NocheUFC co-man celebration is official. 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 Chael malfunction Grasso-Shevchenko trilogy fightDaniel Cormier and Chael Sonnen sneak peek the upcoming triumvirate fight in between Alexa Grasso and also Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 306. Brett Okamoto: The UFC possesses a background of paying efficiency benefits to professional athletes at every activity. This weekend, it is going to possibly share out some of those incentives to a fan.ESPN UFC CEO Dana White claimed he will pay for $25,000 to anyone that recognizes concealed Easter eggs in a jogging flick that will certainly air during the course of UFC Noche on Sunday at the Realm in Sin City. The activity, also referred to as UFC 306, will be actually the 1st real-time showing off undertaking to occur at the Sphere, and White has mentioned it will be actually a one-and-done occasion.The UFC has partnered along with several artistic artists to create a flick that will open in between bouts, along with 10 various "planets" that will play on-screen in the course of fights.Dana White to award follower capable to pinpoint Easter eggs at UFC 306Where's the wagering conveniences at UFC 306? play1:31 Why the Sphere could benefit O'Malley versus DvalishviliDaniel Cormier and Brett Okamoto review just how the setting at the Sphere could offer Sean O'Malley a perk over Merab Dvalishvili at Noche UFC.Andreas Hale: Sean O'Malley, No. 4 in ESPN's pound-for-pound positions, gets in the fight observing his 1st title self defense versus Marlon Vera at UFC 299. O'Malley hammered Vera by consensual decision. Merab Dvalishvili, No. 2 in ESPN's bantamweight positions, is actually riding a 10-fight winning streak. Dvalishvili has certainly not lost a battle considering that April 2018. In the co-main contest, females's flyweight champion Alexa Grasso encounter past champ Valentina Shevchenko in a triumvirate battle for Grasso's name. Grasso, No. 2 in ESPN's women's mixed martial arts P4P ranks, beat Shevchenko by fourth-round entry to claim the title at UFC 285 in March 2023. In the rematch, Grasso kept the headline by means of crack reel in September 2023. Andreas Hale spoke to UFC strawweight Angela Hill to acquire her standpoint on the UFC 306 primary and co-main occasions. ESPN wagering professionals Splint Kuhn and Ian Parker incorporate their insights as well as evaluation on the UFC main event and also various other intriguing wagers they as if coming from each promotions on Saturday.Expert choices and best options for UFC 306 and also Bellator Champions SeriesO'Malley's super star pathway stays unchangedplay2:32 Merab Dvalishvili goes over after effects coming from posting cut to face onlineMerab Dvalishvili informs Andreas Hale how he is recuperation coming from the currently well known photo he submitted of the slice to his face.Brett Okamoto: On Saturday, the 29-year-old O'Malley (18-1) will definitely heading possibly the highest-profile event in the UFC's 30-year background. Depending On to Chief Executive Officer Dana White, Noche UFC inside Sphere in Sin city will be a "one-and-done" celebration, due to the large price ($ 20 thousand, depending on to White) of putting it on. Private seats for the UFC 306 card headlined through O'Malley's bantamweight title protection versus Merab Dvalishvili (17-4) have actually been actually listed for as high as $13,000 in the course of fight week. It is actually the sort of activity every competitor-- or, even more properly, prizefighter-- desire. Also Conor McGregor, that possesses had a little a nasty social back-and-forth along with O'Malley this year, desired to heading this Realm event, likely against his aged opponent Nate Diaz. O'Malley appreciated McGregor until this year, as well as even claimed he is actually tried to copy parts of his job off McGregor's. Eventually, the tribute as well as obligation of headlining UFC 306 mosted likely to O'Malley. Which is specifically what O'Malley wanted. He began his camping ground for this certain match day prior to the UFC even gave it to him.Sitting within this quite living room where he stands up today, O'Malley utilized to desire for prominence and cash, cash as well as prominence. Those aspirations started as early as secondary school, when he made use of to visualize himself dressing for an NFL team on Sundays. When he reached high school, he related to terms that he was actually too little to ever before play in the NFL. Possibly non-coincidentally, that is actually additionally the precise very same time in his life he began to kickbox.UFC champ Sean O'Malley reflects on his cheer stardomTurki, Canelo, Dana and also Rock war for No. 1Turki Alalshikh, Canelo Alvarez, Dwayne "The Stone" Johnson, Conor McGregor as well as Dana White are 5 of the best prominent people in fight sporting activities. ESPNMike Coppinger: Most Of the absolute most effective figures in the battle activity will definitely merge on Las Vegas this week for a rare offering, one that includes punching's leading star, Canelo Alvarez, and also the very first online featuring activity at the innovative Realm with UFC 306. Canelo's consolidated very middleweight championship defense vs. long-odds underdog Edgar Berlanga as well as Sean O'Malley's UFC bantamweight label match against Merab Dvalishvili will certainly synchronize Saturday night, an unique battle of top-level combat sporting activities events in Las Vegas.And with it, the battle video game's electrical power gamers will definitely all be exemplified in person between each celebrations. There's Turki Alalshikh, whose lucrative Riyadh Time sponsorship assisted create it feasible for Dana White and the UFC to store a celebration at the too valued Sphere. White mentioned the price of the immersive location has actually topped $twenty million. It's the 1st pay-per-view event coming from White that isn't merely touted as UFC followed by a numeral.With some of the greatest labels going head-to-head on Saturday night in Las Vegas, who's drawing the strands in the fight video game? ESPN spoke with 30-plus business electrical power gamers-- competitors, marketers, executives, legal representatives, supervisors as well as media-- to aid identify that currently keeps all the effect around punching, MMA and also professional wrestling and also how they wield it.The 15 most influential folks in boxing, MMA as well as wrestlingUFC 306 stories: Will any kind of battle outperform the site itself?Merab Dvalishvili trades punches along with Sean O'Malley in the bantamweight champion match at UFC 306. Chris Unger/Zuffa LLCJeff Wagenheim: At first glimpse, the UFC's method to commemorating Mexican Independence Time this coming weekend seems perplexing.UFC 306, which takes place Saturday at the Sphere in Las Vegas, is actually headlined by a battle between an Irish-American from Montana and also a New Yorker transplanted from the Republic of Georgia. And also to contribute to the quizzically all-over-the-map theme, the celebration is actually funded through a branch of the government of Saudi Arabia.Branding and also tent mattress toppers aside, though, there will certainly be actually a Mexican style penetrating the second yearly Noche UFC (ESPN+ PPV, 10 p.m. ET). Just before the main event in between males's bantamweight champ Sean O'Malley and Merab Dvalishvili, all 9 of the evening's other rounds will certainly include a Mexico-born or even Mexican American competitor. The co-main celebration pits girls's flyweight champ Alexa Grasso-- away from Guadalajara in the Mexican state of Jalisco-- against past titlist Valentina Shevchenko, to complete a triumvirate that's currently filled with twists.Beyond the competitive concerns, the overarching atmosphere of the night assures to aesthetically and aurally transportation fans southern of the perimeter. This initial sporting celebration at Ball, the innovative entertainment location that opened up in 2015 only off the Las Vegas Strip, will definitely make the most of the mind-numbing modern technology constructed into the tremendous around framework. Throughout the night, the UFC will utilize the 160,000-square-foot wraparound LED screen and also concert-quality sound system to inform the tale of combat sports in Mexico.Championship fights. Panoramic creation. Major-league stakes. There will be actually storylines surging all over the circular miracle of UFC 306. Right here are a few to focus to.UFC 306 storylines: Exactly how Realm, Suga Sean will definitely form a historic eventWhat enthusiasts can easily expect at Noche UFCUFC 306 will go to the Sphere in Sin City on Sunday Sept. 14. Image through Eliot J. Schechter/NHLI using Getty ImagesAndreas Hale: The UFC has kept a tight top on the specifics regarding their venture into the Realm for UFC 306 on Sept. 14. Nevertheless, before the celebration-- which UFC CEO Dana White has actually suggested will certainly be the greatest sporting activity of perpetuity-- the promotion has disclosed some crucial particulars regarding what enthusiasts ought to expect out of the $2.3 billion place throughout Mexican Self-reliance Time weekend.The UFC will definitely utilize Realm's huge 160,000 sq. ft. internal display plane and also the site's worldclass concert-grade audio system. The internal show plane are going to additionally display real-time stats and boxer information.Fans inside the Sphere will definitely really feel the action courtesy of haptic seats, which gives force responses based on the action inside the Octagon. And also they have the alternative to download the LiveVoice app to listen to live discourse from either the English or Spanish broadcast.The occasion are going to also premiere the movie "For Mexico, For All Time," informed in six 90-second sections between battles and also showed inside the Ball. The artistic staff responsible for the film flaunts 29 Emmy Award wins, one Golden Planet and one Grammy.There will be actually 8 new Octagon ladies, six native-born Mexican females as well as 2 second-generation Mexicans.Top storiesplay1:31 Just how Sean O'Malley prepares to meet Conor McGregor's popularity in the UFCSean O'Malley signs up with "Very first Take" new off winning the bantamweight headline at UFC 292 and discuss potentially reaching the height of Conor McGregor's popularity.After Round: Which UFC event places will come next?UFC champion Sean O'Malley reassesses his rise to stardomMMA local rankings: Big succeed increases Brady, yet how high does he jump?UFC 306 initial look: Big questions, early bets, forecasts for O'Malley-DvalishviliMMA real or not: Will O'Malley, Grasso both preserve at Noche UFC?