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 and Chael break Grasso-Shevchenko triumvirate fightDaniel Cormier and Chael Sonnen sneak peek the upcoming trilogy match between Alexa Grasso as well as Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 306. Brett Okamoto: The UFC has a past history of compensating efficiency benefits to athletes at every event. This weekend break, it will possibly share out one of those bonus offers to a fan.ESPN UFC CEO Dana White said he will certainly pay $25,000 to anybody who pinpoints surprise Easter eggs in a rushing motion picture that will certainly air in the course of UFC Noche on Saturday at the Realm in Sin City. The activity, additionally called UFC 306, will be the initial live sporting event to happen at the Realm, and also White possesses said it will be actually a one-and-done occasion.The UFC possesses partnered with various creative performers to create a motion picture that will air in between spells, together with 10 different "planets" that will participate in on-screen during the course of fights.Dana White to honor supporter able to identify Easter eggs at UFC 306Where's the wagering benefits at UFC 306? play1:31 Why the Sphere can profit O'Malley against DvalishviliDaniel Cormier and also Brett Okamoto cover exactly how the setting at the Sphere could 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 ranks, gets in the fight following his first title defense versus Marlon Vera at UFC 299. O'Malley beat Vera by unanimous selection. Merab Dvalishvili, No. 2 in ESPN's bantamweight ranks, is actually using a 10-fight winning streak. Dvalishvili has actually certainly not lost a battle since April 2018. In the co-main event, women's flyweight champion Alexa Grasso clashes with past champ Valentina Shevchenko in a trilogy struggle for Grasso's title. Grasso, No. 2 in ESPN's girls's mixed martial arts P4P rankings, hammer Shevchenko through fourth-round submission to profess the title at UFC 285 in March 2023. In the rematch, Grasso kept the label by means of split reel in September 2023. Andreas Hale contacted UFC strawweight Angela Hill to get her standpoint on the UFC 306 major as well as co-main activities. ESPN wagering professionals Splint Kuhn and also Ian Parker add their understandings and review on the UFC centerpiece and other interesting wagers they such as coming from both promos on Saturday.Expert picks and also best options for UFC 306 as well as Bellator Champions SeriesO'Malley's superstar path continues to be unchangedplay2:32 Merab Dvalishvili reviews fallout from posting slice to experience onlineMerab Dvalishvili says to Andreas Hale just how he is recuperation from the currently notorious image he posted of the cut to his face.Brett Okamoto: On Sunday, the 29-year-old O'Malley (18-1) will definitely heading perhaps the highest-profile occasion in the UFC's 30-year past. According to CEO Dana White, Noche UFC inside Realm in Sin city will certainly be a "one-and-done" occasion, as a result of the high expense ($ twenty thousand, according to White) of placing it on. Individual chairs for the UFC 306 memory card headlined by O'Malley's bantamweight label defense versus Merab Dvalishvili (17-4) have actually been actually noted for as much as $13,000 during match full week. It's the type of occasion every boxer-- or, much more correctly, pugilist-- dreams of. Also Conor McGregor, who has had a bit of a vicious social back-and-forth with O'Malley this year, intended to heading this Sphere celebration, likely versus his outdated opponent Nate Diaz. O'Malley admired McGregor till this year, and also said he's tried to simulate component of his career off McGregor's. Essentially, the tribute and also obligation of headlining UFC 306 mosted likely to O'Malley. Which is actually exactly what O'Malley really wanted. He began his camp for this specific battle day just before the UFC even gave it to him.Sitting within this extremely living room where he stands up today, O'Malley used to desire for popularity and also loan, cash and fame. Those goals began as very early as intermediate school, when he utilized to visualize himself dressing for an NFL team on Sundays. When he met senior high school, he pertained to terms that he was too little to ever before play in the NFL. Possibly non-coincidentally, that's also the specific same time in his lifestyle he started to kickbox.UFC champ Sean O'Malley reviews his rise to stardomTurki, Canelo, Dana and Stone fight for No. 1Turki Alalshikh, Canelo Alvarez, Dwayne "The Stone" Johnson, Conor McGregor and also Dana White are actually five of the best important folks in battle sports. ESPNMike Coppinger: Many of the most powerful figures in the fight game will merge on Las Vegas recently for an unusual offering, one that features punching's best celebrity, Canelo Alvarez, and the initial live sporting activity at the cutting edge Realm with UFC 306. Canelo's combined very middleweight champion protection vs. long-odds underdog Edgar Berlanga as well as Sean O'Malley's UFC bantamweight label fight versus Merab Dvalishvili will definitely synchronize Sunday evening, an unique battle of high-profile battle sports celebrations in Las Vegas.And from it, the fight activity's electrical power gamers will definitely all be represented face to face in between each activities. There's Turki Alalshikh, whose lucrative Riyadh Period support aided make it feasible for Dana White as well as the UFC to store a celebration at the exorbitantly valued Sphere. White said the cost of the immersive venue has actually covered $twenty million. It is actually the initial pay-per-view activity coming from White that isn't simply billed as UFC observed by a numeral.With a number of the biggest titles going head-to-head on Saturday evening in Sin city, that's pulling the cords in the match activity? ESPN spoke with 30-plus sector energy gamers-- competitors, marketers, execs, attorneys, managers and also media-- to aid calculate that currently keeps all the impact across boxing, MMA and expert wrestling as well as exactly how they possess it.The 15 very most significant people in punching, MMA as well as wrestlingUFC 306 stories: Is going to any type of battle outshine the site itself?Merab Dvalishvili trades blows with Sean O'Malley in the bantamweight championship battle at UFC 306. Chris Unger/Zuffa LLCJeff Wagenheim: At first glimpse, the UFC's strategy to commemorating Mexican Self-reliance Day this happening weekend seems perplexing.UFC 306, which takes place Saturday at the Realm in Las Vegas, is actually headlined by a match in between an Irish-American coming from Montana as well as a New Yorker transplanted coming from the Republic of Georgia. And also to include in the quizzically all-over-the-map design, the celebration is funded by an arm of the government of Saudi Arabia.Branding and also tent mattress toppers apart, though, there will certainly undoubtedly be a Mexican style going through the 2nd yearly Noche UFC (ESPN+ PPV, 10 p.m. ET). Before the centerpiece in between guys's bantamweight champion Sean O'Malley and also Merab Dvalishvili, all 9 of the night's various other spells are going to feature a Mexico-born or even Mexican United States boxer. The co-main activity pits females's flyweight champ Alexa Grasso-- away from Guadalajara in the Mexican condition of Jalisco-- against previous titlist Valentina Shevchenko, to complete a triumvirate that's presently packed with twists.Beyond the affordable stakes, the overarching ambiance of the evening promises to creatively as well as aurally transport enthusiasts southern of the border. This initial sporting celebration at Sphere, the cutting-edge entertainment place that opened up in 2014 just off the Las Vegas Strip, will take full advantage of the mind-numbing innovation constructed in to the enormous round design. Throughout the evening, the UFC will certainly utilize the 160,000-square-foot wraparound LED monitor and concert-quality sound system to inform the story of fight sporting activities in Mexico.Championship battles. Gorgeous production. Major-league risks. There will definitely be actually storylines surging throughout the round miracle of UFC 306. Below are actually a couple of to listen to.UFC 306 storylines: How Sphere, Suga Sean will certainly mold a historic eventWhat supporters can assume at Noche UFCUFC 306 will certainly be at the Realm in Sin City on Sunday Sept. 14. Photograph by Eliot J. Schechter/NHLI by means of Getty ImagesAndreas Hale: The UFC has actually maintained a limited top on the specifics regarding their project in to the Realm for UFC 306 on Sept. 14. Having said that, in front of the event-- which UFC CEO Dana White has advised will certainly be actually the greatest showing off event of perpetuity-- the promotion has actually revealed some vital particulars regarding what supporters should expect out of the $2.3 billion site in the course of Mexican Freedom Time weekend.The UFC will take advantage of Realm's extensive 160,000 sq. ft. internal show aircraft as well as the place's worldclass concert-grade stereo. The interior show airplane will certainly likewise display real-time stats and also competitor information.Fans inside the Sphere will experience the action courtesy of haptic seats, which offers force comments based on the activity inside the Octagon. And they have the possibility to download the LiveVoice app to listen to live comments from either the English or even Spanish broadcast.The activity will certainly additionally premiere the film "For Mexico, For All Time," informed in 6 90-second chapters between battles as well as presented inside the Round. The creative group behind the movie boasts 29 Emmy Award gains, one Golden Planet and one Grammy.There will be actually 8 new Octagon females, 6 native-born Mexican women and also pair of second-generation Mexicans.Top storiesplay1:31 How Sean O'Malley plans to reach Conor McGregor's recognition in the UFCSean O'Malley signs up with "Initial Take" clean off gaining the bantamweight headline at UFC 292 as well as talks about possibly meeting the elevation of Conor McGregor's popularity.After Round: Which UFC occasion locations will come next?UFC champion Sean O'Malley reassesses his cheer stardomMMA local positions: Big succeed improvements Brady, but how higher performs he jump?UFC 306 very first appeal: Big concerns, early bets, predictions for O'Malley-DvalishviliMMA real or not: Will O'Malley, Grasso both preserve at Noche UFC?