NocheUFC co-man activity 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 triumvirate fightDaniel Cormier and also Chael Sonnen preview the upcoming triumvirate fight between Alexa Grasso and also Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 306. Brett Okamoto: The UFC has a past of paying efficiency incentives to sportsmens at every activity. This weekend break, it is going to likely dispense some of those rewards to a fan.ESPN UFC CEO Dana White claimed he will certainly pay $25,000 to any person that recognizes covert Easter eggs in a running motion picture that will certainly open throughout UFC Noche on Sunday at the Realm in Sin City. The celebration, additionally referred to as UFC 306, will be actually the very first online featuring event to happen at the Realm, and also White has mentioned it will be actually a one-and-done occasion.The UFC has partnered along with a number of artistic musicians to make a film that will open in between stints, together with 10 different "worlds" that will play on-screen throughout fights.Dana White to honor fan capable to determine Easter eggs at UFC 306Where's the betting perks at UFC 306? play1:31 Why the Realm can benefit O'Malley versus DvalishviliDaniel Cormier and also Brett Okamoto cover exactly how the setting at the Realm could possibly 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 rankings, goes into the battle observing his first title self defense against Marlon Vera at UFC 299. O'Malley hammered Vera through consentaneous selection. Merab Dvalishvili, No. 2 in ESPN's bantamweight rankings, is riding a 10-fight winning touch. Dvalishvili has not shed a match since April 2018. In the co-main contest, girls's flyweight champ Alexa Grasso clashes with former champion Valentina Shevchenko in a triumvirate fight for Grasso's title. Grasso, No. 2 in ESPN's females's mixed martial arts P4P rankings, beat Shevchenko through fourth-round submitting to profess the name at UFC 285 in March 2023. In the rematch, Grasso maintained the headline through crack attract September 2023. Andreas Hale contacted UFC strawweight Angela Hill to receive her point of view on the UFC 306 primary and co-main activities. ESPN wagering professionals Splint Kuhn and also Ian Parker incorporate their insights and review on the UFC main event and also other appealing wagers they like coming from both promos on Saturday.Expert picks and best options for UFC 306 and also Bellator Champions SeriesO'Malley's superstar course continues to be unchangedplay2:32 Merab Dvalishvili discusses results from uploading cut to face onlineMerab Dvalishvili informs Andreas Hale exactly how he is actually recovery coming from the right now notorious image he published of the cut to his face.Brett Okamoto: On Saturday, the 29-year-old O'Malley (18-1) will definitely title possibly the highest-profile celebration in the UFC's 30-year background. According to Chief Executive Officer Dana White, Noche UFC inside Realm in Las Vegas will be actually a "one-and-done" celebration, because of the large price ($ twenty thousand, depending on to White) of placing it on. Specific seats for the UFC 306 card headlined through O'Malley's bantamweight title protection versus Merab Dvalishvili (17-4) have actually been detailed for as long as $13,000 throughout match full week. It is actually the sort of event every boxer-- or even, a lot more efficiently, prizefighter-- hope for. Even Conor McGregor, that possesses had a little an unpleasant public back-and-forth with O'Malley this year, intended to headline this Sphere event, likely against his outdated rival Nate Diaz. O'Malley admired McGregor until this year, and also even claimed he is actually attempted to resemble portion of his career off McGregor's. Eventually, the respect as well as accountability of headlining UFC 306 visited O'Malley. Which is actually precisely what O'Malley wanted. He began his camping ground for this particular fight time before the UFC even provided it to him.Sitting in this particular incredibly living room where he stands today, O'Malley made use of to long for prominence as well as cash, money as well as popularity. Those aspirations started as early as secondary school, when he used to imagine themself dressing for an NFL group on Sundays. When he reached high school, he related to phrases that he was actually too little to ever play in the NFL. Maybe non-coincidentally, that's likewise the specific same attend his life he started to kickbox.UFC champion Sean O'Malley reflects on his cheer stardomTurki, Canelo, Dana as well as Stone fight for No. 1Turki Alalshikh, Canelo Alvarez, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Conor McGregor and Dana White are actually 5 of the absolute most prominent individuals in battle sporting activities. ESPNMike Coppinger: Most Of the absolute most highly effective figures in the battle activity will definitely come together on Sin city this week for an uncommon offering, one that features punching's best celebrity, Canelo Alvarez, as well as the initial real-time sporting activity at the revolutionary Sphere along with UFC 306. Canelo's combined extremely middleweight championship protection vs. long-odds longshot Edgar Berlanga as well as Sean O'Malley's UFC bantamweight title match versus Merab Dvalishvili are going to match Saturday night, an unusual conflict of prominent fight sports events in Las Vegas.And using it, the fight activity's electrical power gamers will all be represented face to face in between both activities. There is actually Turki Alalshikh, whose financially rewarding Riyadh Period sponsorship helped create it possible for Dana White and also the UFC to hold an occasion at the too valued Sphere. White stated the cost of the immersive location has topped $20 thousand. It's the initial pay-per-view activity from White that isn't simply touted as UFC adhered to through a numeral.With a few of the largest names going head-to-head on Saturday night in Las Vegas, who's taking the strands in the battle game? ESPN spoke with 30-plus market energy gamers-- boxers, marketers, executives, lawyers, supervisors and media-- to aid establish who presently holds all the impact around punching, mixed martial arts as well as expert fumbling and just how they wield it.The 15 very most influential folks in punching, MMA as well as wrestlingUFC 306 storylines: Will any type of fight beat the site itself?Merab Dvalishvili trades blows with Sean O'Malley in the bantamweight championship fight at UFC 306. Chris Unger/Zuffa LLCJeff Wagenheim: At first look, the UFC's technique to commemorating Mexican Independence Time this coming weekend break seems perplexing.UFC 306, which occurs Sunday at the Realm in Sin City, is headlined by a match between an Irish-American from Montana and also a New Yorker transplanted from the State of Georgia. And to contribute to the quizzically all-over-the-map motif, the event is actually funded by an arm of the authorities of Saudi Arabia.Branding and marquee toppers aside, however, there will certainly without a doubt be actually a Mexican concept penetrating the second yearly Noche UFC (ESPN+ PPV, 10 p.m. ET). Prior to the main event between men's bantamweight champion Sean O'Malley as well as Merab Dvalishvili, all 9 of the evening's other bouts will certainly include a Mexico-born or Mexican American boxer. The co-main occasion pits girls's flyweight champ Alexa Grasso-- out of Guadalajara in the Mexican state of Jalisco-- against previous titlist Valentina Shevchenko, to complete a trilogy that is actually currently full of twists.Beyond the competitive stakes, the overarching atmosphere of the evening assures to creatively and also aurally transport enthusiasts southern of the perimeter. This first showing off occasion at Round, the cutting-edge amusement location that opened in 2013 just off the Las Vegas Strip, will certainly maximize the mind-numbing modern technology constructed in to the tremendous round design. Throughout the night, the UFC will certainly use the 160,000-square-foot wraparound LED monitor as well as concert-quality stereo to inform the tale of fight sporting activities in Mexico.Championship battles. Awesome development. Prominent risks. There will definitely be storylines swirling all over the spherical wonder of UFC 306. Listed below are actually a handful of to listen to.UFC 306 stories: Exactly how Realm, Suga Sean are going to shape a historical eventWhat supporters can anticipate at Noche UFCUFC 306 will go to the Sphere in Las Vegas on Sunday Sept. 14. Image by Eliot J. Schechter/NHLI by means of Getty ImagesAndreas Hale: The UFC has actually maintained a limited lid on the specifics regarding their project in to the Sphere for UFC 306 on Sept. 14. Nevertheless, before the event-- which UFC Chief Executive Officer Dana White has actually suggested will certainly be the greatest featuring activity of all time-- the advertising has uncovered some crucial information regarding what fans must assume out of the $2.3 billion venue throughout Mexican Self-reliance Day weekend.The UFC will definitely take advantage of Sphere's substantial 160,000 sq. ft. interior screen aircraft and the place's worldclass concert-grade stereo. The interior screen plane are going to also display real-time statistics as well as boxer information.Fans inside the Realm will definitely feel the action thanks to haptic seating, which offers pressure feedback based on the activity inside the Octagon. As well as they have the possibility to download the LiveVoice app to listen to stay discourse from either the English or even Spanish broadcast.The occasion will certainly likewise premiere the movie "For Mexico, For Perpetuity," said to in six 90-second chapters between fights as well as showed inside the Ball. The imaginative group behind the film flaunts 29 Emmy Honor gains, one Golden Planet as well as one Grammy.There will be 8 brand new Octagon females, six native-born Mexican females and 2 second-generation Mexicans.Top storiesplay1:31 How Sean O'Malley plans to meet Conor McGregor's level of popularity in the UFCSean O'Malley participates in "1st Take" clean off winning the bantamweight title at UFC 292 and talks about potentially achieving the elevation of Conor McGregor's popularity.After Sphere: Which UFC activity areas will happen next?UFC champ Sean O'Malley reviews his cheer stardomMMA divisional rankings: Big gain improvements Brady, yet just how higher performs he jump?UFC 306 first appearance: Big questions, very early bets, prophecies for O'Malley-DvalishviliMMA real or not: Will O'Malley, Grasso both maintain at Noche UFC?