NocheUFC co-man activity is official. 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 and also Chael break down Grasso-Shevchenko triumvirate fightDaniel Cormier and Chael Sonnen examine the upcoming triumvirate match in between Alexa Grasso as well as Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 306. Brett Okamoto: The UFC has a past of paying performance bonuses to athletes at every activity. This weekend break, it is going to potentially dispense among those incentives to a fan.ESPN UFC chief executive officer Dana White claimed he will definitely spend $25,000 to anybody that pinpoints covert Easter eggs in a dashing movie that is going to open during UFC Noche on Sunday at the Realm in Sin City. The celebration, additionally called UFC 306, will be actually the 1st live showing off affair to occur at the Sphere, and also White has mentioned it will be actually a one-and-done occasion.The UFC possesses partnered with a number of artistic musicians to produce a film that will open in between stints, together with 10 various "globes" that will participate in on-screen throughout fights.Dana White to award supporter able to recognize Easter eggs at UFC 306Where's the wagering benefits at UFC 306? play1:31 Why the Sphere can benefit O'Malley versus DvalishviliDaniel Cormier and Brett Okamoto cover how the setting at the Realm might give 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 into the fight observing his first label defense against Marlon Vera at UFC 299. O'Malley hammered Vera by consentaneous decision. Merab Dvalishvili, No. 2 in ESPN's bantamweight ranks, is using a 10-fight winning streak. Dvalishvili has certainly not shed a battle given that April 2018. In the co-main event, ladies's flyweight champion Alexa Grasso clashes with past champion Valentina Shevchenko in a trilogy struggle for Grasso's name. Grasso, No. 2 in ESPN's women's MMA P4P ranks, beat Shevchenko through fourth-round entry to state the title at UFC 285 in March 2023. In the rematch, Grasso kept the title via split attract September 2023. Andreas Hale spoke with UFC strawweight Angela Mountain to acquire her viewpoint on the UFC 306 major as well as co-main occasions. ESPN wagering pros Splint Kuhn and also Ian Parker add their insights and review on the UFC main event and also various other fascinating bets they just like from both promotions on Saturday.Expert picks and best bets for UFC 306 and Bellator Champions SeriesO'Malley's super star path remains unchangedplay2:32 Merab Dvalishvili explains fallout from uploading cut to deal with onlineMerab Dvalishvili says to Andreas Hale how he is recuperation coming from the right now infamous image he uploaded of the slice to his face.Brett Okamoto: On Sunday, the 29-year-old O'Malley (18-1) will title perhaps the highest-profile event in the UFC's 30-year past. Depending On to CEO Dana White, Noche UFC inside Realm in Las Vegas will certainly be a "one-and-done" event, due to the high price ($ 20 million, depending on to White) of placing it on. Private seats for the UFC 306 memory card headlined through O'Malley's bantamweight label defense against Merab Dvalishvili (17-4) have been actually specified for as high as $13,000 during the course of fight week. It's the sort of activity every competitor-- or even, extra properly, prizefighter-- imagine. Also Conor McGregor, that has possessed a little a vicious social back-and-forth with O'Malley this year, wished to headline this Realm celebration, likely versus his outdated rival Nate Diaz. O'Malley marvelled at McGregor until this year, as well as also mentioned he is actually attempted to copy component of his occupation off McGregor's. Inevitably, the tribute as well as duty of headlining UFC 306 visited O'Malley. Which is exactly what O'Malley yearned for. He began his camping ground for this particular match day just before the UFC also used it to him.Sitting within this extremely living room where he stands today, O'Malley made use of to hope for fame and funds, money and also prominence. Those desires started as very early as middle school, when he used to envision themself dressing for an NFL group on Sundays. When he achieved high school, he concerned conditions that he was actually also tiny to ever before play in the NFL. Maybe non-coincidentally, that is actually also the specific same time in his lifestyle he started to kickbox.UFC champ Sean O'Malley assesses his cheer stardomTurki, Canelo, Dana as well as Stone war for No. 1Turki Alalshikh, Canelo Alvarez, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Conor McGregor and Dana White are actually five of the best prominent folks in battle sports. ESPNMike Coppinger: Most Of the most strong have a place in the match activity will come together on Sin city this week for an unusual offering, one that includes boxing's top star, Canelo Alvarez, and also the first real-time showing off celebration at the innovative Realm along with UFC 306. Canelo's unified extremely middleweight champion self defense vs. long-odds longshot Edgar Berlanga and Sean O'Malley's UFC bantamweight label fight versus Merab Dvalishvili are going to coincide Sunday evening, an unusual clash of top-level combat sporting activities occasions in Las Vegas.And from it, the fight game's energy gamers will definitely all be represented personally between each occasions. There is actually Turki Alalshikh, whose highly profitable Riyadh Time support assisted create it feasible for Dana White and the UFC to keep an occasion at the exorbitantly valued Realm. White mentioned the cost of the immersive place has actually topped $twenty million. It's the initial pay-per-view activity coming from White that isn't merely announced as UFC observed by a numeral.With a number of the greatest names going head-to-head on Sunday night in Las Vegas, who is actually taking the strands in the battle activity? ESPN spoke with 30-plus field electrical power players-- competitors, promoters, execs, legal professionals, managers as well as media-- to help establish who currently stores all the effect all over boxing, MMA as well as professional wrestling and how they possess it.The 15 most important people in boxing, mixed martial arts as well as wrestlingUFC 306 stories: Will certainly any sort of battle surpass the place itself?Merab Dvalishvili trades punches along with Sean O'Malley in the bantamweight championship fight at UFC 306. Chris Unger/Zuffa LLCJeff Wagenheim: In the beginning look, the UFC's method to celebrating Mexican Independence Day this happening weekend seems perplexing.UFC 306, which occurs Sunday at the Realm in Sin City, is headlined by a battle between an Irish-American coming from Montana as well as a New Yorker transplanted from the Commonwealth of Georgia. And also to contribute to the quizzically all-over-the-map motif, the celebration is actually financed through a branch of the federal government of Saudi Arabia.Branding and also tent toppers aside, though, there will certainly definitely be actually a Mexican motif going through the 2nd yearly Noche UFC (ESPN+ PPV, 10 p.m. ET). Before the centerpiece in between guys's bantamweight champion Sean O'Malley and Merab Dvalishvili, all 9 of the evening's other bouts are going to include a Mexico-born or Mexican United States competitor. The co-main celebration pits girls's flyweight champion Alexa Grasso-- away from Guadalajara in the Mexican state of Jalisco-- versus past titlist Valentina Shevchenko, to finish a triumvirate that's currently loaded with twists.Beyond the reasonable stakes, the overarching ambiance of the evening vows to creatively as well as aurally transport supporters southern of the border. This very first showing off occasion at Ball, the cutting-edge enjoyment site that opened in 2013 simply off the Sin city Bit, will take full advantage of the mind-numbing modern technology developed right into the humongous around structure. Throughout the evening, the UFC will definitely use the 160,000-square-foot wrap-around LED display screen and also concert-quality sound system to inform the tale of battle sporting activities in Mexico.Championship battles. Gorgeous manufacturing. Leading concerns. There will definitely be storylines rolling all over the ball-shaped marvel of UFC 306. Listed below are actually a handful of to take note to.UFC 306 storylines: Just how Sphere, Suga Sean are going to shape a historical eventWhat followers can anticipate at Noche UFCUFC 306 will be at the Realm in Las Vegas on Saturday Sept. 14. Photograph by Eliot J. Schechter/NHLI through Getty ImagesAndreas Hale: The UFC has always kept a strict cover on the specifics regarding their project right into the Sphere for UFC 306 on Sept. 14. Nevertheless, ahead of the activity-- which UFC Chief Executive Officer Dana White has advised will certainly be actually the best featuring activity of perpetuity-- the promotion has shown some vital particulars concerning what supporters need to expect away from the $2.3 billion venue during Mexican Independence Time weekend.The UFC will certainly take advantage of Realm's gigantic 160,000 sq. ft. interior show airplane as well as the location's worldclass concert-grade stereo. The indoor screen plane are going to likewise feature real-time stats and also fighter information.Fans inside the Sphere are going to really feel the activity thanks to haptic seating, which offers power comments based on the action inside the Octagon. And also they have the option to download the LiveVoice app to pay attention to reside comments from either the English or Spanish broadcast.The event will certainly additionally premiere the movie "For Mexico, For All Time," told in 6 90-second phases between battles as well as featured inside the Round. The artistic staff responsible for the movie boasts 29 Emmy Award gains, one Golden Planet and one Grammy.There will be actually 8 new Octagon women, six native-born Mexican females and pair of second-generation Mexicans.Top storiesplay1:31 Just how Sean O'Malley considers to achieve Conor McGregor's recognition in the UFCSean O'Malley participates in "First Take" clean off winning the bantamweight title at UFC 292 and also discuss likely meeting the elevation of Conor McGregor's popularity.After Sphere: Which UFC activity locations will come next?UFC champion Sean O'Malley assesses his cheer stardomMMA divisional positions: Big gain increases Brady, yet how higher does he jump?UFC 306 initial appeal: Big concerns, early wagers, predictions for O'Malley-DvalishviliMMA genuine or not: Will O'Malley, Grasso both preserve at Noche UFC?