NocheUFC co-man celebration 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 break down Grasso-Shevchenko triumvirate fightDaniel Cormier as well as Chael Sonnen preview the upcoming trilogy match in between Alexa Grasso as well as Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 306. Brett Okamoto: The UFC possesses a record of compensating performance perks to athletes at every occasion. This weekend break, it will possibly dispense among those incentives to a fan.ESPN UFC CEO Dana White mentioned he will spend $25,000 to anyone that pinpoints surprise Easter eggs in a running flick that will certainly air during UFC Noche on Sunday at the Realm in Sin City. The activity, also known as UFC 306, will be actually the very first live sporting affair to happen at the Realm, as well as White has mentioned it will be actually a one-and-done occasion.The UFC has partnered with numerous innovative performers to make a flick that will open in between stints, together with 10 different "worlds" that will play on-screen during fights.Dana White to honor fan able 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 and also Brett Okamoto talk about just how the setting at the Realm could provide Sean O'Malley a perk over Merab Dvalishvili at Noche UFC.Andreas Hale: Sean O'Malley, No. 4 in ESPN's pound-for-pound rankings, goes into the match following his very first headline protection versus Marlon Vera at UFC 299. O'Malley hammered Vera through unanimous selection. Merab Dvalishvili, No. 2 in ESPN's bantamweight rankings, is actually using a 10-fight winning touch. Dvalishvili has actually certainly not dropped a battle since April 2018. In the co-main event, women's flyweight champ Alexa Grasso encounter past champion Valentina Shevchenko in a trilogy match for Grasso's name. Grasso, No. 2 in ESPN's girls's MMA P4P ranks, beat Shevchenko through fourth-round article to claim the name at UFC 285 in March 2023. In the rematch, Grasso maintained the headline by means of crack attract September 2023. Andreas Hale contacted UFC strawweight Angela Mountain to obtain her perspective on the UFC 306 principal as well as co-main activities. ESPN wagering experts Reed Kuhn and also Ian Parker include their knowledge and also review on the UFC centerpiece and various other intriguing wagers they such as coming from each advertisings on Saturday.Expert choices and also best options for UFC 306 as well as Bellator Champions SeriesO'Malley's super star road remains unchangedplay2:32 Merab Dvalishvili reviews fallout coming from submitting slice to experience onlineMerab Dvalishvili informs Andreas Hale how he is actually healing coming from the currently well known image he published of the slice to his face.Brett Okamoto: On Sunday, the 29-year-old O'Malley (18-1) will certainly headline possibly the highest-profile occasion in the UFC's 30-year history. Depending On to Chief Executive Officer Dana White, Noche UFC inside Realm in Las Vegas will certainly be a "one-and-done" celebration, because of the high price ($ 20 thousand, depending on to White) of putting it on. Personal chairs for the UFC 306 card headlined by O'Malley's bantamweight title protection against Merab Dvalishvili (17-4) have been listed for as long as $13,000 during the course of match week. It is actually the sort of event every fighter-- or, more effectively, pugilist-- desire. Also Conor McGregor, who has had a little a vicious social back-and-forth with O'Malley this year, would like to heading this Sphere occasion, possibly against his aged opponent Nate Diaz. O'Malley marvelled at McGregor up until this year, as well as even stated he's tried to copy aspect of his occupation off McGregor's. Inevitably, the respect and also responsibility of headlining UFC 306 mosted likely to O'Malley. Which is actually specifically what O'Malley wished. He began his camping ground for this specific match date just before the UFC even gave it to him.Sitting within this incredibly living-room where he stands today, O'Malley made use of to imagine popularity and amount of money, money and popularity. Those desires started as very early as middle school, when he used to envision himself wearing for an NFL team on Sundays. When he reached senior high school, he came to terms that he was actually as well little to ever before play in the NFL. Possibly non-coincidentally, that's also the precise same attend his life he started to kickbox.UFC champ Sean O'Malley reviews his rise to stardomTurki, Canelo, Dana and also Rock fight for No. 1Turki Alalshikh, Canelo Alvarez, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Conor McGregor and Dana White are 5 of the absolute most important people in battle sporting activities. ESPNMike Coppinger: A Number Of one of the most effective figures in the match game will merge on Las Vegas recently for an uncommon offering, one that includes punching's best superstar, Canelo Alvarez, and also the first live featuring event at the revolutionary Realm along with UFC 306. Canelo's combined incredibly middleweight champion protection vs. long-odds underdog Edgar Berlanga and also Sean O'Malley's UFC bantamweight label battle versus Merab Dvalishvili will definitely match Saturday night, an uncommon conflict of high-profile fight sports activities in Las Vegas.And using it, the match video game's energy gamers will certainly all be embodied in person between both events. There's Turki Alalshikh, whose financially rewarding Riyadh Season sponsor helped create it feasible for Dana White as well as the UFC to keep an occasion at the exorbitantly valued Realm. White claimed the cost of the immersive site has actually covered $twenty thousand. It's the very first pay-per-view event coming from White that isn't just announced as UFC complied with through a numeral.With a number of the greatest names going head-to-head on Sunday evening in Las Vegas, who's pulling the strands in the match game? ESPN contacted 30-plus business electrical power gamers-- competitors, promoters, executives, lawyers, supervisors and media-- to assist identify who currently keeps all the effect throughout boxing, mixed martial arts and pro wrestling and just how they possess it.The 15 most significant people in punching, MMA and wrestlingUFC 306 storylines: Will definitely any type of battle outperform the venue itself?Merab Dvalishvili trades hits with Sean O'Malley in the bantamweight championship fight at UFC 306. Chris Unger/Zuffa LLCJeff Wagenheim: In the beginning look, the UFC's technique to commemorating Mexican Freedom Day this coming weekend break seems perplexing.UFC 306, which happens Sunday at the Sphere in Las Vegas, is actually headlined by a battle in between an Irish-American coming from Montana and a New Yorker transplanted coming from the State of Georgia. And to include in the quizzically all-over-the-map motif, the occasion is actually funded through an arm of the government of Saudi Arabia.Branding and also signboard covers aside, though, there will certainly without a doubt be actually a Mexican style going through the second yearly Noche UFC (ESPN+ PPV, 10 p.m. ET). Before the main event in between men's bantamweight champion Sean O'Malley and also Merab Dvalishvili, all 9 of the evening's other rounds will definitely feature a Mexico-born or even Mexican American competitor. The co-main occasion pits girls's flyweight champion Alexa Grasso-- away from Guadalajara in the Mexican state of Jalisco-- against previous titlist Valentina Shevchenko, to accomplish a trilogy that's currently packed with twists.Beyond the very competitive concerns, the overarching atmosphere of the night promises to visually and aurally transportation followers south of the border. This first showing off celebration at Round, the sophisticated amusement site that opened last year only off the Sin city Strip, will definitely maximize the mind-numbing modern technology constructed into the humongous around structure. Throughout the evening, the UFC will definitely utilize the 160,000-square-foot wrap-around LED display and concert-quality stereo to tell the tale of combat sporting activities in Mexico.Championship matches. Breathtaking creation. Major-league concerns. There will certainly be stories rolling all over the circular wonder of UFC 306. Listed here are actually a couple of to take note to.UFC 306 storylines: Just how Sphere, Suga Sean will definitely form a historic eventWhat enthusiasts can anticipate at Noche UFCUFC 306 will definitely go to the Sphere in Las Vegas on Sunday Sept. 14. Picture by Eliot J. Schechter/NHLI by means of Getty ImagesAndreas Hale: The UFC has actually maintained a strict top on the specifics concerning their project into the Realm for UFC 306 on Sept. 14. However, ahead of the occasion-- which UFC Chief Executive Officer Dana White has proposed will definitely be actually the greatest showing off celebration of all time-- the promotion has disclosed some vital details about what fans ought to anticipate out of the $2.3 billion place in the course of Mexican Freedom Day weekend.The UFC are going to utilize Sphere's substantial 160,000 sq. ft. interior show aircraft and also the site's worldclass concert-grade stereo. The interior display aircraft will definitely also feature real-time stats and also fighter information.Fans inside the Realm are going to feel the activity courtesy of haptic seating, which provides force responses based upon the activity inside the Octagon. And they have the alternative to install the LiveVoice application to listen to stay discourse from either the English or even Spanish broadcast.The occasion will also premiere the film "For Mexico, For All Time," said to in six 90-second chapters in between matches as well as presented inside the Ball. The creative crew behind the film includes 29 Emmy Award succeeds, one Golden World and also one Grammy.There will be actually 8 brand-new Octagon ladies, six native-born Mexican girls as well as pair of second-generation Mexicans.Top storiesplay1:31 Exactly how Sean O'Malley organizes to achieve Conor McGregor's popularity in the UFCSean O'Malley participates in "Initial Take" clean off winning the bantamweight label at UFC 292 and refer to likely reaching the elevation of Conor McGregor's popularity.After Round: Which UFC event areas will come next?UFC champion Sean O'Malley reassesses his rise to stardomMMA local rankings: Big win boosts Brady, but how higher performs he jump?UFC 306 initial appearance: Big inquiries, early wagers, prophecies for O'Malley-DvalishviliMMA actual or otherwise: Will O'Malley, Grasso both retain at Noche UFC?