely billed as UFC adhered to through a numeral.With a number of the largest names going head-to-head on Sunday evening in Sin city, who is actually taking the cords in the fight video game? ESPN contacted 30-plus sector electrical power gamers-- boxers, promoters, managers, attorneys, managers and media-- to help calculate that currently keeps all the influence across boxing, mixed martial arts and professional fumbling and also exactly how they wield it.The 15 very most significant individuals in punching, mixed martial arts and also wrestlingUFC 306 stories: Will any fight beat the place itself?Merab Dvalishvili trades punches along with Sean O'Malley in the bantamweight championship fight at UFC 306. Chris Unger/Zuffa LLCJeff Wagenheim: At first glance, the UFC's technique to commemorating Mexican Freedom Time this coming weekend break appears perplexing.UFC 306, which occurs Saturday at the Realm in Sin City, is actually headlined through a battle in between an Irish-American from Montana and also a New Yorker transplanted coming from the Republic of Georgia. And also to include in the quizzically all-over-the-map motif, the activity is funded by an arm of the authorities of Saudi Arabia.Branding and also marquee covers aside, though, there will without a doubt be a Mexican style going through the 2nd annual Noche UFC (ESPN+ PPV, 10 p.m. ET). Before the main event in between men's bantamweight champ Sean O'Malley and Merab Dvalishvili, all nine of the evening's various other rounds will definitely feature a Mexico-born or even Mexican United States competitor. The co-main occasion pits girls's flyweight champion Alexa Grasso-- away from Guadalajara in the Mexican state of Jalisco-- against former titlist Valentina Shevchenko, to complete a trilogy that is actually actually full of twists.Beyond the competitive stakes, the overarching atmosphere of the night guarantees to creatively and also aurally transport followers south of the border. This very first sporting event at Ball, the groundbreaking entertainment location that opened last year just off the Las Vegas Strip, will take full advantage of the mind-numbing modern technology built in to the tremendous around framework. Throughout the night, the UFC is going to make use of the 160,000-square-foot wrap-around LED screen and also concert-quality sound system to tell the tale of fight sports in Mexico.Championship matches. Panoramic manufacturing. Prominent stakes. There are going to be stories surging throughout the spheric marvel of UFC 306. Below are a couple of to pay attention to.UFC 306 stories: How Realm, Suga Sean will definitely shape a historic eventWhat followers can easily expect at Noche UFCUFC 306 will be at the Sphere in Sin City on Sunday Sept. 14. Photograph by Eliot J. Schechter/NHLI via Getty ImagesAndreas Hale: The UFC has actually kept a strict lid on the specifics regarding their endeavor in to the Sphere for UFC 306 on Sept. 14. Nonetheless, before the activity-- which UFC CEO Dana White has advised are going to be the greatest featuring celebration of perpetuity-- the advertising has revealed some key information concerning what supporters must anticipate out of the $2.3 billion site throughout Mexican Independence Time weekend.The UFC will definitely take advantage of Realm's substantial 160,000 sq. ft. interior display airplane and also the venue's worldclass concert-grade audio system. The indoor display aircraft will additionally exhibit real-time statistics and boxer information.Fans inside the Sphere will feel the activity courtesy of haptic seating, which provides power feedback based upon the action inside the Octagon. As well as they possess the possibility to download the LiveVoice application to listen closely to reside discourse from either the English or Spanish broadcast.The occasion will definitely likewise premiere the movie "For Mexico, For All Time," told in 6 90-second chapters between battles and also showed inside the Sphere. The imaginative staff behind the movie includes 29 Emmy Award succeeds, one Golden Globe and also one Grammy.There will be eight brand-new Octagon women, 6 native-born Mexican ladies and also pair of second-generation Mexicans.Top storiesplay1:31 How Sean O'Malley plans to achieve Conor McGregor's appeal in the UFCSean O'Malley signs up with "First Take" clean off winning the bantamweight label at UFC 292 and also refer to potentially achieving the elevation of Conor McGregor's popularity.After Sphere: Which UFC celebration areas will happen next?UFC champion Sean O'Malley assesses his cheer stardomMMA divisional rankings: Big win improvements Brady, but how higher performs he jump?UFC 306 initial look: Big questions, early bets, predictions for O'Malley-DvalishviliMMA genuine or not: Will O'Malley, Grasso both maintain at Noche UFC?