NocheUFC co-man event is actually 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 triumvirate fightDaniel Cormier and Chael Sonnen sneak peek the upcoming triumvirate match between Alexa Grasso and also Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 306. Brett Okamoto: The UFC possesses a past history of paying efficiency bonuses to sportsmens at every activity. This weekend, it will potentially dole out some of those benefits to a fan.ESPN UFC chief executive officer Dana White stated he will spend $25,000 to anybody that recognizes hidden Easter eggs in a dashing flick that will certainly air in the course of UFC Noche on Sunday at the Sphere in Las Vegas. The activity, likewise called UFC 306, will be the first real-time sporting event to occur at the Sphere, and also White has stated it will be actually a one-and-done occasion.The UFC has partnered along with various imaginative musicians to produce a flick that will air between rounds, along with 10 different "worlds" that will play on-screen throughout fights.Dana White to award fan capable to determine Easter eggs at UFC 306Where's the wagering advantages at UFC 306? play1:31 Why the Sphere could gain O'Malley against DvalishviliDaniel Cormier as well as Brett Okamoto explain 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 positions, gets in the battle following his initial label self defense against Marlon Vera at UFC 299. O'Malley beat Vera through consensual selection. Merab Dvalishvili, No. 2 in ESPN's bantamweight positions, is using a 10-fight winning touch. Dvalishvili has certainly not shed a match considering that April 2018. In the co-main event, ladies's flyweight champion Alexa Grasso clashes with former champ Valentina Shevchenko in a triumvirate battle for Grasso's name. Grasso, No. 2 in ESPN's girls's mixed martial arts P4P ranks, hammer Shevchenko by fourth-round submitting to profess the name at UFC 285 in March 2023. In the rematch, Grasso kept the label via crack pull in September 2023. Andreas Hale talked to UFC strawweight Angela Hill to acquire her viewpoint on the UFC 306 principal and co-main events. ESPN wagering experts Splint Kuhn and Ian Parker include their insights and also study on the UFC centerpiece and various other fascinating bets they such as coming from each promos on Saturday.Expert choices and also best options for UFC 306 and also Bellator Champions SeriesO'Malley's superstar path stays unchangedplay2:32 Merab Dvalishvili goes over after effects from submitting slice to deal with onlineMerab Dvalishvili informs Andreas Hale exactly how he is healing coming from the currently notorious photo he submitted of the slice to his face.Brett Okamoto: On Saturday, the 29-year-old O'Malley (18-1) will certainly title probably the highest-profile activity in the UFC's 30-year history. Depending On to Chief Executive Officer Dana White, Noche UFC inside Sphere in Sin city will definitely be actually a "one-and-done" activity, due to the high expense ($ twenty million, according to White) of placing it on. Specific chairs for the UFC 306 memory card headlined by O'Malley's bantamweight headline defense against Merab Dvalishvili (17-4) have actually been actually detailed for as much as $13,000 during fight full week. It is actually the kind of event every fighter-- or even, more properly, pugilist-- imagine. Also Conor McGregor, who has possessed a little a nasty social back-and-forth along with O'Malley this year, desired to heading this Realm event, possibly against his aged opponent Nate Diaz. O'Malley admired McGregor till this year, as well as even stated he's attempted to imitate aspect of his career off McGregor's. Eventually, the honor and obligation of headlining UFC 306 went to O'Malley. Which is exactly what O'Malley wanted. He began his camping ground for this particular fight time just before the UFC also gave it to him.Sitting in this very living room where he stands today, O'Malley used to desire for popularity and also money, money as well as popularity. Those goals started as very early as secondary school, when he made use of to visualize himself suiting up for an NFL team on Sundays. When he reached high school, he involved phrases that he was as well little to ever before play in the NFL. Probably non-coincidentally, that is actually additionally the precise same time in his lifestyle he started to kickbox.UFC champion Sean O'Malley reassesses his cheer stardomTurki, Canelo, Dana as well as Rock struggle for No. 1Turki Alalshikh, Canelo Alvarez, Dwayne "The Stone" Johnson, Conor McGregor and Dana White are five of the absolute most significant people in combat sporting activities. ESPNMike Coppinger: Most Of the most effective have a place in the battle game will definitely merge on Sin city today for an uncommon offering, one that features boxing's leading superstar, Canelo Alvarez, and the initial online sporting occasion at the advanced Realm with UFC 306. Canelo's linked tremendously middleweight championship defense vs. long-odds longshot Edgar Berlanga as well as Sean O'Malley's UFC bantamweight headline match against Merab Dvalishvili will certainly synchronize Saturday night, an uncommon conflict of high-profile fight sports celebrations in Las Vegas.And using it, the match game's energy players will certainly all be embodied face to face in between each activities. There's Turki Alalshikh, whose lucrative Riyadh Period support assisted make it achievable for Dana White as well as the UFC to store a celebration at the too priced Realm. White said the price of the immersive site has topped $20 million. It is actually the very first pay-per-view celebration from White that isn't simply billed as UFC adhered to by a numeral.With a few of the most significant labels going head-to-head on Sunday night in Las Vegas, who's pulling the cords in the battle activity? ESPN talked with 30-plus market electrical power players-- boxers, promoters, managers, legal professionals, managers and media-- to help identify who currently keeps all the influence all over punching, mixed martial arts and pro wrestling and how they wield it.The 15 very most significant folks in punching, MMA and wrestlingUFC 306 storylines: Will any battle outshine the location itself?Merab Dvalishvili trades strikes with Sean O'Malley in the bantamweight champion match at UFC 306. Chris Unger/Zuffa LLCJeff Wagenheim: At first look, the UFC's strategy to commemorating Mexican Freedom Day this coming weekend break seems to be perplexing.UFC 306, which takes place Saturday at the Realm in Las Vegas, is headlined by a fight between an Irish-American coming from Montana and a New Yorker hair transplanted coming from the Republic of Georgia. As well as to contribute to the quizzically all-over-the-map design, the celebration is funded by a branch of the government of Saudi Arabia.Branding and marquee covers apart, though, there are going to definitely be a Mexican theme permeating the 2nd yearly Noche UFC (ESPN+ PPV, 10 p.m. ET). Before the centerpiece between males's bantamweight champ Sean O'Malley and also Merab Dvalishvili, all 9 of the night's other stints are going to include a Mexico-born or even Mexican United States boxer. The co-main celebration pits females's flyweight champ Alexa Grasso-- out of Guadalajara in the Mexican state of Jalisco-- versus past titlist Valentina Shevchenko, to finish a trilogy that's already packed with twists.Beyond the reasonable risks, the overarching atmosphere of the evening vows to aesthetically and aurally transport followers south of the perimeter. This first showing off celebration at Round, the advanced entertainment site that opened up in 2014 only off the Sin city Bit, will take full advantage of the mind-numbing modern technology constructed right into the humongous round construct. Throughout the night, the UFC will utilize the 160,000-square-foot wrap-around LED display screen as well as concert-quality stereo to inform the story of battle sports in Mexico.Championship fights. Spectacular manufacturing. Prominent concerns. There are going to be actually storylines swirling all around the spherical marvel of UFC 306. Listed here are actually a couple of to listen to.UFC 306 storylines: Just how Realm, Suga Sean will mold a historic eventWhat supporters can anticipate at Noche UFCUFC 306 will certainly go to the Sphere in Las Vegas on Sunday Sept. 14. Photo by Eliot J. Schechter/NHLI by means of Getty ImagesAndreas Hale: The UFC has kept a tight top on the specifics regarding their project into the Realm for UFC 306 on Sept. 14. Having said that, before the event-- which UFC CEO Dana White has actually proposed will definitely be the greatest showing off event of all time-- the promotion has revealed some essential particulars regarding what fans must assume out of the $2.3 billion venue in the course of Mexican Self-reliance Day weekend.The UFC will make use of Realm's massive 160,000 sq. ft. indoor show plane and the place's worldclass concert-grade audio system. The interior show airplane will certainly also exhibit real-time statistics and boxer information.Fans inside the Realm will certainly experience the activity thanks to haptic seats, which supplies pressure comments based on the action inside the Octagon. And they have the option to download the LiveVoice app to listen closely to live commentary from either the English or even Spanish broadcast.The celebration will certainly also premiere the film "For Mexico, For Perpetuity," informed in 6 90-second chapters between matches and presented inside the Round. The imaginative staff responsible for the film includes 29 Emmy Award succeeds, one Golden World as well as one Grammy.There will be actually eight brand new Octagon females, 6 native-born Mexican ladies and also two second-generation Mexicans.Top storiesplay1:31 How Sean O'Malley prepares to achieve Conor McGregor's recognition in the UFCSean O'Malley signs up with "Initial Take" fresh off winning the bantamweight headline at UFC 292 and speak about likely meeting the height of Conor McGregor's popularity.After Round: Which UFC event locations will come next?UFC champion Sean O'Malley reflects on his rise to stardomMMA divisional ranks: Big gain increases Brady, yet exactly how higher does he jump?UFC 306 1st appearance: Big questions, early wagers, predictions for O'Malley-DvalishviliMMA actual or otherwise: Will O'Malley, Grasso both retain at Noche UFC?