NocheUFC co-man activity is main. 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 break down Grasso-Shevchenko triumvirate fightDaniel Cormier and Chael Sonnen examine the upcoming trilogy battle between Alexa Grasso as well as Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 306. Brett Okamoto: The UFC possesses a past history of compensating functionality bonuses to sportsmens at every occasion. This weekend, it will potentially dole out among those bonuses to a fan.ESPN UFC chief executive officer Dana White said he is going to pay for $25,000 to any person that recognizes concealed Easter eggs in a rushing film that will certainly air in the course of UFC Noche on Saturday at the Sphere in Sin City. The activity, additionally referred to as UFC 306, will be the 1st real-time featuring affair to occur at the Sphere, as well as White has stated it will be a one-and-done occasion.The UFC possesses partnered with multiple artistic musicians to create a movie that will air between spells, together with 10 various "planets" that will play on-screen during fights.Dana White to award fan able to recognize Easter eggs at UFC 306Where's the betting benefits at UFC 306? play1:31 Why the Realm could benefit O'Malley versus DvalishviliDaniel Cormier as well as Brett Okamoto explain exactly how the setting at the Realm could 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 positions, gets in the match observing his initial headline self defense against Marlon Vera at UFC 299. O'Malley beat Vera by unanimous choice. Merab Dvalishvili, No. 2 in ESPN's bantamweight rankings, is actually using a 10-fight winning touch. Dvalishvili has actually certainly not dropped a fight due to the fact that April 2018. In the co-main tournament, ladies's flyweight champ Alexa Grasso encounter previous champ Valentina Shevchenko in a trilogy fight for Grasso's title. Grasso, No. 2 in ESPN's ladies's mixed martial arts P4P ranks, beat Shevchenko through fourth-round submission to state the title at UFC 285 in March 2023. In the rematch, Grasso retained the headline by means of split reel in September 2023. Andreas Hale talked to UFC strawweight Angela Mountain to obtain her viewpoint on the UFC 306 main and also co-main activities. ESPN wagering specialists Reed Kuhn as well as Ian Parker incorporate their ideas and also analysis on the UFC centerpiece and also various other intriguing wagers they just like coming from each promos on Saturday.Expert choices and also best bets for UFC 306 and Bellator Champions SeriesO'Malley's super star path continues to be unchangedplay2:32 Merab Dvalishvili goes over fallout from submitting cut to face onlineMerab Dvalishvili says to Andreas Hale how he is recovery from the now notorious picture he published of the slice to his face.Brett Okamoto: On Saturday, the 29-year-old O'Malley (18-1) will definitely title perhaps the highest-profile activity in the UFC's 30-year history. According to Chief Executive Officer Dana White, Noche UFC inside Sphere in Sin city will definitely be a "one-and-done" event, because of the sheer price ($ 20 thousand, depending on to White) of putting it on. Individual chairs for the UFC 306 card headlined through O'Malley's bantamweight label defense versus Merab Dvalishvili (17-4) have been noted for as high as $13,000 during the course of match week. It is actually the type of event every competitor-- or even, even more efficiently, prizefighter-- long for. Even Conor McGregor, who has possessed a little bit of a nasty social back-and-forth along with O'Malley this year, intended to headline this Realm activity, potentially versus his old rival Nate Diaz. O'Malley appreciated McGregor until this year, and even stated he is actually attempted to copy aspect of his career off McGregor's. Eventually, the respect as well as duty of headlining UFC 306 visited O'Malley. Which is precisely what O'Malley wished. He began his camp for this particular fight date just before the UFC even used it to him.Sitting in this really sitting room where he stands up today, O'Malley utilized to imagine prominence and cash, funds and prominence. Those aspirations began as early as middle school, when he made use of to envision himself suiting up for an NFL team on Sundays. When he achieved high school, he came to phrases that he was also tiny to ever before play in the NFL. Probably non-coincidentally, that is actually also the specific very same time in his lifestyle he began to kickbox.UFC champ Sean O'Malley reviews his cheer stardomTurki, Canelo, Dana as well as Stone struggle for No. 1Turki Alalshikh, Canelo Alvarez, Dwayne "The Stone" Johnson, Conor McGregor and also Dana White are actually five of the most prominent individuals in fight sporting activities. ESPNMike Coppinger: Most Of the absolute most powerful figures in the match video game will definitely merge on Las Vegas today for a rare offering, one that features punching's best superstar, Canelo Alvarez, and also the initial online sporting celebration at the revolutionary Sphere with UFC 306. Canelo's consolidated incredibly middleweight championship self defense vs. long-odds longshot Edgar Berlanga as well as Sean O'Malley's UFC bantamweight headline fight versus Merab Dvalishvili will definitely correspond Sunday night, an uncommon struggle of prominent combat sporting activities activities in Las Vegas.And using it, the battle video game's energy gamers will definitely all be actually stood for in person in between both celebrations. There is actually Turki Alalshikh, whose profitable Riyadh Season sponsor assisted make it possible for Dana White as well as the UFC to store an activity at the exorbitantly valued Sphere. White stated the price of the immersive site has covered $twenty thousand. It is actually the first pay-per-view celebration coming from White that isn't merely touted as UFC complied with by a numeral.With some of the biggest titles going head-to-head on Saturday night in Sin city, who's drawing the strings in the fight activity? ESPN talked with 30-plus industry energy players-- fighters, marketers, executives, lawyers, supervisors as well as media-- to aid identify who currently stores all the influence all over boxing, mixed martial arts as well as expert fumbling and exactly how they wield it.The 15 most influential people in punching, mixed martial arts and wrestlingUFC 306 stories: Will any sort of match outperform the location itself?Merab Dvalishvili trades punches with Sean O'Malley in the bantamweight championship fight at UFC 306. Chris Unger/Zuffa LLCJeff Wagenheim: At first glance, the UFC's method to commemorating Mexican Self-reliance Time this happening weekend seems perplexing.UFC 306, which takes place Sunday at the Sphere in Las Vegas, is actually headlined by a battle in between an Irish-American coming from Montana as well as a New Yorker transplanted coming from the Republic of Georgia. As well as to add to the quizzically all-over-the-map design, the celebration is sponsored by an arm of the federal government of Saudi Arabia.Branding and also marquee toppers aside, however, there will definitely certainly be actually a Mexican style going through the 2nd annual Noche UFC (ESPN+ PPV, 10 p.m. ET). Prior to the centerpiece between males's bantamweight champ Sean O'Malley and Merab Dvalishvili, all 9 of the night's other bouts are going to feature a Mexico-born or even Mexican American boxer. The co-main celebration pits women's flyweight champion Alexa Grasso-- out of Guadalajara in the Mexican state of Jalisco-- against previous titlist Valentina Shevchenko, to accomplish a triumvirate that is actually already loaded with twists.Beyond the very competitive stakes, the overarching setting of the evening vows to creatively and also aurally transportation fans south of the perimeter. This first featuring event at Ball, the cutting-edge home entertainment location that opened in 2015 only off the Sin city Strip, will maximize the mind-numbing technology built right into the tremendous around framework. Throughout the evening, the UFC will certainly use the 160,000-square-foot wrap-around LED screen and also concert-quality stereo to inform the story of battle sports in Mexico.Championship battles. Breathtaking production. Major-league risks. There are going to be storylines swirling all around the spherical surprise of UFC 306. Right here are actually a couple of to focus to.UFC 306 stories: Exactly how Sphere, Suga Sean are going to form a historic eventWhat enthusiasts can anticipate at Noche UFCUFC 306 will certainly go to the Sphere in Las Vegas on Saturday Sept. 14. Picture through Eliot J. Schechter/NHLI through Getty ImagesAndreas Hale: The UFC has always kept a strict top on the specifics concerning their endeavor into the Realm for UFC 306 on Sept. 14. Nevertheless, in front of the celebration-- which UFC CEO Dana White has actually proposed are going to be the greatest featuring celebration of perpetuity-- the promo has actually revealed some key information about what supporters must expect away from the $2.3 billion place throughout Mexican Freedom Time weekend.The UFC are going to make use of Sphere's enormous 160,000 sq. ft. interior display screen aircraft and also the site's worldclass concert-grade stereo. The indoor display screen airplane will definitely additionally feature real-time statistics and fighter information.Fans inside the Realm will definitely really feel the activity courtesy of haptic seats, which provides pressure comments based upon the activity inside the Octagon. As well as they have the possibility to download and install the LiveVoice app to listen to reside discourse from either the English or even Spanish broadcast.The activity will definitely likewise premiere the film "For Mexico, For All Time," said to in six 90-second sections between fights and also displayed inside the Round. The artistic crew behind the movie includes 29 Emmy Award succeeds, one Golden Entire world as well as one Grammy.There will be actually eight brand new Octagon gals, six native-born Mexican females and also 2 second-generation Mexicans.Top storiesplay1:31 Exactly how Sean O'Malley considers to meet Conor McGregor's popularity in the UFCSean O'Malley joins "1st Take" clean off succeeding the bantamweight label at UFC 292 and also discuss possibly achieving the elevation of Conor McGregor's popularity.After Ball: Which UFC event locations will happen next?UFC champion Sean O'Malley reassesses his cheer stardomMMA local rankings: Big win improvements Brady, yet how high does he jump?UFC 306 first appeal: Big concerns, very early wagers, forecasts for O'Malley-DvalishviliMMA actual or not: Will O'Malley, Grasso both maintain at Noche UFC?