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 triumvirate fightDaniel Cormier and Chael Sonnen preview the upcoming trilogy fight in between Alexa Grasso and Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 306. Brett Okamoto: The UFC has a background of paying efficiency bonus offers to professional athletes at every occasion. This weekend, it is going to possibly dispense one of those perks to a fan.ESPN UFC CEO Dana White claimed he will pay out $25,000 to any person who pinpoints concealed Easter eggs in a jogging motion picture that will open during UFC Noche on Sunday at the Realm in Sin City. The event, likewise known as UFC 306, will be the 1st live showing off undertaking to happen at the Realm, 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 motion picture that will air between rounds, in addition to 10 different "worlds" that will play on-screen during the course of fights.Dana White to honor follower able to identify Easter eggs at UFC 306Where's the betting benefits at UFC 306? play1:31 Why the Realm might profit O'Malley against DvalishviliDaniel Cormier as well as Brett Okamoto explain how the environment 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 into the battle following his first title self defense versus Marlon Vera at UFC 299. O'Malley beat Vera through unanimous choice. Merab Dvalishvili, No. 2 in ESPN's bantamweight positions, is actually using a 10-fight winning touch. Dvalishvili has actually not lost a fight since April 2018. In the co-main tournament, ladies's flyweight champion Alexa Grasso clashes with previous champ Valentina Shevchenko in a triumvirate fight for Grasso's name. Grasso, No. 2 in ESPN's women's MMA P4P rankings, beat Shevchenko by fourth-round entry to state the title at UFC 285 in March 2023. In the rematch, Grasso preserved the label via split pull in September 2023. Andreas Hale spoke with UFC strawweight Angela Hill to acquire her perspective on the UFC 306 primary and also co-main celebrations. ESPN wagering specialists Splint Kuhn as well as Ian Parker include their knowledge as well as study on the UFC centerpiece as well as other fascinating bets they such as coming from each promotions on Saturday.Expert picks and best bets for UFC 306 as well as Bellator Champions SeriesO'Malley's superstar pathway remains unchangedplay2:32 Merab Dvalishvili reviews results from uploading cut to deal with onlineMerab Dvalishvili says to Andreas Hale just how he is healing coming from the now infamous picture he published of the cut to his face.Brett Okamoto: On Sunday, the 29-year-old O'Malley (18-1) is going to headline perhaps the highest-profile occasion in the UFC's 30-year past. Depending On to CEO Dana White, Noche UFC inside Realm in Las Vegas will certainly be actually a "one-and-done" event, because of the sheer cost ($ 20 million, depending on to White) of putting it on. Individual chairs for the UFC 306 card headlined by O'Malley's bantamweight headline self defense against Merab Dvalishvili (17-4) have actually been listed for as much as $13,000 in the course of battle week. It's the type of celebration every competitor-- or, a lot more accurately, prizefighter-- desire for. Even Conor McGregor, that possesses possessed a little bit of a vicious social back-and-forth along with O'Malley this year, intended to headline this Realm event, likely against his aged rival Nate Diaz. O'Malley admired McGregor until this year, as well as also stated he's attempted to copy aspect of his career off McGregor's. Eventually, the honor as well as accountability of headlining UFC 306 headed to O'Malley. Which is actually specifically what O'Malley preferred. He began his camp for this particular fight day just before the UFC even provided it to him.Sitting within this incredibly living-room where he stands today, O'Malley used to desire prominence and loan, loan as well as fame. Those aspirations began as very early as junior high, when he made use of to picture themself suiting up for an NFL staff on Sundays. When he achieved high school, he involved conditions that he was actually too tiny to ever before play in the NFL. Probably non-coincidentally, that's also the exact very same time in his life he started to kickbox.UFC champion Sean O'Malley reviews his rise to stardomTurki, Canelo, Dana and also Rock war for No. 1Turki Alalshikh, Canelo Alvarez, Dwayne "The Stone" Johnson, Conor McGregor and Dana White are 5 of one of the most influential people in combat sports. ESPNMike Coppinger: Much Of the best effective have a place in the match video game are going to converge on Sin city recently for a rare offering, one that includes boxing's best superstar, Canelo Alvarez, as well as the very first online showing off event at the innovative Realm with UFC 306. Canelo's unified very middleweight champion defense vs. long-odds underdog Edgar Berlanga and also Sean O'Malley's UFC bantamweight headline battle against Merab Dvalishvili will definitely match Saturday evening, an unusual clash of high-profile combat sports occasions in Las Vegas.And using it, the match activity's electrical power players will all be embodied personally between both activities. There is actually Turki Alalshikh, whose beneficial Riyadh Period sponsor helped make it feasible for Dana White and the UFC to hold a celebration at the too valued Realm. White said the cost of the immersive place has actually covered $twenty million. It is actually the initial pay-per-view celebration from White that isn't merely billed as UFC complied with by a numeral.With a number of the greatest labels going head-to-head on Sunday night in Sin city, who's drawing the strings in the match video game? ESPN spoke with 30-plus business electrical power players-- competitors, marketers, managers, legal professionals, supervisors as well as media-- to assist identify who currently keeps all the impact around punching, mixed martial arts and also expert fumbling and also how they possess it.The 15 very most important folks in punching, mixed martial arts and also wrestlingUFC 306 stories: Will definitely any battle surpass the location itself?Merab Dvalishvili trades strikes with Sean O'Malley in the bantamweight champion fight at UFC 306. Chris Unger/Zuffa LLCJeff Wagenheim: At first glimpse, the UFC's approach to commemorating Mexican Freedom Day this coming weekend break seems perplexing.UFC 306, which occurs Saturday at the Sphere in Sin City, is 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 to add to the quizzically all-over-the-map concept, the activity is actually funded through a branch of the authorities of Saudi Arabia.Branding as well as tent toppers aside, however, there will certainly indeed be actually a Mexican concept penetrating the 2nd annual Noche UFC (ESPN+ PPV, 10 p.m. ET). Just before the main event between guys's bantamweight champion Sean O'Malley as well as Merab Dvalishvili, all 9 of the night's various other bouts will definitely feature a Mexico-born or even Mexican American boxer. The co-main celebration pits women's flyweight champion Alexa Grasso-- away from Guadalajara in the Mexican condition of Jalisco-- versus former titlist Valentina Shevchenko, to complete a trilogy that's presently filled with twists.Beyond the reasonable stakes, the overarching ambiance of the evening promises to aesthetically as well as aurally transport supporters south of the perimeter. This very first showing off occasion at Sphere, the sophisticated entertainment site that opened up last year merely off the Las Vegas Bit, will certainly take full advantage of the mind-numbing innovation constructed in to the humongous around design. Throughout the evening, the UFC will make use of the 160,000-square-foot wrap-around LED display screen as well as concert-quality sound system to tell the story of combat sporting activities in Mexico.Championship matches. Spectacular development. Leading concerns. There will certainly be actually storylines surging around the round surprise of UFC 306. Below are a few to take note to.UFC 306 storylines: How Realm, Suga Sean will mold a historical eventWhat followers may expect at Noche UFCUFC 306 will certainly be at the Realm in Las Vegas on Sunday Sept. 14. Picture by Eliot J. Schechter/NHLI by means of Getty ImagesAndreas Hale: The UFC has actually kept a limited cover on the specifics regarding their endeavor in to the Sphere for UFC 306 on Sept. 14. Nevertheless, before the activity-- which UFC CEO Dana White has suggested will definitely be actually the best featuring celebration of perpetuity-- the advertising has actually exposed some crucial information regarding what fans should anticipate out of the $2.3 billion site throughout Mexican Freedom Time weekend.The UFC will certainly use Sphere's extensive 160,000 sq. ft. indoor screen airplane and also the site's worldclass concert-grade audio system. The indoor screen airplane will also exhibit real-time stats as well as fighter information.Fans inside the Sphere will definitely experience the activity thanks to haptic seats, which gives pressure responses based on the action inside the Octagon. As well as they possess the option to download the LiveVoice app to listen closely to live discourse from either the English or Spanish broadcast.The celebration will definitely likewise premiere the movie "For Mexico, For Perpetuity," said to in 6 90-second sections in between battles as well as displayed inside the Round. The innovative crew behind the film flaunts 29 Emmy Award gains, one Golden Planet as well as one Grammy.There will be eight brand-new Octagon women, six native-born Mexican women as well as two second-generation Mexicans.Top storiesplay1:31 Exactly how Sean O'Malley intends to reach Conor McGregor's level of popularity in the UFCSean O'Malley joins "Initial Take" fresh off succeeding the bantamweight headline at UFC 292 as well as refer to possibly meeting the elevation of Conor McGregor's popularity.After Sphere: Which UFC occasion sites will happen next?UFC champ Sean O'Malley reassesses his rise to stardomMMA divisional rankings: Big gain increases Brady, but how higher performs he jump?UFC 306 very first appearance: Big questions, early bets, forecasts for O'Malley-DvalishviliMMA true or otherwise: Will O'Malley, Grasso both maintain at Noche UFC?