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 as well as Chael break Grasso-Shevchenko trilogy fightDaniel Cormier and also Chael Sonnen examine the upcoming triumvirate battle in between Alexa Grasso and also Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 306. Brett Okamoto: The UFC has a record of paying performance incentives to athletes at every activity. This weekend break, it will potentially administer among those incentives to a fan.ESPN UFC chief executive officer Dana White claimed he is going to pay $25,000 to any individual that identifies surprise Easter eggs in a running motion picture that is going to air throughout UFC Noche on Sunday at the Realm in Las Vegas. The event, likewise known as UFC 306, will be the initial live showing off affair to happen at the Realm, as well as White possesses said it will be a one-and-done occasion.The UFC possesses partnered with several innovative musicians to produce a motion picture that will open between spells, together with 10 various "planets" that will participate in on-screen during fights.Dana White to honor follower able to determine Easter eggs at UFC 306Where's the wagering conveniences at UFC 306? play1:31 Why the Sphere could profit O'Malley versus DvalishviliDaniel Cormier and Brett Okamoto explain exactly how the setting at the Realm could possibly give Sean O'Malley a perk over Merab Dvalishvili at Noche UFC.Andreas Hale: Sean O'Malley, No. 4 in ESPN's pound-for-pound positions, goes into the fight observing his initial label self defense versus Marlon Vera at UFC 299. O'Malley beat Vera by consentaneous decision. Merab Dvalishvili, No. 2 in ESPN's bantamweight ranks, is using a 10-fight winning touch. Dvalishvili has actually not lost a fight due to the fact that April 2018. In the co-main event, females's flyweight champ Alexa Grasso encounter former champion Valentina Shevchenko in a triumvirate match for Grasso's title. Grasso, No. 2 in ESPN's women's MMA P4P rankings, hammer Shevchenko through fourth-round article to assert the name at UFC 285 in March 2023. In the rematch, Grasso retained the title through split attract September 2023. Andreas Hale spoke with UFC strawweight Angela Hillside to receive her standpoint on the UFC 306 major and also co-main events. ESPN wagering experts Reed Kuhn as well as Ian Parker include their understandings as well as analysis on the UFC centerpiece as well as other appealing bets they as if coming from both advertisings on Saturday.Expert choices and also best options for UFC 306 and Bellator Champions SeriesO'Malley's celebrity pathway continues to be unchangedplay2:32 Merab Dvalishvili reviews after effects coming from submitting cut to encounter onlineMerab Dvalishvili says to Andreas Hale exactly how he is actually recovery from the right now notorious photo he published of the cut to his face.Brett Okamoto: On Saturday, the 29-year-old O'Malley (18-1) will headline maybe the highest-profile activity in the UFC's 30-year past history. Depending On to CEO Dana White, Noche UFC inside Sphere in Sin city will definitely be a "one-and-done" occasion, due to the large price ($ 20 million, depending on to White) of placing it on. Specific seats for the UFC 306 memory card headlined through O'Malley's bantamweight title protection versus Merab Dvalishvili (17-4) have actually been detailed for as long as $13,000 during match week. It's the sort of occasion every boxer-- or, extra efficiently, pugilist-- imagine. Even Conor McGregor, that possesses possessed a bit of a vicious public back-and-forth along with O'Malley this year, desired to heading this Sphere activity, possibly against his old rival Nate Diaz. O'Malley marvelled at McGregor till this year, and also also stated he's tried to copy portion of his job off McGregor's. Eventually, the honor and also accountability of headlining UFC 306 visited O'Malley. Which is actually exactly what O'Malley wanted. He started his camping ground for this specific battle date prior to the UFC also delivered it to him.Sitting within this really living room where he stands today, O'Malley utilized to imagine fame as well as money, funds as well as prominence. Those goals started as early as intermediate school, when he utilized to envision themself dressing for an NFL group on Sundays. When he met secondary school, he concerned conditions that he was also small to ever before play in the NFL. Probably non-coincidentally, that's additionally the particular same attend his life he started to kickbox.UFC champion Sean O'Malley assesses his cheer stardomTurki, Canelo, Dana and also Rock war for No. 1Turki Alalshikh, Canelo Alvarez, Dwayne "The Stone" Johnson, Conor McGregor and also Dana White are five of the most prominent folks in fight sports. ESPNMike Coppinger: A Lot Of the best powerful figures in the battle activity will converge on Las Vegas today for an unusual offering, one that features boxing's leading superstar, Canelo Alvarez, and the 1st online showing off celebration at the innovative Realm with UFC 306. Canelo's consolidated tremendously middleweight champion defense vs. long-odds underdog Edgar Berlanga as well as Sean O'Malley's UFC bantamweight headline battle versus Merab Dvalishvili will definitely match Saturday night, an uncommon struggle of prominent combat sporting activities celebrations in Las Vegas.And using it, the fight video game's power players will all be exemplified in person in between each activities. There's Turki Alalshikh, whose profitable Riyadh Season sponsorship helped create it feasible for Dana White as well as the UFC to hold an activity at the too valued Sphere. White said the cost of the immersive site has covered $twenty million. It is actually the first pay-per-view event from White that isn't simply touted as UFC followed through a numeral.With a number of the greatest names going head-to-head on Sunday night in Sin city, who is actually pulling the strings in the fight video game? ESPN spoke with 30-plus field energy gamers-- boxers, promoters, managers, legal representatives, supervisors and also media-- to help calculate that currently keeps all the influence around punching, mixed martial arts as well as pro wrestling and how they wield it.The 15 very most influential individuals in punching, MMA as well as wrestlingUFC 306 stories: Will any kind of fight surpass the venue itself?Merab Dvalishvili trades strikes along with Sean O'Malley in the bantamweight champion fight at UFC 306. Chris Unger/Zuffa LLCJeff Wagenheim: At first look, the UFC's strategy to celebrating Mexican Freedom Time this happening weekend break seems to be perplexing.UFC 306, which happens Saturday at the Sphere in Las Vegas, is headlined through a fight between an Irish-American from Montana and also a New Yorker transplanted from the Commonwealth of Georgia. As well as to add to the quizzically all-over-the-map design, the occasion is actually financed by a branch of the government of Saudi Arabia.Branding as well as tent toppers apart, though, there will certainly undoubtedly be a Mexican concept permeating the second yearly Noche UFC (ESPN+ PPV, 10 p.m. ET). Just before the main event between guys's bantamweight champion Sean O'Malley and Merab Dvalishvili, all nine of the night's various other stints will include a Mexico-born or Mexican American competitor. The co-main event pits women's flyweight champ Alexa Grasso-- away from Guadalajara in the Mexican state of Jalisco-- versus previous titlist Valentina Shevchenko, to complete a triumvirate that's already filled with twists.Beyond the reasonable risks, the overarching setting of the evening vows to creatively as well as aurally transport supporters southern of the perimeter. This first showing off celebration at Round, the groundbreaking home entertainment location that opened in 2013 only off the Sin city Bit, will definitely maximize the mind-numbing technology constructed in to the enormous around structure. Throughout the night, the UFC is going to utilize the 160,000-square-foot wraparound LED display screen and also concert-quality stereo to say to the tale of fight sporting activities in Mexico.Championship battles. Spectacular production. Big-time risks. There will be actually storylines rolling around the spheric miracle of UFC 306. Here are actually a couple of to pay attention to.UFC 306 stories: How Realm, Suga Sean will certainly form a historical eventWhat fans can expect at Noche UFCUFC 306 are going to be at the Realm in Sin City on Sunday Sept. 14. Photo through Eliot J. Schechter/NHLI using Getty ImagesAndreas Hale: The UFC has always kept a tight lid on the specifics regarding their venture into the Realm for UFC 306 on Sept. 14. Having said that, in advance of the event-- which UFC CEO Dana White has actually suggested will be the greatest showing off occasion of perpetuity-- the promotion has actually uncovered some vital information concerning what supporters must assume away from the $2.3 billion place in the course of Mexican Self-reliance Time weekend.The UFC will definitely take advantage of Realm's large 160,000 sq. ft. interior display screen plane and the place's worldclass concert-grade audio system. The internal display screen plane will definitely additionally showcase real-time stats and also competitor information.Fans inside the Realm will certainly feel the activity courtesy of haptic seating, which offers pressure comments based upon the activity inside the Octagon. And they have the choice to download and install the LiveVoice app to listen closely to live discourse from either the English or Spanish broadcast.The occasion are going to additionally premiere the film "For Mexico, For Perpetuity," informed in six 90-second sections between battles as well as presented inside the Round. The innovative team behind the movie flaunts 29 Emmy Honor gains, one Golden Entire world as well as one Grammy.There will be 8 brand new Octagon women, six native-born Mexican ladies and pair of second-generation Mexicans.Top storiesplay1:31 Exactly how Sean O'Malley prepares to achieve Conor McGregor's level of popularity in the UFCSean O'Malley joins "First Take" new off winning the bantamweight label at UFC 292 as well as speak about possibly meeting the elevation of Conor McGregor's popularity.After Round: Which UFC occasion locations will happen next?UFC champion Sean O'Malley assesses his cheer stardomMMA local positions: Big win boosts Brady, yet exactly how higher performs he jump?UFC 306 very first appearance: Big inquiries, early bets, forecasts for O'Malley-DvalishviliMMA actual or otherwise: Will O'Malley, Grasso both preserve at Noche UFC?