NocheUFC co-man celebration is formal. 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 trilogy fightDaniel Cormier and Chael Sonnen preview the upcoming trilogy fight in between Alexa Grasso and Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 306. Brett Okamoto: The UFC possesses a background of compensating performance benefits to athletes at every activity. This weekend break, it will possibly dispense some of those perks to a fan.ESPN UFC chief executive officer Dana White claimed he is going to pay out $25,000 to any individual that pinpoints covert Easter eggs in a dashing flick that will certainly air during the course of UFC Noche on Sunday at the Sphere in Sin City. The event, likewise known as UFC 306, will be the initial real-time featuring event to take place at the Sphere, and also White possesses said it will be a one-and-done occasion.The UFC possesses partnered along with a number of artistic artists to produce a flick that will air between spells, in addition to 10 various "worlds" that will play on-screen during fights.Dana White to honor follower able to determine Easter eggs at UFC 306Where's the betting advantages at UFC 306? play1:31 Why the Realm could benefit O'Malley against DvalishviliDaniel Cormier as well as Brett Okamoto cover how the atmosphere at the Realm can offer Sean O'Malley a conveniences over Merab Dvalishvili at Noche UFC.Andreas Hale: Sean O'Malley, No. 4 in ESPN's pound-for-pound ranks, gets into the fight following his 1st title protection versus Marlon Vera at UFC 299. O'Malley beat Vera through consentaneous choice. Merab Dvalishvili, No. 2 in ESPN's bantamweight ranks, is actually riding a 10-fight winning streak. Dvalishvili has actually certainly not shed a fight considering that April 2018. In the co-main contest, females's flyweight champion Alexa Grasso clashes with former champion Valentina Shevchenko in a trilogy battle for Grasso's name. Grasso, No. 2 in ESPN's women's MMA P4P ranks, beat Shevchenko through fourth-round article to assert the title at UFC 285 in March 2023. In the rematch, Grasso kept the headline by means of split attract September 2023. Andreas Hale spoke with UFC strawweight Angela Hillside to obtain her point of view on the UFC 306 principal and co-main celebrations. ESPN wagering pros Splint Kuhn and Ian Parker add their knowledge and also review on the UFC centerpiece as well as various other intriguing wagers they such as coming from each promos on Saturday.Expert picks as well as best bets for UFC 306 and Bellator Champions SeriesO'Malley's superstar path continues to be unchangedplay2:32 Merab Dvalishvili goes over results from posting slice to encounter onlineMerab Dvalishvili informs Andreas Hale how he is actually recovery coming from the right now notorious picture he submitted of the slice to his face.Brett Okamoto: On Sunday, the 29-year-old O'Malley (18-1) will definitely heading maybe the highest-profile occasion in the UFC's 30-year history. According to Chief Executive Officer Dana White, Noche UFC inside Realm in Las Vegas will definitely be actually a "one-and-done" event, as a result of the sheer expense ($ 20 thousand, according to White) of placing it on. Specific chairs for the UFC 306 memory card headlined through O'Malley's bantamweight label protection against Merab Dvalishvili (17-4) have been noted for as much as $13,000 during the course of fight full week. It's the kind of occasion every fighter-- or, more properly, prizefighter-- imagine. Even Conor McGregor, that has possessed a little bit of a vicious public back-and-forth with O'Malley this year, intended to heading this Realm celebration, likely versus his aged opponent Nate Diaz. O'Malley appreciated McGregor up until this year, and also even mentioned he is actually tried to resemble component of his occupation off McGregor's. Inevitably, the respect and responsibility of headlining UFC 306 went to O'Malley. Which is exactly what O'Malley wanted. He started his camp for this particular battle day just before the UFC also delivered it to him.Sitting in this very living room where he stands today, O'Malley made use of to imagine popularity and amount of money, cash and popularity. Those aspirations started as early as middle school, when he used to visualize themself suiting up for an NFL crew on Sundays. When he reached high school, he came to phrases that he was too tiny to ever play in the NFL. Maybe non-coincidentally, that is actually additionally the exact very same time in his lifestyle he started to kickbox.UFC champ Sean O'Malley assesses his rise to stardomTurki, Canelo, Dana and also Stone fight for No. 1Turki Alalshikh, Canelo Alvarez, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Conor McGregor and also Dana White are 5 of the most important folks in combat sports. ESPNMike Coppinger: A Number Of one of the most strong have a place in the battle activity are going to converge on Sin city today for an unusual offering, one that includes punching's top star, Canelo Alvarez, and also the very first live featuring occasion at the state-of-the-art Realm with UFC 306. Canelo's linked very middleweight champion defense vs. long-odds longshot Edgar Berlanga and Sean O'Malley's UFC bantamweight headline match against Merab Dvalishvili will correspond Sunday night, an unique conflict of top-level combat sporting activities events in Las Vegas.And from it, the match game's electrical power players will all be embodied personally between each activities. There's Turki Alalshikh, whose beneficial Riyadh Time sponsor helped create it feasible for Dana White and also the UFC to keep an event at the exorbitantly valued Sphere. White stated the cost of the immersive location has actually covered $20 million. It's the initial pay-per-view occasion from White that isn't just touted as UFC followed through a numeral.With a few of the biggest labels going head-to-head on Saturday night in Las Vegas, that is actually drawing the cords in the battle activity? ESPN spoke with 30-plus sector power gamers-- fighters, marketers, executives, legal representatives, supervisors as well as media-- to aid identify that currently stores all the influence across boxing, MMA as well as professional wrestling and how they wield it.The 15 most significant folks in boxing, mixed martial arts as well as wrestlingUFC 306 stories: Will any sort of battle beat the location itself?Merab Dvalishvili trades blows along with Sean O'Malley in the bantamweight championship match at UFC 306. Chris Unger/Zuffa LLCJeff Wagenheim: At first look, the UFC's technique to celebrating Mexican Freedom Time this happening weekend break appears perplexing.UFC 306, which occurs Sunday at the Sphere in Sin City, is headlined through a fight in between an Irish-American coming from Montana and also a New Yorker hair transplanted from the Republic of Georgia. As well as to contribute to the quizzically all-over-the-map concept, the celebration is actually funded through a branch of the federal government of Saudi Arabia.Branding as well as signboard mattress toppers aside, though, there will definitely be a Mexican concept going through the 2nd annual Noche UFC (ESPN+ PPV, 10 p.m. ET). Before the main event between men's bantamweight champ Sean O'Malley as well as Merab Dvalishvili, all nine of the night's other rounds will feature a Mexico-born or even Mexican United States boxer. The co-main event pits females's flyweight champ Alexa Grasso-- away from Guadalajara in the Mexican condition of Jalisco-- versus past titlist Valentina Shevchenko, to complete a trilogy that is actually presently full of twists.Beyond the very competitive stakes, the overarching atmosphere of the evening promises to aesthetically as well as aurally transportation enthusiasts south of the boundary. This first featuring event at Round, the groundbreaking enjoyment location that opened up last year just off the Sin city Bit, will maximize the mind-numbing innovation constructed right into the enormous round construct. Throughout the night, the UFC will certainly use the 160,000-square-foot wrap-around LED display screen as well as concert-quality stereo to say to the tale of fight sporting activities in Mexico.Championship matches. Impressive development. Prominent risks. There will be actually stories swirling throughout the spheric marvel of UFC 306. Below are a couple of to pay attention to.UFC 306 storylines: How Realm, Suga Sean are going to shape a historical eventWhat fans can expect at Noche UFCUFC 306 will definitely be at the Sphere in Las Vegas on Sunday Sept. 14. Picture by Eliot J. Schechter/NHLI using Getty ImagesAndreas Hale: The UFC has always kept a strict top on the specifics regarding their project into the Sphere for UFC 306 on Sept. 14. Nonetheless, in front of the activity-- which UFC CEO Dana White has actually suggested will be the best featuring occasion of perpetuity-- the advertising has shown some key information concerning what enthusiasts must assume out of the $2.3 billion location during Mexican Self-reliance Day weekend.The UFC will utilize Sphere's gigantic 160,000 sq. ft. interior display plane and the place's worldclass concert-grade stereo. The interior show plane will additionally exhibit real-time statistics as well as boxer information.Fans inside the Sphere are going to experience the activity courtesy of haptic seating, which delivers pressure feedback based on the action inside the Octagon. And also they have the choice to download the LiveVoice application to listen closely to reside comments coming from either the English or even Spanish broadcast.The event will certainly likewise premiere the movie "For Mexico, For Perpetuity," informed in six 90-second chapters between matches and also presented inside the Sphere. The creative team behind the film includes 29 Emmy Award succeeds, one Golden Globe and also one Grammy.There will be actually eight brand new Octagon ladies, six native-born Mexican girls and two second-generation Mexicans.Top storiesplay1:31 Just how Sean O'Malley considers to meet Conor McGregor's level of popularity in the UFCSean O'Malley participates in "Very first Take" new off gaining the bantamweight title at UFC 292 and discuss potentially achieving the height of Conor McGregor's popularity.After Sphere: Which UFC celebration locations will happen next?UFC champ Sean O'Malley assesses his rise to stardomMMA divisional rankings: Big win increases Brady, but how high does he jump?UFC 306 1st look: Big questions, very early bets, forecasts for O'Malley-DvalishviliMMA actual or otherwise: Will O'Malley, Grasso both retain at Noche UFC?