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 Chael malfunction Grasso-Shevchenko trilogy fightDaniel Cormier as well as Chael Sonnen sneak peek the upcoming triumvirate battle between Alexa Grasso as well as Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 306. Brett Okamoto: The UFC has a background of paying efficiency perks to professional athletes at every occasion. This weekend break, it will likely dole out among those benefits to a fan.ESPN UFC CEO Dana White said he is going to pay out $25,000 to any person who recognizes covert Easter eggs in a running movie that will air during UFC Noche on Saturday at the Sphere in Las Vegas. The celebration, also referred to as UFC 306, will be actually the 1st live showing off affair to take place at the Sphere, as well as White has mentioned it will be a one-and-done occasion.The UFC has partnered along with multiple innovative musicians to generate a movie that will open in between rounds, together with 10 various "globes" that will participate in on-screen during the course of fights.Dana White to honor fan capable to pinpoint Easter eggs at UFC 306Where's the betting advantages at UFC 306? play1:31 Why the Sphere might gain O'Malley versus DvalishviliDaniel Cormier as well as Brett Okamoto go over exactly how the atmosphere at the Sphere can 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 ranks, enters into the fight observing his initial headline defense versus Marlon Vera at UFC 299. O'Malley hammered Vera by consentaneous selection. Merab Dvalishvili, No. 2 in ESPN's bantamweight positions, is riding a 10-fight winning touch. Dvalishvili has not shed a match because April 2018. In the co-main contest, females's flyweight champion Alexa Grasso clashes with previous champ Valentina Shevchenko in a trilogy battle for Grasso's title. Grasso, No. 2 in ESPN's women's mixed martial arts P4P rankings, beat Shevchenko by fourth-round article to profess the title at UFC 285 in March 2023. In the rematch, Grasso retained the label by means of split reel in September 2023. Andreas Hale talked with UFC strawweight Angela Hillside to acquire her viewpoint on the UFC 306 principal and also co-main occasions. ESPN wagering pros Splint Kuhn and also Ian Parker include their knowledge and also review on the UFC main event and also various other fascinating bets they like coming from each promos on Saturday.Expert picks and also best bets for UFC 306 and also Bellator Champions SeriesO'Malley's superstar road remains unchangedplay2:32 Merab Dvalishvili discusses results coming from uploading cut to deal with onlineMerab Dvalishvili informs Andreas Hale just how he is actually recuperation coming from the now well known picture he published of the cut to his face.Brett Okamoto: On Sunday, the 29-year-old O'Malley (18-1) will definitely title perhaps the highest-profile event in the UFC's 30-year record. According to Chief Executive Officer Dana White, Noche UFC inside Realm in Sin city are going to be a "one-and-done" celebration, because of the sheer cost ($ 20 million, according to White) of placing it on. Individual chairs for the UFC 306 memory card headlined through O'Malley's bantamweight label protection versus Merab Dvalishvili (17-4) have been provided for as long as $13,000 during fight week. It is actually the sort of occasion every fighter-- or even, much more efficiently, pugilist-- desire. Also Conor McGregor, who possesses possessed a bit of a nasty public back-and-forth along with O'Malley this year, wanted to heading this Realm celebration, potentially against his aged opponent Nate Diaz. O'Malley admired McGregor till this year, and also also mentioned he is actually attempted to copy component of his profession off McGregor's. Essentially, the respect and also obligation of headlining UFC 306 headed to O'Malley. Which is actually exactly what O'Malley wished. He started his camp for this certain match date prior to the UFC also used it to him.Sitting in this really living-room where he stands today, O'Malley utilized to imagine popularity and also money, money as well as popularity. Those aspirations began as early as secondary school, when he made use of to visualize themself suiting up for an NFL crew on Sundays. When he achieved high school, he pertained to phrases that he was too tiny to ever before play in the NFL. Possibly non-coincidentally, that's additionally the particular same time in his lifestyle he started to kickbox.UFC champion Sean O'Malley assesses his rise to stardomTurki, Canelo, Dana and also Stone struggle for No. 1Turki Alalshikh, Canelo Alvarez, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Conor McGregor and Dana White are five of one of the most important folks in battle sports. ESPNMike Coppinger: A Lot Of one of the most effective figures in the match activity will converge on Sin city today for an uncommon offering, one that includes boxing's leading celebrity, Canelo Alvarez, as well as the 1st live showing off activity at the revolutionary Sphere with UFC 306. Canelo's consolidated incredibly middleweight championship defense vs. long-odds underdog Edgar Berlanga as well as Sean O'Malley's UFC bantamweight headline battle versus Merab Dvalishvili will definitely coincide Saturday evening, an uncommon battle of prominent fight sporting activities events in Las Vegas.And with it, the fight video game's electrical power gamers will certainly all be actually exemplified in person between both activities. There is actually Turki Alalshikh, whose beneficial Riyadh Time sponsorship assisted make it feasible for Dana White and also the UFC to hold an occasion at the too valued Realm. White pointed out the price of the immersive venue has actually covered $20 million. It is actually the initial pay-per-view celebration coming from White that isn't simply billed as UFC complied with by a numeral.With a few of the most significant titles going head-to-head on Saturday night in Sin city, who's taking the cords in the match game? ESPN talked to 30-plus sector energy gamers-- fighters, marketers, managers, attorneys, managers and media-- to aid determine that presently keeps all the effect around punching, mixed martial arts and professional fumbling and exactly how they wield it.The 15 most influential folks in boxing, MMA and also wrestlingUFC 306 stories: Is going to any battle outshine the site itself?Merab Dvalishvili trades hits 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 strategy to celebrating Mexican Self-reliance Day this coming weekend break seems perplexing.UFC 306, which takes place Saturday at the Realm in Las Vegas, is headlined by a match in between an Irish-American from Montana as well as a New Yorker transplanted coming from the State of Georgia. And also to add to the quizzically all-over-the-map design, the celebration is financed by an arm of the federal government of Saudi Arabia.Branding and also signboard covers apart, however, there will definitely be a Mexican concept permeating the 2nd yearly Noche UFC (ESPN+ PPV, 10 p.m. ET). Prior to the centerpiece in between men's bantamweight champ Sean O'Malley and also Merab Dvalishvili, all 9 of the evening's various other rounds will definitely feature a Mexico-born or even Mexican United States competitor. The co-main occasion pits women's flyweight champ Alexa Grasso-- out of Guadalajara in the Mexican condition of Jalisco-- versus previous titlist Valentina Shevchenko, to accomplish a trilogy that's currently loaded with twists.Beyond the affordable stakes, the overarching ambiance of the evening assures to creatively as well as aurally transportation followers southern of the boundary. This very first showing off event at Sphere, the innovative amusement location that opened up in 2014 merely off the Sin city Strip, are going to maximize the mind-numbing innovation created into the tremendous sphere framework. Throughout the evening, the UFC is going to use the 160,000-square-foot wraparound LED monitor and concert-quality stereo to say to the tale of combat sporting activities in Mexico.Championship matches. Breathtaking manufacturing. Big-time concerns. There will be stories surging all over the circular surprise of UFC 306. Listed below are actually a couple of to listen to.UFC 306 storylines: Just how Realm, Suga Sean will mold a historical eventWhat followers can easily expect at Noche UFCUFC 306 will go to the Sphere in Las Vegas on Sunday Sept. 14. Picture by Eliot J. Schechter/NHLI through Getty ImagesAndreas Hale: The UFC has actually maintained a strict lid on the specifics regarding their endeavor right into the Realm for UFC 306 on Sept. 14. Nonetheless, in front of the activity-- which UFC Chief Executive Officer Dana White has suggested will certainly be actually the best sporting activity of perpetuity-- the advertising has shown some crucial information concerning what followers should assume out of the $2.3 billion place in the course of Mexican Freedom Day weekend.The UFC are going to take advantage of Sphere's large 160,000 sq. ft. internal display plane and the site's worldclass concert-grade stereo. The interior screen aircraft will definitely also showcase real-time statistics and competitor information.Fans inside the Realm will experience the action courtesy of haptic seating, which offers power reviews based upon the action inside the Octagon. As well as they possess the possibility to install the LiveVoice application to listen to stay commentary from either the English or Spanish broadcast.The celebration will certainly likewise premiere the movie "For Mexico, For All Time," said to in 6 90-second phases in between fights and displayed inside the Ball. The artistic staff responsible for the film boasts 29 Emmy Honor wins, one Golden Globe and one Grammy.There will be eight new Octagon girls, six native-born Mexican girls as well as pair of second-generation Mexicans.Top storiesplay1:31 Just how Sean O'Malley intends to meet Conor McGregor's popularity in the UFCSean O'Malley signs up with "Initial Take" fresh off winning the bantamweight label at UFC 292 as well as discuss likely meeting the height of Conor McGregor's popularity.After Ball: Which UFC event sites will happen next?UFC champ Sean O'Malley reassesses his rise to stardomMMA local rankings: Big succeed improvements Brady, however how higher does he jump?UFC 306 initial look: Big concerns, very early wagers, prophecies for O'Malley-DvalishviliMMA genuine or otherwise: Will O'Malley, Grasso both keep at Noche UFC?