NocheUFC co-man occasion is actually main. 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 malfunction Grasso-Shevchenko trilogy fightDaniel Cormier and Chael Sonnen preview the upcoming trilogy fight between Alexa Grasso and Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 306. Brett Okamoto: The UFC has a background of compensating efficiency bonuses to sportsmens at every event. This weekend break, it will possibly dispense among those perks to a fan.ESPN UFC chief executive officer Dana White mentioned he will pay $25,000 to anyone that pinpoints hidden Easter eggs in a running flick that will definitely open throughout UFC Noche on Sunday at the Sphere in Las Vegas. The celebration, also called UFC 306, will be the very first real-time sporting undertaking to occur at the Realm, and also White possesses claimed it will be actually a one-and-done occasion.The UFC has partnered along with several artistic performers to make a flick that will open in between stints, along with 10 various "planets" that will play on-screen in the course of fights.Dana White to award supporter capable to pinpoint Easter eggs at UFC 306Where's the wagering advantages at UFC 306? play1:31 Why the Sphere might help O'Malley versus DvalishviliDaniel Cormier and also Brett Okamoto review just how the environment at the Sphere can offer Sean O'Malley a benefit over Merab Dvalishvili at Noche UFC.Andreas Hale: Sean O'Malley, No. 4 in ESPN's pound-for-pound rankings, enters the match following his first label self defense against Marlon Vera at UFC 299. O'Malley hammered Vera through consentaneous selection. Merab Dvalishvili, No. 2 in ESPN's bantamweight positions, is using a 10-fight winning streak. Dvalishvili has actually not lost a battle because April 2018. In the co-main event, women's flyweight champ Alexa Grasso clashes with past champ Valentina Shevchenko in a trilogy struggle for Grasso's title. Grasso, No. 2 in ESPN's females's mixed martial arts P4P ranks, hammer Shevchenko through fourth-round article to assert the title at UFC 285 in March 2023. In the rematch, Grasso retained the title using split reel in September 2023. Andreas Hale contacted UFC strawweight Angela Hillside to receive her standpoint on the UFC 306 principal as well as co-main activities. ESPN betting pros Reed Kuhn and also Ian Parker incorporate their ideas and also review on the UFC main event and various other interesting bets they as if coming from both promos on Saturday.Expert choices as well as best options for UFC 306 and Bellator Champions SeriesO'Malley's superstar road stays unchangedplay2:32 Merab Dvalishvili reviews after effects from submitting cut to experience onlineMerab Dvalishvili says to Andreas Hale exactly how he is recuperation from the currently infamous image he submitted of the slice to his face.Brett Okamoto: On Sunday, the 29-year-old O'Malley (18-1) will definitely headline maybe the highest-profile event in the UFC's 30-year history. Depending On to Chief Executive Officer Dana White, Noche UFC inside Realm in Sin city are going to be a "one-and-done" event, as a result of the high price ($ twenty thousand, according to White) of putting it on. Individual chairs for the UFC 306 card headlined through O'Malley's bantamweight title defense versus Merab Dvalishvili (17-4) have been listed for as high as $13,000 throughout fight full week. It is actually the type of celebration every boxer-- or, more properly, pugilist-- dreams of. Also Conor McGregor, that has had a bit of an unpleasant public back-and-forth with O'Malley this year, intended to heading this Realm event, likely against his outdated rival Nate Diaz. O'Malley marvelled at McGregor until this year, as well as also said he is actually tried to resemble parts of his career off McGregor's. Eventually, the tribute and also obligation of headlining UFC 306 visited O'Malley. Which is exactly what O'Malley really wanted. He started his camping ground for this specific battle day prior to the UFC also used it to him.Sitting in this quite living-room where he stands today, O'Malley utilized to desire popularity and loan, funds and also prominence. Those goals started as early as intermediate school, when he made use of to visualize themself wearing for an NFL group on Sundays. When he met secondary school, he related to conditions that he was also little to ever play in the NFL. Perhaps non-coincidentally, that's additionally the particular very same attend his life he began to kickbox.UFC champ Sean O'Malley assesses his rise to stardomTurki, Canelo, Dana and Rock battle for No. 1Turki Alalshikh, Canelo Alvarez, Dwayne "The Stone" Johnson, Conor McGregor and Dana White are actually 5 of the most prominent people in combat sports. ESPNMike Coppinger: Many of one of the most highly effective have a place in the fight game will converge on Sin city recently for an unusual offering, one that includes boxing's best superstar, Canelo Alvarez, and also the initial real-time sporting event at the revolutionary Realm along with UFC 306. Canelo's linked extremely middleweight champion protection vs. long-odds longshot Edgar Berlanga as well as Sean O'Malley's UFC bantamweight title match against Merab Dvalishvili will definitely synchronize Saturday evening, an uncommon battle of top-level combat sports celebrations in Las Vegas.And from it, the fight activity's power players will all be actually worked with in person between each celebrations. There's Turki Alalshikh, whose profitable Riyadh Period sponsor aided make it feasible for Dana White and also the UFC to keep an occasion at the too valued Realm. White claimed the cost of the immersive location has actually covered $twenty thousand. It is actually the 1st pay-per-view occasion from White that isn't merely billed as UFC followed by a numeral.With a number of the greatest titles going head-to-head on Saturday night in Sin city, who is actually drawing the strands in the battle video game? ESPN talked to 30-plus field power players-- fighters, promoters, execs, attorneys, supervisors and also media-- to help determine who presently stores all the effect around punching, mixed martial arts as well as expert wrestling and also exactly how they wield it.The 15 very most prominent individuals in punching, MMA and also wrestlingUFC 306 storylines: Will any fight outperform the location itself?Merab Dvalishvili trades blows along with Sean O'Malley in the bantamweight champion battle at UFC 306. Chris Unger/Zuffa LLCJeff Wagenheim: Initially glance, the UFC's technique to celebrating Mexican Self-reliance Time this happening weekend break seems perplexing.UFC 306, which happens Saturday at the Sphere in Sin City, is headlined through a match between an Irish-American coming from Montana and also a New Yorker hair transplanted from the Republic of Georgia. And to include in the quizzically all-over-the-map concept, the activity is sponsored by an arm of the authorities of Saudi Arabia.Branding and also signboard mattress toppers aside, however, there are going to indeed be actually a Mexican concept penetrating the 2nd yearly Noche UFC (ESPN+ PPV, 10 p.m. ET). Before the main event in between males's bantamweight champion Sean O'Malley and also Merab Dvalishvili, all nine of the night's various other rounds are going to include a Mexico-born or even Mexican United States competitor. The co-main event pits ladies's flyweight champion Alexa Grasso-- away from Guadalajara in the Mexican state of Jalisco-- versus past titlist Valentina Shevchenko, to complete a triumvirate that's presently loaded with twists.Beyond the reasonable stakes, the overarching setting of the evening vows to visually and aurally transportation fans southern of the boundary. This very first featuring activity at Sphere, the sophisticated amusement location that opened in 2013 only off the Las Vegas Bit, will take full advantage of the mind-numbing technology developed right into the humongous around construct. Throughout the evening, the UFC will use the 160,000-square-foot wraparound LED display and also concert-quality stereo to inform the story of battle sporting activities in Mexico.Championship fights. Panoramic creation. Leading concerns. There will be stories swirling around the round miracle of UFC 306. Below are a few to focus to.UFC 306 storylines: Exactly how Realm, Suga Sean will certainly form a historic eventWhat enthusiasts can easily expect at Noche UFCUFC 306 will definitely be at the Realm in Sin City on Saturday Sept. 14. Image through Eliot J. Schechter/NHLI via Getty ImagesAndreas Hale: The UFC has actually maintained a limited lid on the specifics regarding their venture into the Sphere for UFC 306 on Sept. 14. However, before the occasion-- which UFC CEO Dana White has actually suggested will certainly be the greatest sporting celebration of all time-- the advertising has shown some crucial particulars regarding what enthusiasts must anticipate away from the $2.3 billion place during Mexican Independence Day weekend.The UFC will certainly make use of Sphere's extensive 160,000 sq. ft. indoor show plane and also the site's worldclass concert-grade audio system. The interior screen aircraft will likewise showcase real-time statistics and also competitor information.Fans inside the Sphere will really feel the activity thanks to haptic seating, which gives force feedback based on the action inside the Octagon. And also they have the alternative to download the LiveVoice application to pay attention to reside comments from either the English or even Spanish broadcast.The celebration will certainly additionally premiere the film "For Mexico, For All Time," told in six 90-second phases in between matches and also presented inside the Ball. The imaginative crew responsible for the movie boasts 29 Emmy Award gains, one Golden World and also one Grammy.There will be eight new Octagon gals, 6 native-born Mexican women as well as pair of second-generation Mexicans.Top storiesplay1:31 How Sean O'Malley intends to reach Conor McGregor's appeal in the UFCSean O'Malley joins "Initial Take" clean off succeeding the bantamweight title at UFC 292 and also talks about possibly reaching the height of Conor McGregor's popularity.After Ball: Which UFC activity places will happen next?UFC champion Sean O'Malley reviews his cheer stardomMMA divisional rankings: Big gain boosts Brady, yet just how high does he jump?UFC 306 1st look: Big inquiries, very early wagers, forecasts for O'Malley-DvalishviliMMA real or not: Will O'Malley, Grasso both preserve at Noche UFC?