NocheUFC co-man celebration 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 as well as Chael malfunction Grasso-Shevchenko trilogy fightDaniel Cormier as well as Chael Sonnen examine the upcoming triumvirate battle between Alexa Grasso and also Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 306. Brett Okamoto: The UFC possesses a history of paying performance benefits to sportsmens at every celebration. This weekend break, it will possibly dispense among those bonuses to a fan.ESPN UFC chief executive officer Dana White said he will certainly pay for $25,000 to any individual who determines covert Easter eggs in a dashing film that will open during UFC Noche on Sunday at the Realm in Sin City. The activity, additionally known as UFC 306, will be the very first real-time showing off event to happen at the Realm, and White possesses mentioned it will be a one-and-done occasion.The UFC has partnered along with several innovative performers to produce a flick that will open in between stints, together with 10 different "planets" that will play on-screen in the course of fights.Dana White to award fan capable to pinpoint Easter eggs at UFC 306Where's the wagering perks at UFC 306? play1:31 Why the Sphere might help O'Malley against DvalishviliDaniel Cormier as well as Brett Okamoto talk about just how the ambience at the Realm could give 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, gets into the fight following his initial headline defense against Marlon Vera at UFC 299. O'Malley beat Vera through consensual choice. Merab Dvalishvili, No. 2 in ESPN's bantamweight ranks, is actually using a 10-fight winning streak. Dvalishvili has not dropped a match due to the fact that April 2018. In the co-main event, females's flyweight champion Alexa Grasso clashes with previous champion Valentina Shevchenko in a triumvirate struggle for Grasso's title. Grasso, No. 2 in ESPN's females's mixed martial arts P4P ranks, hammer Shevchenko through fourth-round submission to declare the name at UFC 285 in March 2023. In the rematch, Grasso retained the title by means of split reel in September 2023. Andreas Hale talked to UFC strawweight Angela Hill to receive her perspective on the UFC 306 primary and also co-main events. ESPN wagering pros Splint Kuhn and Ian Parker add their ideas and also study on the UFC centerpiece and also other intriguing bets they just like coming from each promos on Saturday.Expert selections and also best options for UFC 306 and also Bellator Champions SeriesO'Malley's super star path stays unchangedplay2:32 Merab Dvalishvili discusses after effects coming from posting slice to experience onlineMerab Dvalishvili tells Andreas Hale exactly how he is actually recovery from the currently notorious image he published of the slice to his face.Brett Okamoto: On Saturday, the 29-year-old O'Malley (18-1) will heading perhaps the highest-profile activity in the UFC's 30-year history. According to Chief Executive Officer Dana White, Noche UFC inside Sphere in Las Vegas will certainly be actually a "one-and-done" event, due to the sheer cost ($ twenty thousand, depending on to White) of putting it on. Private chairs for the UFC 306 card headlined through O'Malley's bantamweight headline protection against Merab Dvalishvili (17-4) have actually been actually listed for as much as $13,000 throughout battle week. It's the type of activity every boxer-- or even, extra effectively, pugilist-- long for. Even Conor McGregor, who possesses possessed a bit of a nasty social back-and-forth along with O'Malley this year, intended to title this Realm celebration, potentially versus his aged competitor Nate Diaz. O'Malley admired McGregor up until this year, as well as also mentioned he is actually attempted to imitate portion of his occupation off McGregor's. Ultimately, the honor as well as responsibility of headlining UFC 306 headed to O'Malley. Which is exactly what O'Malley preferred. He began his camping ground for this particular fight time prior to the UFC also offered it to him.Sitting in this really living room where he stands up today, O'Malley made use of to hope for prominence and also cash, loan and prominence. Those desires began 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 phrases that he was as well little to ever before play in the NFL. Possibly non-coincidentally, that's additionally the specific very same time in his lifestyle he began to kickbox.UFC champ Sean O'Malley assesses his rise to stardomTurki, Canelo, Dana and also Rock fight for No. 1Turki Alalshikh, Canelo Alvarez, Dwayne "The Stone" Johnson, Conor McGregor as well as Dana White are actually five of the most influential folks in battle sports. ESPNMike Coppinger: A Number Of the most powerful have a place in the battle video game will merge on Sin city this week for an uncommon offering, one that includes boxing's top superstar, Canelo Alvarez, as well as the initial online sporting activity at the cutting edge Sphere with UFC 306. Canelo's unified very middleweight champion protection vs. long-odds underdog Edgar Berlanga as well as Sean O'Malley's UFC bantamweight title match versus Merab Dvalishvili are going to synchronize Sunday evening, an unusual struggle of high-profile combat sports activities in Las Vegas.And with it, the battle game's energy players will all be actually stood for in person in between both occasions. There's Turki Alalshikh, whose profitable Riyadh Time support helped create it feasible for Dana White and also the UFC to keep an occasion at the too valued Realm. White stated the cost of the immersive location has covered $20 thousand. It's the 1st pay-per-view activity from White that isn't just touted as UFC complied with by a numeral.With some of the biggest titles going head-to-head on Saturday night in Las Vegas, who's drawing the strands in the battle game? ESPN talked to 30-plus market energy gamers-- fighters, promoters, managers, attorneys, supervisors and media-- to aid identify who currently holds all the impact throughout boxing, mixed martial arts as well as expert fumbling as well as how they wield it.The 15 very most influential people in boxing, MMA as well as wrestlingUFC 306 storylines: Is going to any kind of fight beat the site itself?Merab Dvalishvili trades blows along with Sean O'Malley in the bantamweight championship fight at UFC 306. Chris Unger/Zuffa LLCJeff Wagenheim: In the beginning glimpse, the UFC's technique to commemorating Mexican Independence Time this coming weekend break appears perplexing.UFC 306, which happens Saturday at the Sphere in Sin City, is headlined by a battle between an Irish-American from Montana as well as a New Yorker hair transplanted from the Republic of Georgia. And also to add to the quizzically all-over-the-map motif, the occasion is funded by an arm of the federal government of Saudi Arabia.Branding and also signboard toppers apart, though, there will definitely indeed be a Mexican motif going through the second annual Noche UFC (ESPN+ PPV, 10 p.m. ET). Prior to the main event in between males's bantamweight champion Sean O'Malley and also Merab Dvalishvili, all 9 of the night's other bouts will definitely include a Mexico-born or Mexican American fighter. The co-main occasion pits ladies's flyweight champion Alexa Grasso-- out of Guadalajara in the Mexican state of Jalisco-- versus former titlist Valentina Shevchenko, to accomplish a triumvirate that's presently loaded with twists.Beyond the very competitive risks, the overarching setting of the evening vows to creatively as well as aurally transport enthusiasts south of the border. This initial sporting occasion at Ball, the sophisticated home entertainment location that opened in 2015 only off the Las Vegas Strip, will certainly take full advantage of the mind-numbing technology created into the tremendous around design. Throughout the night, the UFC will use the 160,000-square-foot wrap-around LED monitor as well as concert-quality sound system to inform the story of battle sporting activities in Mexico.Championship matches. Breathtaking production. Big-time concerns. There will certainly be storylines swirling around the ball-shaped marvel of UFC 306. Below are a handful of to pay attention to.UFC 306 storylines: Exactly how Realm, Suga Sean will shape a historical eventWhat enthusiasts can expect at Noche UFCUFC 306 are going to be at the Realm in Las Vegas on Sunday Sept. 14. Image by Eliot J. Schechter/NHLI through Getty ImagesAndreas Hale: The UFC has actually always kept a strict top on the specifics concerning their venture into the Realm for UFC 306 on Sept. 14. Nevertheless, in front of the celebration-- which UFC CEO Dana White has actually recommended will be the best featuring celebration of all time-- the promotion has revealed some key information concerning what supporters need to anticipate away from the $2.3 billion location during the course of Mexican Independence Time weekend.The UFC will certainly take advantage of Realm's gigantic 160,000 sq. ft. interior show plane and also the place's worldclass concert-grade stereo. The internal display screen airplane will additionally exhibit real-time statistics as well as competitor information.Fans inside the Realm are going to really feel the activity thanks to haptic seating, which gives pressure feedback based on the action inside the Octagon. And also they possess the possibility to install the LiveVoice application to listen to reside comments from either the English or even Spanish broadcast.The celebration will also premiere the movie "For Mexico, For All Time," informed in six 90-second chapters in between battles and also presented inside the Sphere. The creative group behind the film includes 29 Emmy Award gains, one Golden World and also one Grammy.There will be actually eight brand new Octagon gals, 6 native-born Mexican ladies and 2 second-generation Mexicans.Top storiesplay1:31 Just how Sean O'Malley organizes to meet Conor McGregor's level of popularity in the UFCSean O'Malley signs up with "Initial Take" fresh off gaining the bantamweight title at UFC 292 as well as discuss likely reaching the height of Conor McGregor's popularity.After Sphere: Which UFC event locations will come next?UFC champion Sean O'Malley reflects on his cheer stardomMMA local rankings: Big succeed boosts Brady, yet how higher performs he jump?UFC 306 first appearance: Big concerns, very early wagers, predictions for O'Malley-DvalishviliMMA true or otherwise: Will O'Malley, Grasso both retain at Noche UFC?