NocheUFC co-man event is actually 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 also Chael break down Grasso-Shevchenko triumvirate fightDaniel Cormier and also Chael Sonnen examine the upcoming triumvirate fight between Alexa Grasso as well as Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 306. Brett Okamoto: The UFC possesses a record of compensating efficiency perks to professional athletes at every occasion. This weekend break, it will potentially administer among those benefits to a fan.ESPN UFC chief executive officer Dana White mentioned he will definitely pay for $25,000 to anybody who pinpoints concealed Easter eggs in a running motion picture that will open throughout UFC Noche on Sunday at the Sphere in Sin City. The activity, likewise known as UFC 306, will be the initial real-time featuring affair to occur at the Realm, and White has stated it will be a one-and-done occasion.The UFC has partnered along with multiple artistic artists to create a motion picture that will air between rounds, along with 10 various "globes" that will participate in on-screen during fights.Dana White to award supporter capable to pinpoint Easter eggs at UFC 306Where's the wagering perks at UFC 306? play1:31 Why the Sphere could possibly benefit O'Malley versus DvalishviliDaniel Cormier as well as Brett Okamoto explain exactly how the atmosphere at the Sphere could possibly provide Sean O'Malley an advantage over Merab Dvalishvili at Noche UFC.Andreas Hale: Sean O'Malley, No. 4 in ESPN's pound-for-pound rankings, enters the battle following his first title protection versus Marlon Vera at UFC 299. O'Malley beat Vera by unanimous choice. Merab Dvalishvili, No. 2 in ESPN's bantamweight ranks, is using a 10-fight winning touch. Dvalishvili has actually certainly not dropped a match due to the fact that April 2018. In the co-main contest, girls's flyweight champion Alexa Grasso encounter former champion Valentina Shevchenko in a trilogy bout for Grasso's name. Grasso, No. 2 in ESPN's females's MMA P4P positions, beat Shevchenko through fourth-round submission to assert the name at UFC 285 in March 2023. In the rematch, Grasso kept the headline through split draw in September 2023. Andreas Hale spoke with UFC strawweight Angela Hill to obtain her viewpoint on the UFC 306 main and also co-main activities. ESPN betting experts Splint Kuhn and Ian Parker incorporate their understandings and review on the UFC main event and also other fascinating bets they like from each advertisings on Saturday.Expert choices and best options for UFC 306 and also Bellator Champions SeriesO'Malley's super star course remains unchangedplay2:32 Merab Dvalishvili talks about after effects from submitting slice to experience onlineMerab Dvalishvili tells Andreas Hale how he is healing from the now notorious image he submitted of the cut to his face.Brett Okamoto: On Sunday, the 29-year-old O'Malley (18-1) will definitely headline perhaps the highest-profile celebration in the UFC's 30-year history. According to Chief Executive Officer Dana White, Noche UFC inside Realm in Las Vegas will be actually a "one-and-done" activity, as a result of the large expense ($ 20 million, depending on to White) of putting it on. Specific chairs for the UFC 306 memory card headlined by O'Malley's bantamweight title defense versus Merab Dvalishvili (17-4) have actually been actually specified for as high as $13,000 in the course of fight full week. It's the sort of event every boxer-- or, even more effectively, prizefighter-- hope for. Even Conor McGregor, who has had a little a nasty social back-and-forth with O'Malley this year, wanted to headline this Realm occasion, likely versus his aged competitor Nate Diaz. O'Malley appreciated McGregor until this year, as well as also mentioned he's tried to simulate portion of his career off McGregor's. Eventually, the tribute as well as task of headlining UFC 306 mosted likely to O'Malley. Which is actually exactly what O'Malley preferred. He started his camp for this certain match day before the UFC also offered it to him.Sitting within this extremely living room where he stands today, O'Malley utilized to desire fame and also cash, amount of money and fame. Those goals started as very early as intermediate school, when he made use of to imagine themself dressing for an NFL crew on Sundays. When he reached secondary school, he pertained to conditions that he was actually too tiny to ever play in the NFL. Maybe non-coincidentally, that's additionally the exact same time in his lifestyle he began to kickbox.UFC champ Sean O'Malley reviews his rise to stardomTurki, Canelo, Dana as well as Rock battle for No. 1Turki Alalshikh, Canelo Alvarez, Dwayne "The Stone" Johnson, Conor McGregor and Dana White are 5 of the most prominent people in battle sporting activities. ESPNMike Coppinger: A Lot Of the absolute most powerful figures in the match video game are going to assemble on Las Vegas this week for a rare offering, one that includes punching's top star, Canelo Alvarez, and the 1st real-time sporting event at the advanced Sphere along with UFC 306. Canelo's combined extremely middleweight champion self defense vs. long-odds underdog Edgar Berlanga and also Sean O'Malley's UFC bantamweight label battle against Merab Dvalishvili are going to coincide Saturday evening, an unusual conflict of prominent combat sports celebrations in Las Vegas.And using it, the match activity's power players are going to all be worked with in person in between each events. There's Turki Alalshikh, whose beneficial Riyadh Period support helped create it possible for Dana White and the UFC to keep an occasion at the too valued Sphere. White claimed the expense of the immersive place has actually covered $20 thousand. It's the very first pay-per-view activity coming from White that isn't just billed as UFC followed through a numeral.With a number of the largest labels going head-to-head on Saturday night in Sin city, that's drawing the strings in the battle video game? ESPN spoke with 30-plus field power gamers-- fighters, marketers, execs, attorneys, managers and media-- to assist determine that currently holds all the impact across boxing, mixed martial arts and also professional wrestling and how they possess it.The 15 most prominent individuals in boxing, MMA and wrestlingUFC 306 storylines: Is going to any type of fight outshine the site itself?Merab Dvalishvili trades strikes with Sean O'Malley in the bantamweight champion fight at UFC 306. Chris Unger/Zuffa LLCJeff Wagenheim: At first glance, the UFC's method to celebrating Mexican Independence Day this happening weekend break seems perplexing.UFC 306, which happens Sunday at the Sphere in Las Vegas, is actually headlined through a battle in between an Irish-American from Montana and also a New Yorker hair transplanted coming from the State of Georgia. And also to include in the quizzically all-over-the-map motif, the event is financed through an arm of the federal government of Saudi Arabia.Branding and also tent mattress toppers apart, however, there will certainly undoubtedly be a Mexican motif penetrating the second annual Noche UFC (ESPN+ PPV, 10 p.m. ET). Just before the main event in between men's bantamweight champion Sean O'Malley and Merab Dvalishvili, all nine of the night's other spells will certainly feature a Mexico-born or Mexican American fighter. The co-main celebration pits girls's flyweight champ Alexa Grasso-- out of Guadalajara in the Mexican condition of Jalisco-- versus former titlist Valentina Shevchenko, to finish a trilogy that is actually currently packed with twists.Beyond the very competitive stakes, the overarching atmosphere of the evening promises to visually as well as aurally transportation followers south of the boundary. This very first showing off event at Ball, the groundbreaking entertainment location that opened in 2015 simply off the Las Vegas Strip, will make the most of the mind-numbing technology developed into the enormous round framework. Throughout the night, the UFC is going to make use of the 160,000-square-foot wraparound LED screen and concert-quality sound system to tell the tale of battle sports in Mexico.Championship battles. Impressive development. Big-time risks. There will definitely be actually storylines swirling throughout the spherical surprise of UFC 306. Right here are a couple of to pay attention to.UFC 306 stories: Just how Realm, Suga Sean are going to shape a famous eventWhat supporters may anticipate at Noche UFCUFC 306 will certainly be at the Realm in Las Vegas on Saturday Sept. 14. Photograph by Eliot J. Schechter/NHLI through Getty ImagesAndreas Hale: The UFC has actually kept a limited top on the specifics regarding their endeavor right into the Sphere for UFC 306 on Sept. 14. Having said that, in advance of the activity-- which UFC Chief Executive Officer Dana White has actually recommended will definitely be the best showing off event of perpetuity-- the promo has actually exposed some crucial particulars regarding what supporters need to anticipate out of the $2.3 billion place throughout Mexican Freedom Time weekend.The UFC will take advantage of Realm's massive 160,000 sq. ft. interior display aircraft as well as the site's worldclass concert-grade stereo. The internal display screen plane are going to also display real-time stats as well as competitor information.Fans inside the Realm are going to really feel the activity courtesy of haptic seats, which offers pressure comments based on the action inside the Octagon. And they possess the possibility to download and install the LiveVoice application to pay attention to live discourse coming from either the English or even Spanish broadcast.The celebration will definitely additionally premiere the film "For Mexico, For Perpetuity," said to in six 90-second phases between matches as well as presented inside the Ball. The imaginative crew behind the movie boasts 29 Emmy Honor gains, one Golden World and one Grammy.There will be eight brand-new Octagon ladies, 6 native-born Mexican ladies and also 2 second-generation Mexicans.Top storiesplay1:31 Just how Sean O'Malley organizes to achieve Conor McGregor's recognition in the UFCSean O'Malley participates in "1st Take" clean off gaining the bantamweight headline at UFC 292 and also talks about possibly meeting the height of Conor McGregor's popularity.After Ball: Which UFC event locations will happen next?UFC champion Sean O'Malley assesses his cheer stardomMMA local rankings: Big succeed boosts Brady, however how high performs he jump?UFC 306 1st appeal: Big questions, very early wagers, prophecies for O'Malley-DvalishviliMMA genuine or otherwise: Will O'Malley, Grasso both preserve at Noche UFC?