NocheUFC co-man celebration 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 and also Chael break down Grasso-Shevchenko triumvirate fightDaniel Cormier and Chael Sonnen preview the upcoming trilogy fight between Alexa Grasso and also Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 306. Brett Okamoto: The UFC possesses a past history of compensating efficiency benefits to professional athletes at every occasion. This weekend, it is going to potentially share out some of those bonus offers to a fan.ESPN UFC CEO Dana White mentioned he will pay $25,000 to any person that determines concealed Easter eggs in a jogging movie that will certainly open throughout UFC Noche on Sunday at the Realm in Sin City. The celebration, also called UFC 306, will be actually the first real-time sporting undertaking to occur at the Realm, as well as White has mentioned it will be actually a one-and-done occasion.The UFC has partnered with multiple artistic musicians to generate a motion picture that will open between bouts, alongside 10 different "globes" that will play on-screen during the course of fights.Dana White to award fan able to recognize Easter eggs at UFC 306Where's the wagering perks at UFC 306? play1:31 Why the Realm can benefit O'Malley against DvalishviliDaniel Cormier and Brett Okamoto talk about how the environment at the Realm could 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 fight observing his first label protection versus Marlon Vera at UFC 299. O'Malley hammered Vera by consentaneous choice. Merab Dvalishvili, No. 2 in ESPN's bantamweight ranks, is actually using a 10-fight winning touch. Dvalishvili has actually not dropped a fight due to the fact that April 2018. In the co-main event, women's flyweight champion Alexa Grasso encounter former champion Valentina Shevchenko in a trilogy fight for Grasso's title. Grasso, No. 2 in ESPN's ladies's mixed martial arts P4P positions, beat Shevchenko through fourth-round submitting to assert the name at UFC 285 in March 2023. In the rematch, Grasso maintained the label by means of crack attract September 2023. Andreas Hale talked to UFC strawweight Angela Mountain to obtain her perspective on the UFC 306 main and co-main events. ESPN betting experts Splint Kuhn and also Ian Parker add their insights and review on the UFC centerpiece as well as various other intriguing bets they as if coming from each advertisings on Saturday.Expert picks as well as best choices for UFC 306 and also Bellator Champions SeriesO'Malley's celebrity course continues to be unchangedplay2:32 Merab Dvalishvili discusses results from uploading cut to experience onlineMerab Dvalishvili says to Andreas Hale just how he is actually recuperation from the right now notorious picture he submitted of the slice to his face.Brett Okamoto: On Saturday, the 29-year-old O'Malley (18-1) will definitely heading probably the highest-profile event in the UFC's 30-year background. According to Chief Executive Officer Dana White, Noche UFC inside Sphere in Sin city will certainly be actually a "one-and-done" event, as a result of the high cost ($ 20 thousand, according to White) of putting it on. Specific seats for the UFC 306 card headlined through O'Malley's bantamweight headline protection against Merab Dvalishvili (17-4) have actually been actually provided for as high as $13,000 throughout fight full week. It's the sort of event every competitor-- or, extra precisely, prizefighter-- desire for. Also Conor McGregor, who possesses had a little bit of an unpleasant public back-and-forth with O'Malley this year, intended to heading this Sphere activity, likely against his aged opponent Nate Diaz. O'Malley appreciated McGregor up until this year, and also said he is actually made an effort to mimic parts of his profession off McGregor's. Essentially, the tribute as well as obligation of headlining UFC 306 visited O'Malley. Which is actually specifically what O'Malley really wanted. He started his camp for this specific match day just before the UFC also delivered it to him.Sitting in this particular really living-room where he stands up today, O'Malley used to long for fame and amount of money, funds and also popularity. Those aspirations started as early as intermediate school, when he made use of to envision themself suiting up for an NFL staff on Sundays. When he met senior high school, he pertained to phrases that he was as well small to ever play in the NFL. Possibly non-coincidentally, that is actually additionally the specific same attend his lifestyle he started to kickbox.UFC champion Sean O'Malley reassesses his cheer stardomTurki, Canelo, Dana and Rock war for No. 1Turki Alalshikh, Canelo Alvarez, Dwayne "The Stone" Johnson, Conor McGregor as well as Dana White are actually five of one of the most significant folks in fight sports. ESPNMike Coppinger: Many of the most powerful have a place in the battle activity are going to merge on Sin city today for an uncommon offering, one that includes punching's leading celebrity, Canelo Alvarez, as well as the initial live featuring occasion at the cutting edge Sphere along with UFC 306. Canelo's unified super middleweight champion self defense vs. long-odds underdog Edgar Berlanga and also Sean O'Malley's UFC bantamweight label battle against Merab Dvalishvili will certainly coincide Sunday evening, an uncommon battle of high-profile battle sports celebrations in Las Vegas.And along with it, the fight game's power gamers will definitely all be stood for personally between each celebrations. There's Turki Alalshikh, whose rewarding Riyadh Period sponsor assisted make it achievable for Dana White and the UFC to keep a celebration at the too priced Sphere. White stated the price of the immersive venue has actually covered $twenty million. It's the initial pay-per-view activity from White that isn't just touted as UFC observed through a numeral.With some of the biggest names going head-to-head on Sunday night in Las Vegas, who is actually drawing the strands in the match video game? ESPN spoke with 30-plus sector power gamers-- fighters, marketers, execs, lawyers, supervisors and also media-- to assist determine who currently keeps all the impact around boxing, mixed martial arts as well as pro fumbling and also how they wield it.The 15 very most significant people in punching, mixed martial arts and wrestlingUFC 306 stories: Is going to any sort of fight outperform the venue itself?Merab Dvalishvili trades blows along with Sean O'Malley in the bantamweight champion match at UFC 306. Chris Unger/Zuffa LLCJeff Wagenheim: Initially look, the UFC's approach to celebrating Mexican Self-reliance Day this happening weekend appears perplexing.UFC 306, which takes place Saturday at the Realm in Sin City, is actually headlined through a battle in between an Irish-American coming from Montana and a New Yorker hair transplanted from the Republic of Georgia. And also to add to the quizzically all-over-the-map theme, the event is financed through an arm of the federal government of Saudi Arabia.Branding and marquee mattress toppers aside, however, there will certainly certainly be actually a Mexican theme going through the 2nd annual Noche UFC (ESPN+ PPV, 10 p.m. ET). Before the centerpiece in between males's bantamweight champ Sean O'Malley as well as Merab Dvalishvili, all 9 of the evening's various other spells will certainly feature a Mexico-born or Mexican American competitor. The co-main activity pits ladies's flyweight champ Alexa Grasso-- out of Guadalajara in the Mexican state of Jalisco-- versus former titlist Valentina Shevchenko, to accomplish a trilogy that is actually currently filled with twists.Beyond the reasonable stakes, the overarching ambiance of the evening promises to aesthetically as well as aurally transport followers south of the border. This very first sporting event at Round, the sophisticated enjoyment location that opened in 2013 just off the Sin city Strip, are going to maximize the mind-numbing modern technology built in to the whopping sphere framework. Throughout the evening, the UFC will make use of the 160,000-square-foot wraparound LED monitor and concert-quality sound system to tell the tale of battle sporting activities in Mexico.Championship matches. Spectacular development. Prominent stakes. There will definitely be actually storylines swirling all over the circular wonder of UFC 306. Here are a couple of to listen to.UFC 306 stories: Just how Realm, Suga Sean will certainly form a famous eventWhat followers can easily assume at Noche UFCUFC 306 will go to the Realm in Las Vegas on Saturday Sept. 14. Photo by Eliot J. Schechter/NHLI via Getty ImagesAndreas Hale: The UFC has actually maintained a strict top on the specifics regarding their endeavor into the Realm for UFC 306 on Sept. 14. However, ahead of the celebration-- which UFC Chief Executive Officer Dana White has actually recommended are going to be actually the greatest showing off celebration of perpetuity-- the advertising has actually shown some essential details about what supporters need to assume away from the $2.3 billion site during the course of Mexican Independence Time weekend.The UFC are going to use Sphere's gigantic 160,000 sq. ft. interior show plane as well as the venue's worldclass concert-grade audio system. The indoor screen plane will definitely also feature real-time statistics as well as boxer information.Fans inside the Sphere will experience the action courtesy of haptic seating, which gives power feedback based upon the action inside the Octagon. And they possess the choice to download and install the LiveVoice app to listen to live commentary coming from either the English or even Spanish broadcast.The celebration will likewise premiere the film "For Mexico, For Perpetuity," informed in 6 90-second sections between matches and also displayed inside the Round. The innovative team responsible for the film boasts 29 Emmy Award wins, one Golden Entire world and also one Grammy.There will be 8 new Octagon females, 6 native-born Mexican ladies and pair of second-generation Mexicans.Top storiesplay1:31 Exactly how Sean O'Malley prepares to reach Conor McGregor's level of popularity in the UFCSean O'Malley joins "1st Take" new off gaining the bantamweight title at UFC 292 as well as refer to likely achieving the elevation of Conor McGregor's popularity.After Round: Which UFC activity places will happen next?UFC champion Sean O'Malley reassesses his cheer stardomMMA local ranks: Big gain improvements Brady, yet how high performs he jump?UFC 306 1st appeal: Big questions, early bets, predictions for O'Malley-DvalishviliMMA real or otherwise: Will O'Malley, Grasso both preserve at Noche UFC?