NocheUFC co-man occasion 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 malfunction Grasso-Shevchenko triumvirate fightDaniel Cormier and also Chael Sonnen preview the upcoming triumvirate battle between Alexa Grasso as well as Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 306. Brett Okamoto: The UFC possesses a record of compensating functionality benefits to sportsmens at every activity. This weekend break, it will possibly administer some of those bonuses to a fan.ESPN UFC chief executive officer Dana White said he is going to pay for $25,000 to anybody that recognizes covert Easter eggs in a running motion picture that will definitely open during UFC Noche on Saturday at the Realm in Las Vegas. The celebration, also known as UFC 306, will be the 1st live showing off undertaking to occur at the Sphere, and also White has claimed it will be actually a one-and-done occasion.The UFC has partnered along with various imaginative performers to create a motion picture that will air between bouts, along with 10 various "globes" that will participate in on-screen during the course of fights.Dana White to honor fan able to determine Easter eggs at UFC 306Where's the betting benefits at UFC 306? play1:31 Why the Realm could possibly gain O'Malley versus DvalishviliDaniel Cormier as well as Brett Okamoto talk about just how the atmosphere at the Sphere could possibly 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 rankings, gets into the match observing his very first headline defense against Marlon Vera at UFC 299. O'Malley beat Vera through consensual selection. Merab Dvalishvili, No. 2 in ESPN's bantamweight ranks, is using a 10-fight winning touch. Dvalishvili has certainly not lost a battle because April 2018. In the co-main event, women's flyweight champion Alexa Grasso clashes with previous champion Valentina Shevchenko in a triumvirate struggle for Grasso's name. Grasso, No. 2 in ESPN's girls's mixed martial arts P4P ranks, beat Shevchenko by fourth-round entry to profess the name at UFC 285 in March 2023. In the rematch, Grasso maintained the headline via crack pull in September 2023. Andreas Hale talked with UFC strawweight Angela Mountain to acquire her standpoint on the UFC 306 major as well as co-main activities. ESPN betting experts Reed Kuhn and Ian Parker incorporate their ideas as well as analysis on the UFC main event as well as other fascinating bets they like coming from each advertisings on Saturday.Expert picks and best choices for UFC 306 and also Bellator Champions SeriesO'Malley's superstar pathway stays unchangedplay2:32 Merab Dvalishvili talks about fallout from posting cut to face onlineMerab Dvalishvili tells Andreas Hale how he is recuperation from the currently infamous picture he posted of the cut to his face.Brett Okamoto: On Sunday, the 29-year-old O'Malley (18-1) will headline maybe the highest-profile celebration in the UFC's 30-year history. According to CEO Dana White, Noche UFC inside Realm in Sin city will definitely be actually a "one-and-done" occasion, due to the high price ($ twenty thousand, depending on to White) of putting it on. Personal seats for the UFC 306 card headlined by O'Malley's bantamweight title self defense against Merab Dvalishvili (17-4) have been actually listed for as much as $13,000 throughout battle full week. It is actually the kind of celebration every boxer-- or, even more effectively, pugilist-- dreams of. Even Conor McGregor, who has had a little a vicious public back-and-forth with O'Malley this year, intended to headline this Realm event, potentially against his outdated rival Nate Diaz. O'Malley marvelled at McGregor up until this year, as well as even said he's tried to simulate aspect of his career off McGregor's. Ultimately, the tribute and also task of headlining UFC 306 visited O'Malley. Which is specifically what O'Malley preferred. He began his camping ground for this specific fight day prior to the UFC even supplied it to him.Sitting within this incredibly sitting room where he stands today, O'Malley used to long for prominence and amount of money, money and popularity. Those goals started as very early as secondary school, when he utilized to picture himself suiting up for an NFL team on Sundays. When he achieved high school, he concerned terms that he was too tiny to ever before play in the NFL. Perhaps non-coincidentally, that is actually additionally the specific same attend his lifestyle he began to kickbox.UFC champion Sean O'Malley reviews his rise to stardomTurki, Canelo, Dana and also Rock struggle for No. 1Turki Alalshikh, Canelo Alvarez, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Conor McGregor and also Dana White are 5 of the most significant individuals in battle sporting activities. ESPNMike Coppinger: Most Of the most powerful have a place in the fight game are going to merge on Sin city today for an unusual offering, one that features punching's best celebrity, Canelo Alvarez, and also the initial online featuring event at the innovative Realm with UFC 306. Canelo's linked super middleweight champion protection vs. long-odds longshot Edgar Berlanga and Sean O'Malley's UFC bantamweight label fight versus Merab Dvalishvili will certainly synchronize Sunday evening, an unusual struggle of prominent combat sports activities in Las Vegas.And with it, the match video game's energy players will definitely all be worked with in person in between each events. There's Turki Alalshikh, whose highly profitable Riyadh Time sponsorship helped make it feasible for Dana White and also the UFC to hold an activity at the exorbitantly priced Realm. White pointed out the price of the immersive site has actually topped $twenty million. It is actually the very first pay-per-view event coming from White that isn't merely billed as UFC complied with by a numeral.With some of the most significant labels going head-to-head on Saturday evening in Sin city, who is actually pulling the strands in the battle activity? ESPN spoke with 30-plus industry power players-- competitors, promoters, managers, legal professionals, supervisors and media-- to assist establish that currently holds all the effect around punching, mixed martial arts as well as professional fumbling as well as just how they possess it.The 15 very most important individuals in punching, mixed martial arts as well as wrestlingUFC 306 stories: Will definitely any sort of fight outperform the venue 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 celebrating Mexican Self-reliance Day this coming weekend seems perplexing.UFC 306, which happens Saturday at the Sphere in Sin City, is actually headlined through a battle between an Irish-American coming from Montana as well as a New Yorker hair transplanted from the Republic of Georgia. And to contribute to the quizzically all-over-the-map theme, the activity is funded through an arm of the federal government of Saudi Arabia.Branding and marquee toppers aside, however, there will definitely indeed be a Mexican theme permeating the 2nd annual Noche UFC (ESPN+ PPV, 10 p.m. ET). Just before the centerpiece between males's bantamweight champ Sean O'Malley as well as Merab Dvalishvili, all 9 of the night's other rounds will certainly include a Mexico-born or Mexican American boxer. The co-main activity pits females's flyweight champ Alexa Grasso-- away from Guadalajara in the Mexican state of Jalisco-- against former titlist Valentina Shevchenko, to complete a triumvirate that's actually loaded with twists.Beyond the very competitive concerns, the overarching setting of the evening guarantees to creatively as well as aurally transport followers south of the boundary. This very first featuring celebration at Ball, the sophisticated entertainment place that opened in 2013 simply off the Las Vegas Strip, will take full advantage of the mind-numbing innovation developed right into the whopping sphere structure. Throughout the night, the UFC is going to utilize the 160,000-square-foot wrap-around LED monitor as well as concert-quality sound system to say to the tale of combat sporting activities in Mexico.Championship fights. Awesome development. Big-time risks. There will be actually storylines rolling around the ball-shaped marvel of UFC 306. Listed below are actually a couple of to focus to.UFC 306 storylines: Exactly how Sphere, Suga Sean will definitely shape a famous eventWhat enthusiasts may expect at Noche UFCUFC 306 are going to go to the Sphere in Sin City on Saturday Sept. 14. Image by Eliot J. Schechter/NHLI through Getty ImagesAndreas Hale: The UFC has always kept a limited top on the specifics concerning their project into the Realm for UFC 306 on Sept. 14. Nevertheless, in front of the celebration-- which UFC CEO Dana White has recommended will definitely be the best featuring celebration of all time-- the promotion has revealed some essential particulars concerning what fans should assume away from the $2.3 billion site during Mexican Self-reliance Time weekend.The UFC will certainly make use of Realm's massive 160,000 sq. ft. indoor display screen aircraft as well as the place's worldclass concert-grade audio system. The internal display airplane will additionally showcase real-time statistics as well as competitor information.Fans inside the Realm will definitely really feel the activity thanks to haptic seats, which delivers force reviews based upon the action inside the Octagon. And they have the alternative to download the LiveVoice application to listen closely to live discourse from either the English or even Spanish broadcast.The celebration will certainly likewise premiere the movie "For Mexico, For All Time," informed in 6 90-second sections in between battles and also displayed inside the Sphere. The innovative crew responsible for the movie flaunts 29 Emmy Award wins, one Golden Globe and also one Grammy.There will be actually eight brand-new Octagon girls, six native-born Mexican ladies and pair of second-generation Mexicans.Top storiesplay1:31 Just how Sean O'Malley plans to reach Conor McGregor's appeal in the UFCSean O'Malley signs up with "First Take" new off gaining the bantamweight title at UFC 292 and speak about potentially achieving the elevation of Conor McGregor's popularity.After Sphere: Which UFC activity sites will happen next?UFC champ Sean O'Malley reassesses his cheer stardomMMA divisional rankings: Big gain increases Brady, yet exactly how high performs he jump?UFC 306 1st look: Big questions, early wagers, predictions for O'Malley-DvalishviliMMA genuine or otherwise: Will O'Malley, Grasso both maintain at Noche UFC?