NocheUFC co-man occasion is main. 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 as well as Chael break down Grasso-Shevchenko trilogy fightDaniel Cormier and Chael Sonnen sneak peek the upcoming trilogy fight between Alexa Grasso and also Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 306. Brett Okamoto: The UFC possesses a history of compensating performance incentives to athletes at every activity. This weekend break, it is going to potentially dole out one of those bonus offers to a fan.ESPN UFC chief executive officer Dana White said he will pay out $25,000 to anyone that recognizes covert Easter eggs in a running flick that will definitely air throughout UFC Noche on Sunday at the Realm in Las Vegas. The occasion, likewise referred to as UFC 306, will be the very first online sporting event to occur at the Sphere, as well as White possesses claimed it will be actually a one-and-done occasion.The UFC possesses partnered with various imaginative performers to produce a flick that will open in between bouts, along with 10 different "worlds" that will participate in on-screen in the course of fights.Dana White to honor fan capable to recognize Easter eggs at UFC 306Where's the betting conveniences at UFC 306? play1:31 Why the Realm could gain O'Malley against DvalishviliDaniel Cormier and Brett Okamoto review exactly how the ambience at the Sphere could offer 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, gets in the fight following his initial label defense against Marlon Vera at UFC 299. O'Malley beat Vera through unanimous decision. Merab Dvalishvili, No. 2 in ESPN's bantamweight ranks, is actually using a 10-fight winning touch. Dvalishvili has actually not lost a battle since April 2018. In the co-main tournament, women's flyweight champ Alexa Grasso clashes with former champ Valentina Shevchenko in a trilogy bout for Grasso's name. Grasso, No. 2 in ESPN's girls's mixed martial arts P4P rankings, beat Shevchenko through fourth-round submission to claim the title at UFC 285 in March 2023. In the rematch, Grasso kept the label via crack draw in September 2023. Andreas Hale talked with UFC strawweight Angela Hillside to obtain her perspective on the UFC 306 principal and co-main activities. ESPN wagering experts Reed Kuhn and also Ian Parker add their ideas and analysis on the UFC centerpiece and various other fascinating wagers they such as from both promos on Saturday.Expert picks and also best options for UFC 306 and Bellator Champions SeriesO'Malley's superstar road remains unchangedplay2:32 Merab Dvalishvili talks about results coming from posting slice to deal with onlineMerab Dvalishvili says to Andreas Hale how he is actually healing coming from the currently infamous image 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 celebration in the UFC's 30-year history. Depending On to CEO Dana White, Noche UFC inside Realm in Las Vegas will certainly be actually a "one-and-done" celebration, because of the sheer cost ($ 20 million, according to White) of placing it on. Private chairs for the UFC 306 memory card headlined by O'Malley's bantamweight title defense versus Merab Dvalishvili (17-4) have been detailed for as high as $13,000 throughout match full week. It is actually the kind of celebration every competitor-- or even, even more correctly, prizefighter-- desire. Even Conor McGregor, that possesses had a little a vicious public back-and-forth along with O'Malley this year, would like to heading this Realm event, possibly versus his outdated rival Nate Diaz. O'Malley admired McGregor until this year, as well as also mentioned he's made an effort to resemble portion of his profession off McGregor's. Essentially, the honor as well as accountability of headlining UFC 306 went to O'Malley. Which is actually specifically what O'Malley really wanted. He started his camp for this specific match day before the UFC also supplied it to him.Sitting in this particular quite sitting room where he stands today, O'Malley made use of to dream of popularity and amount of money, amount of money and fame. Those goals started as very early as junior high, when he used to imagine themself wearing for an NFL team on Sundays. When he achieved senior high school, he pertained to conditions that he was actually too little to ever before play in the NFL. Perhaps non-coincidentally, that's also the specific same attend his lifestyle he started to kickbox.UFC champ Sean O'Malley assesses his cheer stardomTurki, Canelo, Dana and Rock battle for No. 1Turki Alalshikh, Canelo Alvarez, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Conor McGregor and also Dana White are 5 of the best influential people in battle sports. ESPNMike Coppinger: Many of the absolute most effective figures in the battle game will certainly merge on Sin city recently for a rare offering, one that features boxing's leading star, Canelo Alvarez, and the initial online sporting celebration at the cutting edge Realm with UFC 306. Canelo's linked super middleweight championship protection vs. long-odds underdog Edgar Berlanga and Sean O'Malley's UFC bantamweight label fight versus Merab Dvalishvili will certainly match Sunday night, an uncommon battle of top-level combat sports occasions in Las Vegas.And along with it, the fight video game's electrical power players are going to all be actually embodied in person between each occasions. There's Turki Alalshikh, whose highly profitable Riyadh Season support aided make it feasible for Dana White and also the UFC to keep an occasion at the exorbitantly priced Sphere. White pointed out the expense of the immersive venue has actually covered $20 thousand. It's the first pay-per-view event coming from White that isn't merely announced as UFC observed by a numeral.With a number of the largest labels going head-to-head on Sunday evening in Sin city, that is actually pulling the cords in the battle video game? ESPN spoke with 30-plus market electrical power gamers-- competitors, promoters, executives, legal professionals, managers as well as media-- to help calculate who currently stores all the impact around boxing, MMA as well as expert fumbling as well as how they possess it.The 15 most important people in boxing, mixed martial arts and also wrestlingUFC 306 storylines: Will any kind of match beat the venue itself?Merab Dvalishvili trades hits along with Sean O'Malley in the bantamweight championship battle at UFC 306. Chris Unger/Zuffa LLCJeff Wagenheim: In the beginning glance, the UFC's approach to celebrating Mexican Self-reliance Day this coming weekend break appears perplexing.UFC 306, which happens Sunday at the Sphere in Sin City, is headlined through a battle between an Irish-American coming from Montana and a New Yorker transplanted coming from the Commonwealth of Georgia. And to contribute to the quizzically all-over-the-map concept, the activity is actually financed through an arm of the federal government of Saudi Arabia.Branding and tent covers apart, though, there will without a doubt be actually a Mexican concept permeating the 2nd annual Noche UFC (ESPN+ PPV, 10 p.m. ET). Prior to the centerpiece in between men's bantamweight champ Sean O'Malley and Merab Dvalishvili, all 9 of the night's various other spells are going to feature a Mexico-born or Mexican United States competitor. The co-main activity pits females's flyweight champion Alexa Grasso-- out of Guadalajara in the Mexican condition of Jalisco-- against former titlist Valentina Shevchenko, to finish a trilogy that is actually already packed with twists.Beyond the reasonable stakes, the overarching setting of the night assures to aesthetically and also aurally transport supporters south of the border. This very first showing off activity at Ball, the advanced home entertainment place that opened in 2015 simply off the Las Vegas Bit, are going to make the most of the mind-numbing innovation created in to the enormous around framework. Throughout the night, the UFC will certainly make use of the 160,000-square-foot wrap-around LED screen and also concert-quality sound system to tell the tale of fight sports in Mexico.Championship battles. Panoramic manufacturing. Prominent risks. There are going to be storylines surging all over the spherical marvel of UFC 306. Right here are a few to take note to.UFC 306 storylines: Exactly how Sphere, Suga Sean are going to form a historic eventWhat supporters can easily assume at Noche UFCUFC 306 will definitely go to the Sphere in Las Vegas on Saturday Sept. 14. Photo by Eliot J. Schechter/NHLI through Getty ImagesAndreas Hale: The UFC has actually maintained a limited cover on the specifics concerning their project in to the Sphere for UFC 306 on Sept. 14. Nonetheless, in advance of the celebration-- which UFC CEO Dana White has actually suggested will certainly be the best showing off occasion of perpetuity-- the advertising has revealed some vital particulars about what supporters should assume away from the $2.3 billion location during Mexican Self-reliance Time weekend.The UFC will certainly use Sphere's extensive 160,000 sq. ft. interior screen plane and the site's worldclass concert-grade audio system. The indoor display aircraft will additionally display real-time stats as well as competitor information.Fans inside the Sphere will feel the action courtesy of haptic seating, which offers power responses based on the activity inside the Octagon. And they possess the choice to download and install the LiveVoice application to listen closely to stay comments coming from either the English or even Spanish broadcast.The activity will certainly also premiere the movie "For Mexico, For All Time," informed in six 90-second chapters in between fights and presented inside the Sphere. The creative group responsible for the movie includes 29 Emmy Award succeeds, one Golden World as well as one Grammy.There will be actually 8 brand-new Octagon females, six native-born Mexican women and pair of second-generation Mexicans.Top storiesplay1:31 How Sean O'Malley prepares to reach Conor McGregor's level of popularity in the UFCSean O'Malley joins "Initial Take" clean off gaining the bantamweight label at UFC 292 and also refer to possibly achieving the elevation of Conor McGregor's popularity.After Sphere: Which UFC occasion locations will come next?UFC champ Sean O'Malley assesses his cheer stardomMMA local rankings: Big succeed improvements Brady, yet how high performs he jump?UFC 306 first appearance: Big inquiries, very early wagers, prophecies for O'Malley-DvalishviliMMA actual or not: Will O'Malley, Grasso both keep at Noche UFC?