NocheUFC co-man event is main. 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 break Grasso-Shevchenko trilogy fightDaniel Cormier and also Chael Sonnen sneak peek the upcoming trilogy fight in between Alexa Grasso and also Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 306. Brett Okamoto: The UFC has a past history of compensating efficiency perks to athletes at every occasion. This weekend break, it will likely administer among those incentives to a fan.ESPN UFC CEO Dana White claimed he will certainly spend $25,000 to anyone that identifies concealed Easter eggs in a dashing motion picture that will definitely open in the course of UFC Noche on Saturday at the Realm in Sin City. The activity, also called UFC 306, will be actually the very first real-time sporting affair to take place at the Realm, and White possesses claimed it will be actually a one-and-done occasion.The UFC has partnered with numerous creative artists to create a film that will air between spells, together with 10 various "globes" that will participate in on-screen during the course of fights.Dana White to honor follower capable to recognize Easter eggs at UFC 306Where's the wagering advantages at UFC 306? play1:31 Why the Realm could benefit O'Malley against DvalishviliDaniel Cormier and also Brett Okamoto talk about just how the environment at the Sphere could give Sean O'Malley a conveniences over Merab Dvalishvili at Noche UFC.Andreas Hale: Sean O'Malley, No. 4 in ESPN's pound-for-pound rankings, goes into the fight observing his very first label self defense against Marlon Vera at UFC 299. O'Malley beat Vera through unanimous choice. Merab Dvalishvili, No. 2 in ESPN's bantamweight rankings, is using a 10-fight winning touch. Dvalishvili has not lost a match due to the fact that April 2018. In the co-main event, ladies's flyweight champ Alexa Grasso encounter previous champion Valentina Shevchenko in a triumvirate bout for Grasso's name. Grasso, No. 2 in ESPN's girls's mixed martial arts P4P ranks, hammer Shevchenko through fourth-round entry to declare the name at UFC 285 in March 2023. In the rematch, Grasso preserved the label by means of crack reel in September 2023. Andreas Hale spoke with UFC strawweight Angela Mountain to acquire her viewpoint on the UFC 306 major and co-main activities. ESPN wagering specialists Splint Kuhn and also Ian Parker include their knowledge and also evaluation on the UFC centerpiece as well as other appealing wagers they such as coming from both promotions on Saturday.Expert picks and also best options for UFC 306 as well as Bellator Champions SeriesO'Malley's superstar pathway remains unchangedplay2:32 Merab Dvalishvili discusses results from uploading slice to face onlineMerab Dvalishvili informs Andreas Hale how he is actually healing from the right now well known image he submitted of the slice to his face.Brett Okamoto: On Saturday, the 29-year-old O'Malley (18-1) will definitely title perhaps the highest-profile event in the UFC's 30-year past. Depending On to CEO Dana White, Noche UFC inside Sphere in Las Vegas will be a "one-and-done" occasion, because of the sheer expense ($ 20 thousand, according to White) of placing it on. Private chairs for the UFC 306 card headlined by O'Malley's bantamweight headline self defense versus Merab Dvalishvili (17-4) have actually been actually detailed for as much as $13,000 during the course of fight full week. It is actually the type of event every competitor-- or even, even more correctly, prizefighter-- desire. Even Conor McGregor, that has had a bit of a vicious public back-and-forth with O'Malley this year, wanted to headline this Sphere event, potentially versus his old rival Nate Diaz. O'Malley marvelled at McGregor till this year, and also even claimed he's made an effort to resemble parts of his career off McGregor's. Eventually, the honor as well as task of headlining UFC 306 mosted likely to O'Malley. Which is actually specifically what O'Malley preferred. He started his camp for this particular fight date prior to the UFC even provided it to him.Sitting in this particular really sitting room where he stands up today, O'Malley utilized to dream of popularity and cash, funds as well as prominence. Those dreams started as early as middle school, when he made use of to visualize himself wearing for an NFL group on Sundays. When he reached secondary school, he concerned terms that he was as well little to ever before play in the NFL. Possibly non-coincidentally, that's also the exact very same attend his life he began to kickbox.UFC champion Sean O'Malley assesses his cheer stardomTurki, Canelo, Dana and Rock battle for No. 1Turki Alalshikh, Canelo Alvarez, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Conor McGregor and also Dana White are actually five of the most important individuals in combat sports. ESPNMike Coppinger: Many of the best highly effective figures in the match game will converge on Las Vegas recently for an uncommon offering, one that includes boxing's top celebrity, Canelo Alvarez, and also the very first real-time sporting event at the state-of-the-art Realm with UFC 306. Canelo's consolidated extremely middleweight championship defense vs. long-odds underdog Edgar Berlanga as well as Sean O'Malley's UFC bantamweight title battle against Merab Dvalishvili are going to synchronize Sunday evening, an unique clash of high-profile combat sporting activities events in Las Vegas.And using it, the fight activity's power gamers will certainly all be actually stood for personally in between each activities. There's Turki Alalshikh, whose highly profitable Riyadh Season support assisted make it achievable for Dana White as well as the UFC to keep a celebration at the exorbitantly valued Sphere. White stated the cost of the immersive venue has actually covered $twenty thousand. It is actually the initial pay-per-view event from White that isn't just billed as UFC followed through a numeral.With some of the greatest labels going head-to-head on Sunday evening in Las Vegas, that is actually taking the strings in the battle video game? ESPN spoke to 30-plus industry energy players-- competitors, promoters, execs, lawyers, supervisors as well as media-- to assist determine that presently keeps all the impact throughout punching, mixed martial arts and also pro fumbling and exactly how they wield it.The 15 most prominent people in boxing, MMA and wrestlingUFC 306 storylines: Will any sort of battle beat the site itself?Merab Dvalishvili trades hits with Sean O'Malley in the bantamweight championship battle at UFC 306. Chris Unger/Zuffa LLCJeff Wagenheim: Initially glimpse, the UFC's method to commemorating Mexican Independence Time this happening weekend seems perplexing.UFC 306, which happens Sunday at the Sphere in Las Vegas, is headlined through a battle in between an Irish-American coming from Montana and also a New Yorker transplanted from the State of Georgia. And to add to the quizzically all-over-the-map motif, the celebration is actually financed through an arm of the federal government of Saudi Arabia.Branding and marquee toppers aside, though, there will definitely certainly be actually a Mexican motif permeating the second yearly Noche UFC (ESPN+ PPV, 10 p.m. ET). Before the main event in between guys's bantamweight champion Sean O'Malley as well as Merab Dvalishvili, all 9 of the night's various other spells will certainly feature a Mexico-born or Mexican United States fighter. The co-main occasion pits girls's flyweight champ Alexa Grasso-- away from Guadalajara in the Mexican condition of Jalisco-- versus former titlist Valentina Shevchenko, to finish a triumvirate that's actually loaded with twists.Beyond the reasonable stakes, the overarching atmosphere of the evening vows to aesthetically and aurally transportation supporters south of the border. This 1st sporting activity at Sphere, the cutting-edge home entertainment location that opened in 2014 only off the Las Vegas Bit, will definitely make the most of the mind-numbing technology developed in to the tremendous sphere design. Throughout the night, the UFC will definitely make use of the 160,000-square-foot wrap-around LED monitor as well as concert-quality sound system to tell the story of fight sporting activities in Mexico.Championship fights. Breathtaking creation. Leading risks. There are going to be stories surging around the round surprise of UFC 306. Below are a few to focus to.UFC 306 storylines: How Realm, Suga Sean are going to form a famous eventWhat enthusiasts can easily expect at Noche UFCUFC 306 will go to the Sphere in Sin City on Sunday Sept. 14. Photograph through Eliot J. Schechter/NHLI through Getty ImagesAndreas Hale: The UFC has actually always kept a tight top on the specifics concerning their project right into the Sphere for UFC 306 on Sept. 14. Having said that, in front of the celebration-- which UFC CEO Dana White has actually suggested will be the best featuring activity of all time-- the advertising has shown some vital particulars about what fans need to anticipate away from the $2.3 billion site in the course of Mexican Self-reliance Time weekend.The UFC will definitely use Realm's enormous 160,000 sq. ft. interior screen plane and the location's worldclass concert-grade audio system. The internal show plane are going to likewise exhibit real-time statistics as well as boxer information.Fans inside the Sphere will certainly feel the action thanks to haptic seats, which provides pressure feedback based upon the activity inside the Octagon. And they possess the possibility to download and install the LiveVoice app to pay attention to live commentary from either the English or Spanish broadcast.The celebration will likewise premiere the film "For Mexico, For Perpetuity," informed in 6 90-second sections between battles and featured inside the Ball. The artistic team behind the movie flaunts 29 Emmy Award succeeds, one Golden Planet and also one Grammy.There will be actually eight brand new Octagon ladies, 6 native-born Mexican ladies and pair of second-generation Mexicans.Top storiesplay1:31 Exactly how Sean O'Malley plans to meet Conor McGregor's recognition in the UFCSean O'Malley participates in "First Take" clean off succeeding the bantamweight label at UFC 292 and also refer to potentially meeting the elevation of Conor McGregor's popularity.After Ball: Which UFC celebration locations will happen next?UFC champion Sean O'Malley reassesses his cheer stardomMMA divisional positions: Big win boosts Brady, yet exactly how higher does he jump?UFC 306 first appeal: Big concerns, early bets, prophecies for O'Malley-DvalishviliMMA actual or otherwise: Will O'Malley, Grasso both maintain at Noche UFC?