NocheUFC co-man event is actually official. 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 and also Chael break down Grasso-Shevchenko trilogy fightDaniel Cormier as well as Chael Sonnen sneak peek the upcoming trilogy battle in between Alexa Grasso and also Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 306. Brett Okamoto: The UFC has a record of paying performance perks to sportsmens at every event. This weekend, it will potentially share out some of those bonuses to a fan.ESPN UFC CEO Dana White stated he will pay for $25,000 to anyone that pinpoints hidden Easter eggs in a running movie that is going to open throughout UFC Noche on Sunday at the Realm in Sin City. The occasion, additionally called UFC 306, will be actually the 1st online featuring undertaking to happen at the Realm, and White has said it will be actually a one-and-done occasion.The UFC possesses partnered with a number of imaginative musicians to generate a movie that will open between spells, in addition to 10 various "globes" that will participate in on-screen during fights.Dana White to award enthusiast capable to identify Easter eggs at UFC 306Where's the wagering benefits at UFC 306? play1:31 Why the Realm could possibly gain O'Malley versus DvalishviliDaniel Cormier as well as Brett Okamoto go over how the ambience at the Realm might offer 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, gets in the match observing his very first title self defense versus Marlon Vera at UFC 299. O'Malley beat Vera through unanimous selection. Merab Dvalishvili, No. 2 in ESPN's bantamweight ranks, is actually using a 10-fight winning streak. Dvalishvili has certainly not lost a battle since April 2018. In the co-main event, ladies's flyweight champ Alexa Grasso encounter former champ Valentina Shevchenko in a trilogy battle for Grasso's title. Grasso, No. 2 in ESPN's girls's mixed martial arts P4P ranks, hammer Shevchenko by fourth-round submission to claim the title at UFC 285 in March 2023. In the rematch, Grasso retained the headline via split reel in September 2023. Andreas Hale contacted UFC strawweight Angela Hillside to acquire her standpoint on the UFC 306 principal as well as co-main activities. ESPN wagering pros Reed Kuhn and also Ian Parker add their ideas and also review on the UFC centerpiece and also other interesting wagers they just like coming from both advertisings on Saturday.Expert selections and best bets for UFC 306 and also Bellator Champions SeriesO'Malley's celebrity course remains unchangedplay2:32 Merab Dvalishvili discusses results coming from posting cut to experience onlineMerab Dvalishvili tells Andreas Hale exactly how he is recovery coming from the currently notorious photo he published of the cut to his face.Brett Okamoto: On Saturday, the 29-year-old O'Malley (18-1) will certainly headline probably the highest-profile event in the UFC's 30-year record. According to Chief Executive Officer Dana White, Noche UFC inside Sphere in Sin city will certainly be actually a "one-and-done" occasion, due to the large price ($ 20 thousand, according to White) of putting it on. Specific seats for the UFC 306 card headlined through O'Malley's bantamweight headline defense versus Merab Dvalishvili (17-4) have actually been actually detailed for as long as $13,000 during fight week. It is actually the kind of occasion every fighter-- or even, much more precisely, pugilist-- long for. Also Conor McGregor, who has possessed a little a vicious social back-and-forth with O'Malley this year, intended to title this Realm occasion, possibly against his old rival Nate Diaz. O'Malley appreciated McGregor up until this year, and also said he's tried to imitate aspect of his career off McGregor's. Ultimately, the honor and also obligation of headlining UFC 306 headed to O'Malley. Which is actually precisely what O'Malley wished. He began his camp for this particular fight day just before the UFC also used it to him.Sitting in this particular incredibly living room where he stands up today, O'Malley used to hope for prominence as well as money, amount of money and prominence. Those desires began as very early as secondary school, when he made use of to imagine himself dressing for an NFL crew on Sundays. When he met senior high school, he related to conditions that he was actually too tiny to ever before play in the NFL. Probably non-coincidentally, that is actually also the specific same time in his life he began to kickbox.UFC champ Sean O'Malley reassesses his cheer stardomTurki, Canelo, Dana and also Stone struggle for No. 1Turki Alalshikh, Canelo Alvarez, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Conor McGregor as well as Dana White are five of the most influential people in combat sporting activities. ESPNMike Coppinger: Most Of the best effective figures in the match activity will definitely assemble on Las Vegas today for an unusual offering, one that includes boxing's best superstar, Canelo Alvarez, as well as the 1st online sporting celebration at the innovative Sphere with UFC 306. Canelo's linked tremendously middleweight championship defense vs. long-odds underdog Edgar Berlanga and Sean O'Malley's UFC bantamweight label battle against Merab Dvalishvili will definitely synchronize Sunday night, an unique battle of high-profile fight sporting activities occasions in Las Vegas.And with it, the fight game's energy players will certainly all be represented face to face between each events. There's Turki Alalshikh, whose rewarding Riyadh Period sponsorship helped create it feasible for Dana White and the UFC to store an occasion at the too valued Sphere. White claimed the expense of the immersive venue has topped $20 million. It is actually the initial pay-per-view activity coming from White that isn't simply announced as UFC observed through a numeral.With a number of the largest labels going head-to-head on Saturday night in Las Vegas, that's taking the strings in the match activity? ESPN spoke to 30-plus sector power players-- fighters, marketers, executives, attorneys, supervisors and also media-- to assist identify that currently holds all the impact throughout boxing, mixed martial arts and expert fumbling and also just how they possess it.The 15 most prominent individuals in boxing, MMA and also wrestlingUFC 306 stories: Is going to any match surpass the site itself?Merab Dvalishvili trades hits along with Sean O'Malley in the bantamweight champion battle at UFC 306. Chris Unger/Zuffa LLCJeff Wagenheim: At first look, the UFC's strategy to commemorating Mexican Freedom Day this happening weekend break seems perplexing.UFC 306, which occurs Saturday at the Sphere in Sin City, is actually headlined by a fight between an Irish-American coming from Montana as well as a New Yorker transplanted from the State of Georgia. And to include in the quizzically all-over-the-map theme, the occasion is financed by an arm of the government of Saudi Arabia.Branding and signboard mattress toppers aside, however, there are going to undoubtedly be actually a Mexican concept permeating the 2nd annual Noche UFC (ESPN+ PPV, 10 p.m. ET). Before the main event between males's bantamweight champion Sean O'Malley as well as Merab Dvalishvili, all nine of the evening's other stints will certainly include a Mexico-born or Mexican American boxer. The co-main event pits women's flyweight champion Alexa Grasso-- away from Guadalajara in the Mexican state of Jalisco-- against past titlist Valentina Shevchenko, to accomplish a trilogy that is actually already filled with twists.Beyond the affordable risks, the overarching setting of the night vows to aesthetically as well as aurally transportation followers southern of the border. This 1st sporting activity at Ball, the groundbreaking entertainment site that opened last year just off the Sin city Strip, will take full advantage of the mind-numbing innovation created right into the humongous around construct. Throughout the evening, the UFC is going to make use of the 160,000-square-foot wrap-around LED monitor and concert-quality sound system to tell the tale of battle sports in Mexico.Championship fights. Breathtaking development. Prominent stakes. There will definitely be actually stories rolling all around the spherical miracle of UFC 306. Listed below are a few to focus to.UFC 306 stories: How Realm, Suga Sean are going to shape a historic eventWhat enthusiasts can assume at Noche UFCUFC 306 are going to go to the Realm in Las Vegas on Saturday Sept. 14. Picture by Eliot J. Schechter/NHLI through Getty ImagesAndreas Hale: The UFC has actually kept a strict top on the specifics concerning their project in to the Realm for UFC 306 on Sept. 14. Having said that, in advance of the event-- which UFC CEO Dana White has actually advised will be the greatest showing off celebration of perpetuity-- the promo has actually shown some vital information about what enthusiasts need to anticipate out of the $2.3 billion site in the course of Mexican Self-reliance Day weekend.The UFC will utilize Sphere's enormous 160,000 sq. ft. internal display airplane and the venue's worldclass concert-grade stereo. The indoor screen aircraft are going to also display real-time statistics and also fighter information.Fans inside the Sphere will definitely really feel the activity courtesy of haptic seats, which provides pressure responses based upon the action inside the Octagon. And also they have the alternative to download the LiveVoice app to listen closely to reside comments from either the English or even Spanish broadcast.The event will also premiere the movie "For Mexico, For All Time," said to in six 90-second sections between matches and featured inside the Sphere. The artistic team behind the movie flaunts 29 Emmy Award gains, one Golden Globe as well as one Grammy.There will be 8 brand new Octagon gals, 6 native-born Mexican ladies and two second-generation Mexicans.Top storiesplay1:31 Exactly how Sean O'Malley organizes to reach Conor McGregor's recognition in the UFCSean O'Malley participates in "Very first Take" new off winning the bantamweight label at UFC 292 and also speak about possibly meeting the elevation of Conor McGregor's popularity.After Round: Which UFC activity sites will come next?UFC champ Sean O'Malley reassesses his cheer stardomMMA local positions: Big gain boosts Brady, however just how high performs he jump?UFC 306 first appeal: Big concerns, early bets, predictions for O'Malley-DvalishviliMMA genuine or otherwise: Will O'Malley, Grasso both keep at Noche UFC?