NocheUFC co-man event 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 and also Chael malfunction Grasso-Shevchenko triumvirate fightDaniel Cormier as well as Chael Sonnen examine the upcoming trilogy fight in between Alexa Grasso as well as Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 306. Brett Okamoto: The UFC has a background of paying performance bonus offers to professional athletes at every occasion. This weekend break, it will potentially share out among those benefits to a fan.ESPN UFC CEO Dana White stated he will certainly pay for $25,000 to anybody who determines surprise Easter eggs in a running motion picture that will certainly open during UFC Noche on Saturday at the Sphere in Sin City. The event, also known as UFC 306, will be the 1st real-time sporting affair to happen at the Sphere, and also White has mentioned it will be actually a one-and-done occasion.The UFC has partnered along with a number of creative artists to produce a flick that will air between rounds, together with 10 different "planets" that will play on-screen in the course of fights.Dana White to award follower able to recognize Easter eggs at UFC 306Where's the betting conveniences at UFC 306? play1:31 Why the Realm might benefit O'Malley versus DvalishviliDaniel Cormier as well as Brett Okamoto explain how the environment at the Sphere might 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, enters the battle observing his 1st headline defense versus Marlon Vera at UFC 299. O'Malley hammered Vera through unanimous choice. Merab Dvalishvili, No. 2 in ESPN's bantamweight rankings, is actually riding a 10-fight winning streak. Dvalishvili has certainly not lost a fight since April 2018. In the co-main tournament, women's flyweight champion Alexa Grasso clashes with former champ Valentina Shevchenko in a triumvirate battle for Grasso's title. Grasso, No. 2 in ESPN's women's MMA P4P rankings, beat Shevchenko by fourth-round submission to state the title at UFC 285 in March 2023. In the rematch, Grasso retained the headline via split pull in September 2023. Andreas Hale spoke to UFC strawweight Angela Mountain to get her perspective on the UFC 306 primary and co-main occasions. ESPN wagering experts Splint Kuhn as well as Ian Parker add their understandings as well as analysis on the UFC centerpiece as well as various other fascinating wagers they like from each promotions on Saturday.Expert choices and best bets for UFC 306 and Bellator Champions SeriesO'Malley's celebrity path continues to be unchangedplay2:32 Merab Dvalishvili covers after effects coming from submitting cut to experience onlineMerab Dvalishvili says to Andreas Hale just how he is recuperation from the currently infamous picture he submitted of the slice to his face.Brett Okamoto: On Saturday, the 29-year-old O'Malley (18-1) will definitely headline possibly the highest-profile occasion in the UFC's 30-year history. According to CEO Dana White, Noche UFC inside Realm in Sin city will definitely be a "one-and-done" celebration, as a result of the sheer expense ($ twenty thousand, depending on to White) of putting it on. Private seats for the UFC 306 memory card headlined through O'Malley's bantamweight headline protection against Merab Dvalishvili (17-4) have actually been actually noted for as long as $13,000 in the course of battle week. It is actually the kind of activity every competitor-- or, a lot more precisely, prizefighter-- desire. Even Conor McGregor, that has possessed a bit of an unpleasant social back-and-forth along with O'Malley this year, wanted to heading this Sphere event, possibly versus his old competitor Nate Diaz. O'Malley appreciated McGregor up until this year, and also even mentioned he is actually made an effort to resemble component of his job off McGregor's. Inevitably, the tribute and also obligation of headlining UFC 306 headed to O'Malley. Which is actually specifically what O'Malley desired. He started his camping ground for this particular battle time before the UFC also supplied it to him.Sitting in this incredibly living room where he stands up today, O'Malley made use of to imagine fame as well as cash, funds and popularity. Those aspirations began as early as middle school, when he used to picture themself dressing for an NFL group on Sundays. When he achieved secondary school, he came to conditions that he was too small to ever play in the NFL. Probably non-coincidentally, that's likewise the precise same time in his lifestyle he started to kickbox.UFC champion Sean O'Malley reassesses his rise to stardomTurki, Canelo, Dana and Rock struggle for No. 1Turki Alalshikh, Canelo Alvarez, Dwayne "The Stone" Johnson, Conor McGregor as well as Dana White are five of the best influential folks in fight sports. ESPNMike Coppinger: A Lot Of the best strong figures in the fight activity are going to assemble on Sin city recently for a rare offering, one that features boxing's top superstar, Canelo Alvarez, as well as the very first live sporting celebration at the state-of-the-art Sphere along with UFC 306. Canelo's consolidated very middleweight championship defense vs. long-odds underdog Edgar Berlanga and also Sean O'Malley's UFC bantamweight label match against Merab Dvalishvili are going to synchronize Sunday evening, an unique battle of high-profile battle sports occasions in Las Vegas.And from it, the fight activity's energy players will all be worked with in person in between both activities. There's Turki Alalshikh, whose highly profitable Riyadh Time sponsor aided create it possible for Dana White and the UFC to keep an activity at the too valued Sphere. White stated the price of the immersive venue has topped $twenty thousand. It is actually the very first pay-per-view celebration from White that isn't simply touted as UFC adhered to through a numeral.With several of the largest labels going head-to-head on Sunday evening in Sin city, that is actually pulling the cords in the battle game? ESPN contacted 30-plus sector energy players-- fighters, marketers, executives, legal professionals, supervisors and also media-- to aid identify who currently stores all the effect around boxing, MMA and also professional wrestling and how they possess it.The 15 very most influential folks in boxing, mixed martial arts and also wrestlingUFC 306 storylines: Will definitely any type of battle surpass the location itself?Merab Dvalishvili trades blows along with Sean O'Malley in the bantamweight championship fight at UFC 306. Chris Unger/Zuffa LLCJeff Wagenheim: Initially look, the UFC's technique to commemorating Mexican Freedom Day this happening weekend break seems to be perplexing.UFC 306, which happens Sunday at the Sphere in Las Vegas, is headlined through a match between an Irish-American coming from Montana as well as a New Yorker transplanted coming from the Republic of Georgia. As well as to include in the quizzically all-over-the-map concept, the activity is actually financed through an arm of the authorities of Saudi Arabia.Branding and marquee mattress toppers apart, though, there will certainly indeed be actually a Mexican theme going through the 2nd annual Noche UFC (ESPN+ PPV, 10 p.m. ET). Just before the centerpiece in between males's bantamweight champ Sean O'Malley as well as Merab Dvalishvili, all 9 of the night's other bouts will certainly include a Mexico-born or Mexican United States competitor. The co-main event pits girls's flyweight champ Alexa Grasso-- away from Guadalajara in the Mexican condition of Jalisco-- against past titlist Valentina Shevchenko, to finish a triumvirate that is actually currently full of twists.Beyond the affordable concerns, the overarching setting of the evening promises to creatively and also aurally transport enthusiasts southern of the boundary. This 1st featuring activity at Round, the groundbreaking enjoyment location that opened in 2015 only off the Sin city Bit, will definitely maximize the mind-numbing modern technology created right into the whopping around construct. Throughout the evening, the UFC will use the 160,000-square-foot wraparound LED display screen and concert-quality stereo to tell the tale of fight sports in Mexico.Championship fights. Spectacular development. Major-league concerns. There will definitely be stories rolling all over the spherical miracle of UFC 306. Here are a handful of to listen to.UFC 306 stories: How Realm, Suga Sean are going to form a famous eventWhat enthusiasts can easily anticipate at Noche UFCUFC 306 will certainly be at the Realm in Las Vegas on Sunday Sept. 14. Photograph by Eliot J. Schechter/NHLI via Getty ImagesAndreas Hale: The UFC has always kept a tight cover on the specifics concerning their project into the Sphere for UFC 306 on Sept. 14. Having said that, in advance of the celebration-- which UFC CEO Dana White has actually proposed will certainly be actually the greatest featuring activity of all time-- the advertising has revealed some key details about what fans should expect away from the $2.3 billion place during Mexican Self-reliance Time weekend.The UFC will definitely utilize Sphere's huge 160,000 sq. ft. indoor display plane as well as the location's worldclass concert-grade stereo. The indoor show airplane will certainly likewise feature real-time stats as well as fighter information.Fans inside the Realm will really feel the activity thanks to haptic seating, which offers force responses based upon the activity inside the Octagon. And they possess the alternative to download the LiveVoice application to listen to reside discourse coming from either the English or Spanish broadcast.The activity will additionally premiere the film "For Mexico, For All Time," said to in 6 90-second phases between fights as well as presented inside the Round. The innovative group responsible for the film boasts 29 Emmy Honor succeeds, one Golden Planet and one Grammy.There will be eight brand-new Octagon females, six native-born Mexican women and two second-generation Mexicans.Top storiesplay1:31 Just how Sean O'Malley prepares to achieve Conor McGregor's recognition in the UFCSean O'Malley joins "Initial Take" clean off winning the bantamweight title at UFC 292 and also speak about possibly reaching the height of Conor McGregor's popularity.After Sphere: Which UFC celebration areas will happen next?UFC champion Sean O'Malley reassesses his rise to stardomMMA divisional positions: Big gain boosts Brady, yet exactly how high does he jump?UFC 306 very first appearance: Big questions, very early wagers, predictions for O'Malley-DvalishviliMMA true or otherwise: Will O'Malley, Grasso both preserve at Noche UFC?