NocheUFC co-man celebration is actually formal. 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 as well as Chael malfunction Grasso-Shevchenko triumvirate fightDaniel Cormier as well as Chael Sonnen preview the upcoming triumvirate match between Alexa Grasso as well as Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 306. Brett Okamoto: The UFC has a past of compensating performance bonus offers to sportsmens at every event. This weekend break, it will likely share out some of those incentives to a fan.ESPN UFC chief executive officer Dana White mentioned he will certainly pay out $25,000 to anybody that recognizes covert Easter eggs in a rushing motion picture that will definitely open during the course of UFC Noche on Saturday at the Realm in Sin City. The event, likewise called UFC 306, will be the 1st real-time showing off undertaking to happen at the Realm, as well as White possesses said it will be a one-and-done occasion.The UFC has partnered along with a number of innovative performers to make a movie that will open between stints, along with 10 various "planets" that will play on-screen during fights.Dana White to honor supporter able to identify Easter eggs at UFC 306Where's the wagering conveniences at UFC 306? play1:31 Why the Sphere could possibly benefit O'Malley versus DvalishviliDaniel Cormier and also Brett Okamoto explain how the environment at the Sphere could offer 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, gets into the match observing his first title protection versus Marlon Vera at UFC 299. O'Malley beat Vera through consentaneous selection. Merab Dvalishvili, No. 2 in ESPN's bantamweight positions, is actually riding a 10-fight winning streak. Dvalishvili has actually not dropped a fight since April 2018. In the co-main event, women's flyweight champion Alexa Grasso clashes with former champ Valentina Shevchenko in a triumvirate battle for Grasso's name. Grasso, No. 2 in ESPN's girls's mixed martial arts P4P rankings, hammer Shevchenko by fourth-round article to claim the name at UFC 285 in March 2023. In the rematch, Grasso retained the label through crack draw in September 2023. Andreas Hale contacted UFC strawweight Angela Hill to get her perspective on the UFC 306 principal as well as co-main activities. ESPN wagering specialists Splint Kuhn as well as Ian Parker include their knowledge as well as study on the UFC main event as well as other appealing wagers they such as coming from each promos on Saturday.Expert choices and best bets for UFC 306 and Bellator Champions SeriesO'Malley's super star pathway continues to be unchangedplay2:32 Merab Dvalishvili talks about fallout coming from posting cut to experience onlineMerab Dvalishvili says to Andreas Hale just how he is actually recuperation coming from the right now notorious photo he submitted of the cut to his face.Brett Okamoto: On Saturday, the 29-year-old O'Malley (18-1) is going to headline perhaps the highest-profile occasion in the UFC's 30-year record. Depending On to CEO Dana White, Noche UFC inside Realm in Las Vegas will definitely be a "one-and-done" occasion, as a result of the sheer price ($ twenty thousand, depending on to White) of putting it on. Specific seats for the UFC 306 memory card headlined by O'Malley's bantamweight headline defense against Merab Dvalishvili (17-4) have actually been detailed for as much as $13,000 in the course of battle full week. It is actually the kind of celebration every competitor-- or, a lot more properly, prizefighter-- dreams of. Also Conor McGregor, who has possessed a little an unpleasant social back-and-forth along with O'Malley this year, wished to headline this Realm event, possibly versus his outdated competitor Nate Diaz. O'Malley admired McGregor till this year, as well as even mentioned he is actually attempted to simulate aspect of his job off McGregor's. Inevitably, the tribute and also duty of headlining UFC 306 went to O'Malley. Which is exactly what O'Malley yearned for. He began his camping ground for this specific match day before the UFC even used it to him.Sitting within this extremely living-room where he stands today, O'Malley used to desire prominence and also funds, amount of money as well as prominence. Those aspirations started as early as secondary school, when he used to visualize himself wearing for an NFL crew on Sundays. When he achieved senior high school, he came to conditions that he was too tiny to ever before play in the NFL. Perhaps non-coincidentally, that is actually also the specific same attend his lifestyle he began to kickbox.UFC champion Sean O'Malley assesses his cheer stardomTurki, Canelo, Dana and also Stone war for No. 1Turki Alalshikh, Canelo Alvarez, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Conor McGregor as well as Dana White are 5 of one of the most prominent folks in battle sporting activities. ESPNMike Coppinger: A Number Of the most effective have a place in the fight game will assemble on Sin city today for an uncommon offering, one that features boxing's top superstar, Canelo Alvarez, as well as the initial real-time showing off activity at the state-of-the-art Realm along with UFC 306. Canelo's merged incredibly middleweight championship defense vs. long-odds underdog Edgar Berlanga as well as Sean O'Malley's UFC bantamweight title fight versus Merab Dvalishvili will certainly coincide Saturday evening, an uncommon struggle of prominent battle sporting activities celebrations in Las Vegas.And along with it, the match activity's power gamers are going to all be actually exemplified face to face between each activities. There's Turki Alalshikh, whose financially rewarding Riyadh Season support aided create it achievable for Dana White as well as the UFC to store a celebration at the exorbitantly valued Realm. White pointed out the expense of the immersive location has actually topped $20 thousand. It's the 1st pay-per-view activity coming from White that isn't just billed as UFC followed by a numeral.With some of the most significant labels going head-to-head on Sunday night in Las Vegas, that's taking the strands in the match game? ESPN spoke with 30-plus industry electrical power players-- competitors, marketers, executives, legal representatives, managers and media-- to assist determine that presently stores all the influence around boxing, mixed martial arts as well as professional wrestling and how they wield it.The 15 most influential folks in punching, mixed martial arts and wrestlingUFC 306 storylines: Will certainly any sort of fight surpass the site itself?Merab Dvalishvili trades hits along with Sean O'Malley in the bantamweight championship match at UFC 306. Chris Unger/Zuffa LLCJeff Wagenheim: At first glimpse, the UFC's technique to commemorating Mexican Independence Time this coming weekend seems perplexing.UFC 306, which occurs Saturday at the Sphere in Las Vegas, is headlined through a match between an Irish-American coming from Montana and a New Yorker transplanted from the Commonwealth of Georgia. And also to include in the quizzically all-over-the-map motif, the occasion is actually sponsored through an arm of the federal government of Saudi Arabia.Branding and marquee mattress toppers aside, though, there will certainly be actually a Mexican theme penetrating the second yearly Noche UFC (ESPN+ PPV, 10 p.m. ET). Before the main event between men's bantamweight champion Sean O'Malley and Merab Dvalishvili, all 9 of the evening's various other spells are going to feature a Mexico-born or even Mexican United States competitor. The co-main event pits ladies's flyweight champ Alexa Grasso-- out of Guadalajara in the Mexican state of Jalisco-- versus previous titlist Valentina Shevchenko, to accomplish a triumvirate that's presently full of twists.Beyond the affordable concerns, the overarching atmosphere of the evening assures to aesthetically as well as aurally transport fans south of the border. This first featuring activity at Ball, the innovative enjoyment venue that opened up in 2015 merely off the Las Vegas Bit, will certainly maximize the mind-numbing technology created right 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 also concert-quality sound system to say to the tale of fight sporting activities in Mexico.Championship fights. Awesome production. Leading stakes. There will certainly be stories swirling all over the round marvel of UFC 306. Here are actually a handful of to pay attention to.UFC 306 stories: How Sphere, Suga Sean are going to form a historical eventWhat enthusiasts can easily assume at Noche UFCUFC 306 will definitely be at the Sphere in Las Vegas on Sunday Sept. 14. Photograph through Eliot J. Schechter/NHLI through Getty ImagesAndreas Hale: The UFC has always kept a tight lid on the specifics regarding their project into the Sphere for UFC 306 on Sept. 14. However, before the activity-- which UFC Chief Executive Officer Dana White has proposed are going to be actually the best sporting occasion of perpetuity-- the promo has exposed some essential details about what fans need to anticipate out of the $2.3 billion site throughout Mexican Independence Time weekend.The UFC will certainly take advantage of Sphere's gigantic 160,000 sq. ft. indoor display plane as well as the venue's worldclass concert-grade stereo. The internal display screen airplane are going to also showcase real-time stats as well as fighter information.Fans inside the Realm will certainly feel the action courtesy of haptic seats, which supplies force feedback based on the activity inside the Octagon. As well as they have the option to download the LiveVoice application to listen closely to live discourse coming from either the English or Spanish broadcast.The activity will definitely likewise premiere the film "For Mexico, For All Time," informed in 6 90-second chapters between fights and also displayed inside the Round. The innovative team behind the film includes 29 Emmy Honor succeeds, one Golden Planet and also one Grammy.There will be actually eight brand new Octagon ladies, six native-born Mexican girls and also two second-generation Mexicans.Top storiesplay1:31 Exactly how Sean O'Malley prepares to meet Conor McGregor's attraction in the UFCSean O'Malley participates in "Very first Take" fresh off gaining the bantamweight label at UFC 292 and also speak about likely achieving the elevation of Conor McGregor's popularity.After Ball: Which UFC celebration sites will come next?UFC champ Sean O'Malley assesses his rise to stardomMMA divisional positions: Big gain boosts Brady, however exactly how high does he jump?UFC 306 initial appeal: Big concerns, early wagers, predictions for O'Malley-DvalishviliMMA real or not: Will O'Malley, Grasso both maintain at Noche UFC?