NocheUFC co-man activity is actually 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 break Grasso-Shevchenko triumvirate fightDaniel Cormier and also Chael Sonnen preview the upcoming triumvirate match between Alexa Grasso and also Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 306. Brett Okamoto: The UFC has a history of paying efficiency perks to sportsmens at every activity. This weekend break, it is going to potentially share out among those incentives to a fan.ESPN UFC CEO Dana White mentioned he is going to pay out $25,000 to any person who identifies concealed Easter eggs in a dashing movie that will certainly open during the course of UFC Noche on Saturday at the Sphere in Las Vegas. The celebration, likewise referred to as UFC 306, will be the initial real-time sporting event to take place at the Realm, and also White has mentioned it will be actually a one-and-done occasion.The UFC has partnered with multiple artistic performers to make a motion picture that will open in between bouts, in addition to 10 various "planets" that will participate in on-screen in the course of fights.Dana White to honor fan able to identify Easter eggs at UFC 306Where's the betting perks at UFC 306? play1:31 Why the Sphere could help O'Malley against DvalishviliDaniel Cormier and Brett Okamoto go over how the atmosphere at the Realm might provide Sean O'Malley a benefit over Merab Dvalishvili at Noche UFC.Andreas Hale: Sean O'Malley, No. 4 in ESPN's pound-for-pound positions, enters into the fight following his 1st label defense versus Marlon Vera at UFC 299. O'Malley beat Vera by consensual choice. Merab Dvalishvili, No. 2 in ESPN's bantamweight positions, is actually riding a 10-fight winning touch. Dvalishvili has not lost a match considering that April 2018. In the co-main contest, females's flyweight champ Alexa Grasso encounter previous champion Valentina Shevchenko in a trilogy bout for Grasso's title. Grasso, No. 2 in ESPN's girls's mixed martial arts P4P positions, beat Shevchenko by fourth-round submitting to declare the name at UFC 285 in March 2023. In the rematch, Grasso retained the headline by means of split attract September 2023. Andreas Hale spoke with UFC strawweight Angela Hill to get her point of view on the UFC 306 primary and co-main occasions. ESPN wagering pros Reed Kuhn as well as Ian Parker incorporate their ideas and also analysis on the UFC main event and also other appealing bets they as if from both promos on Saturday.Expert picks as well as best bets for UFC 306 and Bellator Champions SeriesO'Malley's celebrity path stays unchangedplay2:32 Merab Dvalishvili discusses results from submitting cut to deal with onlineMerab Dvalishvili says to Andreas Hale just how he is actually recovery from the currently infamous image he posted of the cut to his face.Brett Okamoto: On Sunday, the 29-year-old O'Malley (18-1) will definitely heading probably the highest-profile event in the UFC's 30-year past history. Depending On to CEO Dana White, Noche UFC inside Sphere in Sin city will certainly be actually a "one-and-done" activity, as a result of the sheer expense ($ twenty million, according to White) of placing it on. Individual chairs for the UFC 306 memory card headlined by O'Malley's bantamweight label self defense against Merab Dvalishvili (17-4) have been noted for as long as $13,000 throughout match week. It's the kind of event every boxer-- or, more efficiently, prizefighter-- long for. Even Conor McGregor, that possesses had a little a nasty social back-and-forth along with O'Malley this year, would like to heading this Sphere activity, possibly versus his outdated opponent Nate Diaz. O'Malley marvelled at McGregor till this year, and also stated he is actually made an effort to resemble parts of his career off McGregor's. Inevitably, the honor as well as responsibility of headlining UFC 306 visited O'Malley. Which is actually precisely what O'Malley wanted. He began his camp for this certain match date just before the UFC even provided it to him.Sitting in this particular quite living-room where he stands today, O'Malley utilized to desire fame and also money, money and fame. Those aspirations began as very early as secondary school, when he utilized to imagine himself suiting up for an NFL team on Sundays. When he reached secondary school, he came to terms that he was as well small to ever before play in the NFL. Probably non-coincidentally, that's also the exact very same attend his lifestyle he started to kickbox.UFC champ Sean O'Malley reviews his cheer stardomTurki, Canelo, Dana and also Rock war for No. 1Turki Alalshikh, Canelo Alvarez, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Conor McGregor as well as Dana White are actually 5 of one of the most significant folks in fight sports. ESPNMike Coppinger: A Lot Of the best powerful figures in the match game are going to come together on Las Vegas today for an uncommon offering, one that includes boxing's best superstar, Canelo Alvarez, and also the first online showing off occasion at the cutting edge Sphere with UFC 306. Canelo's merged very middleweight champion protection vs. long-odds longshot Edgar Berlanga and Sean O'Malley's UFC bantamweight label fight versus Merab Dvalishvili will definitely synchronize Saturday evening, an uncommon clash of prominent battle sporting activities occasions in Las Vegas.And with it, the match game's energy gamers will certainly all be actually embodied face to face in between both events. There is actually Turki Alalshikh, whose beneficial Riyadh Period sponsorship assisted create it feasible for Dana White as well as the UFC to keep a celebration at the exorbitantly valued Realm. White claimed the price of the immersive place has actually covered $twenty thousand. It's the first pay-per-view event from White that isn't simply touted as UFC adhered to through a numeral.With a number of the largest titles going head-to-head on Saturday night in Las Vegas, that's drawing the cords in the battle game? ESPN contacted 30-plus field energy gamers-- competitors, marketers, executives, legal professionals, managers and also media-- to assist determine that currently keeps all the influence throughout punching, mixed martial arts as well as expert fumbling as well as exactly how they possess it.The 15 very most prominent people in punching, MMA and also wrestlingUFC 306 stories: Will definitely any battle outperform the place itself?Merab Dvalishvili trades hits with Sean O'Malley in the bantamweight champion fight at UFC 306. Chris Unger/Zuffa LLCJeff Wagenheim: Initially glance, the UFC's technique to commemorating Mexican Self-reliance Day this happening weekend break appears perplexing.UFC 306, which happens Saturday at the Realm in Sin City, is headlined through a fight in between an Irish-American coming from Montana as well as a New Yorker transplanted coming from the Republic of Georgia. And also to include in the quizzically all-over-the-map concept, the event is funded through an arm of the government of Saudi Arabia.Branding and signboard toppers aside, though, there will certainly certainly be a Mexican theme permeating the second yearly Noche UFC (ESPN+ PPV, 10 p.m. ET). Before the main event in between guys's bantamweight champ Sean O'Malley and Merab Dvalishvili, all 9 of the night's various other rounds will certainly feature a Mexico-born or Mexican American competitor. The co-main event pits women's flyweight champ Alexa Grasso-- away from Guadalajara in the Mexican condition of Jalisco-- versus previous titlist Valentina Shevchenko, to finish a trilogy that's actually filled with twists.Beyond the affordable stakes, the overarching atmosphere of the night assures to visually and also aurally transport fans southern of the border. This very first sporting activity at Ball, the cutting-edge enjoyment site that opened up in 2014 only off the Sin city Bit, are going to take full advantage of the mind-numbing technology built in to the enormous sphere structure. Throughout the night, the UFC is going to utilize the 160,000-square-foot wraparound LED display and concert-quality stereo to inform the tale of combat sporting activities in Mexico.Championship fights. Breathtaking creation. Major-league stakes. There are going to be stories surging around the spherical miracle of UFC 306. Below are actually a handful of to focus to.UFC 306 stories: How Realm, Suga Sean are going to form a historic eventWhat fans may anticipate at Noche UFCUFC 306 will definitely be at the Realm in Sin City on Saturday Sept. 14. Photo through Eliot J. Schechter/NHLI via Getty ImagesAndreas Hale: The UFC has actually kept a limited lid on the specifics concerning their project into the Sphere for UFC 306 on Sept. 14. Nevertheless, before the event-- which UFC Chief Executive Officer Dana White has actually proposed will certainly be the best featuring celebration of perpetuity-- the advertising has actually uncovered some crucial information about what followers should expect away from the $2.3 billion venue throughout Mexican Self-reliance Day weekend.The UFC will utilize Sphere's massive 160,000 sq. ft. indoor screen plane as well as the site's worldclass concert-grade audio system. The internal display screen airplane will definitely additionally showcase real-time statistics as well as boxer information.Fans inside the Sphere will experience the action thanks to haptic seating, which supplies force responses based upon the action inside the Octagon. And they have the option to install the LiveVoice app to listen closely to stay commentary coming from either the English or Spanish broadcast.The activity will likewise premiere the film "For Mexico, For All Time," informed in 6 90-second phases between matches as well as showed inside the Ball. The artistic crew behind the movie boasts 29 Emmy Honor succeeds, one Golden Entire world and one Grammy.There will be 8 brand new Octagon women, six native-born Mexican women and 2 second-generation Mexicans.Top storiesplay1:31 How Sean O'Malley intends to achieve Conor McGregor's popularity in the UFCSean O'Malley signs up with "Initial Take" fresh off gaining the bantamweight title at UFC 292 and speak about possibly reaching the elevation of Conor McGregor's popularity.After Sphere: Which UFC occasion areas will come next?UFC champ Sean O'Malley reassesses his cheer stardomMMA divisional positions: Big gain boosts Brady, but just how higher does he jump?UFC 306 1st look: Big questions, very early wagers, forecasts for O'Malley-DvalishviliMMA true or otherwise: Will O'Malley, Grasso both preserve at Noche UFC?