NocheUFC co-man event is 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 Chael malfunction Grasso-Shevchenko triumvirate fightDaniel Cormier and Chael Sonnen sneak peek the upcoming trilogy battle between Alexa Grasso and also Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 306. Brett Okamoto: The UFC has a history of compensating functionality perks to professional athletes at every event. This weekend break, it will potentially dole out among those bonuses to a fan.ESPN UFC CEO Dana White stated he will pay out $25,000 to anyone who identifies covert Easter eggs in a dashing motion picture that will certainly air during UFC Noche on Sunday at the Realm in Las Vegas. The celebration, additionally referred to as UFC 306, will be the 1st live showing off event to happen at the Sphere, and White possesses said it will be a one-and-done occasion.The UFC possesses partnered along with various artistic artists to make a motion picture that will open in between rounds, alongside 10 different "globes" that will play on-screen during fights.Dana White to honor fan able to determine Easter eggs at UFC 306Where's the wagering advantages at UFC 306? play1:31 Why the Sphere could help O'Malley versus DvalishviliDaniel Cormier and also Brett Okamoto cover exactly how the environment at the Realm 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 positions, goes into the fight observing his 1st title defense versus Marlon Vera at UFC 299. O'Malley hammered Vera through consensual decision. Merab Dvalishvili, No. 2 in ESPN's bantamweight rankings, is actually riding a 10-fight winning streak. Dvalishvili has actually certainly not lost a battle due to the fact that April 2018. In the co-main contest, females's flyweight champion Alexa Grasso encounter previous champion Valentina Shevchenko in a triumvirate match for Grasso's title. Grasso, No. 2 in ESPN's girls's MMA P4P ranks, beat Shevchenko by fourth-round submitting to assert the title at UFC 285 in March 2023. In the rematch, Grasso preserved the title using split draw in September 2023. Andreas Hale talked to UFC strawweight Angela Hill to obtain her point of view on the UFC 306 principal as well as co-main events. ESPN betting pros Splint Kuhn and Ian Parker incorporate their understandings as well as review on the UFC centerpiece and various other intriguing bets they such as from both promotions on Saturday.Expert selections and also best bets for UFC 306 and Bellator Champions SeriesO'Malley's superstar road remains unchangedplay2:32 Merab Dvalishvili talks about after effects from posting cut to face onlineMerab Dvalishvili says to Andreas Hale just how he is recovery coming from the right now notorious photo he posted of the slice to his face.Brett Okamoto: On Sunday, the 29-year-old O'Malley (18-1) is going to headline maybe the highest-profile event in the UFC's 30-year record. According to Chief Executive Officer Dana White, Noche UFC inside Sphere in Sin city are going to be a "one-and-done" celebration, as a result of the high price ($ twenty million, depending on to White) of placing it on. Personal seats for the UFC 306 card headlined by O'Malley's bantamweight label protection against Merab Dvalishvili (17-4) have actually been provided for as long as $13,000 in the course of match full week. It's the kind of activity every boxer-- or even, a lot more effectively, prizefighter-- desire for. Even Conor McGregor, who has possessed a bit of an unpleasant social back-and-forth along with O'Malley this year, desired to heading this Realm activity, possibly against his aged competitor Nate Diaz. O'Malley appreciated McGregor till this year, as well as even mentioned he is actually made an effort to imitate aspect of his profession off McGregor's. Eventually, the tribute and obligation of headlining UFC 306 visited O'Malley. Which is actually exactly what O'Malley really wanted. He began his camping ground for this particular fight time just before the UFC even supplied it to him.Sitting within this incredibly living-room where he stands today, O'Malley utilized to desire for prominence and also loan, amount of money and fame. Those desires started as very early as junior high, when he made use of to visualize themself dressing for an NFL team on Sundays. When he reached secondary school, he related to terms that he was actually too little to ever play in the NFL. Probably non-coincidentally, that is actually also the precise very same time in his lifestyle he started to kickbox.UFC champion Sean O'Malley assesses his cheer stardomTurki, Canelo, Dana and also Stone battle for No. 1Turki Alalshikh, Canelo Alvarez, Dwayne "The Stone" Johnson, Conor McGregor and Dana White are actually 5 of the absolute most significant folks in combat sports. ESPNMike Coppinger: Much Of the best powerful have a place in the match video game will definitely merge on Las Vegas this week for an unusual offering, one that includes punching's leading celebrity, Canelo Alvarez, and the very first real-time sporting occasion at the state-of-the-art Sphere with UFC 306. Canelo's unified extremely middleweight championship protection vs. long-odds longshot Edgar Berlanga as well as Sean O'Malley's UFC bantamweight title battle against Merab Dvalishvili will definitely coincide Saturday evening, an uncommon conflict of prominent fight sports occasions in Las Vegas.And using it, the battle game's energy gamers will all be worked with in person between both occasions. There is actually Turki Alalshikh, whose profitable Riyadh Season sponsor aided make it feasible for Dana White as well as the UFC to hold an activity at the exorbitantly priced Realm. White stated the price of the immersive site has covered $20 million. It is actually the first pay-per-view activity coming from White that isn't just billed as UFC complied with by a numeral.With a few of the greatest titles going head-to-head on Sunday evening in Las Vegas, that is actually taking the strands in the fight game? ESPN contacted 30-plus sector power players-- boxers, marketers, execs, lawyers, supervisors and media-- to help calculate who presently keeps all the impact throughout boxing, mixed martial arts as well as professional wrestling and also how they wield it.The 15 most prominent individuals in boxing, mixed martial arts as well as wrestlingUFC 306 storylines: Will definitely any kind of match surpass the place itself?Merab Dvalishvili trades hits along with Sean O'Malley in the bantamweight champion fight at UFC 306. Chris Unger/Zuffa LLCJeff Wagenheim: At first look, the UFC's strategy to celebrating Mexican Self-reliance Day this coming weekend seems perplexing.UFC 306, which takes place Saturday at the Sphere in Las Vegas, is headlined by a battle in between an Irish-American coming from Montana and a New Yorker transplanted coming from the Commonwealth of Georgia. And also to add to the quizzically all-over-the-map theme, the event is funded by a branch of the government of Saudi Arabia.Branding and marquee covers aside, though, there will definitely without a doubt be a Mexican concept penetrating the 2nd yearly Noche UFC (ESPN+ PPV, 10 p.m. ET). Prior to the centerpiece in between men's bantamweight champion Sean O'Malley and Merab Dvalishvili, all nine of the night's various other spells will feature a Mexico-born or Mexican United States competitor. The co-main activity pits ladies's flyweight champ Alexa Grasso-- away from Guadalajara in the Mexican condition of Jalisco-- against previous titlist Valentina Shevchenko, to complete a trilogy that's actually packed with twists.Beyond the affordable concerns, the overarching ambiance of the evening guarantees to creatively as well as aurally transportation fans south of the perimeter. This initial sporting celebration at Ball, the advanced enjoyment place that opened in 2013 just off the Sin city Bit, are going to maximize the mind-numbing modern technology created into the whopping sphere structure. Throughout the evening, the UFC will use the 160,000-square-foot wraparound LED monitor as well as concert-quality sound system to inform the story of battle sports in Mexico.Championship fights. Gorgeous manufacturing. Major-league stakes. There will certainly be storylines swirling all around the round surprise of UFC 306. Below are a couple of to listen to.UFC 306 stories: How Realm, Suga Sean are going to shape a historic eventWhat enthusiasts may expect at Noche UFCUFC 306 are going to be at the Realm in Sin City on Saturday Sept. 14. Photograph by Eliot J. Schechter/NHLI via Getty ImagesAndreas Hale: The UFC has maintained a strict lid on the specifics concerning their endeavor into the Realm for UFC 306 on Sept. 14. Nevertheless, ahead of the celebration-- which UFC CEO Dana White has recommended are going to be actually the greatest sporting celebration of all time-- the promotion has uncovered some crucial information about what fans need to anticipate out of the $2.3 billion place during the course of Mexican Independence Day weekend.The UFC are going to make use of Sphere's enormous 160,000 sq. ft. internal display screen plane and the location's worldclass concert-grade stereo. The internal screen aircraft will also display real-time statistics and also boxer information.Fans inside the Sphere are going to feel the action thanks to haptic seats, which offers power feedback based upon the activity inside the Octagon. As well as they possess the possibility to install the LiveVoice app to listen to live discourse from either the English or Spanish broadcast.The celebration will definitely likewise premiere the movie "For Mexico, For All Time," said to in six 90-second phases between matches and also showed inside the Round. The innovative team behind the movie boasts 29 Emmy Award wins, one Golden World as well as one Grammy.There will be eight brand new Octagon girls, six native-born Mexican females and also pair of second-generation Mexicans.Top storiesplay1:31 Just how Sean O'Malley plans to achieve Conor McGregor's recognition in the UFCSean O'Malley joins "1st Take" fresh off gaining the bantamweight title at UFC 292 as well as refer to likely achieving the elevation of Conor McGregor's popularity.After Ball: Which UFC activity places will come next?UFC champion Sean O'Malley assesses his rise to stardomMMA local ranks: Big gain increases Brady, but exactly how high performs he jump?UFC 306 first appearance: Big questions, very early bets, forecasts for O'Malley-DvalishviliMMA actual or otherwise: Will O'Malley, Grasso both retain at Noche UFC?