UFC 306 goes to characteristic one thing very particular for viewers and attendees.
This Saturday, UFC 306 — branded Riyadh Season Noche UFC — takes place at Sphere in Las Vegas, headlined by a bantamweight title struggle between Sean O’Malley and Merab Dvalishvili. The UFC is selling the cardboard as “the best dwell sporting occasion of all-time” and so the promotion is pulling out all of the stops to ship on its grand guarantees.
Talking with reporters after the newest episode of Contender Collection, UFC CEO Dana White revealed among the particulars about this weekend’s occasion, together with a profitable “Easter egg hunt” for followers.
“There’s films, there’s chapters,” White defined when requested in regards to the manufacturing surrounding the occasion. “Every chapter begins earlier than the subsequent struggle. So there will probably be a present open, then the primary film will run and it’ll finish on the finish of the struggle. Then — we name them ‘worlds’ and the struggle will dwell inside this world. And the world will evolve whereas the fights are happening, however it will likely be very delicate. Clouds will transfer, fires will burn, birds will fly, or regardless of the hell is occurring in that point, and it’ll slowly evolve throughout the struggle.
“There are additionally going to be Easter eggs in every considered one of these movies. We’re working it out with authorized proper now, however what I wish to do, if any individual can discover all of the Easter eggs, I’ll offer you $25,000.”
White confirmed that the deliberate Easter eggs will all be “associated to the present” and added that this particular scavenger hunt will solely happen on the primary card. The prelims will function a setup for the primary card, and all the present will transfer from “the start of time” and “finish on the future,” all whereas retaining the spirit White meant from the outset: to be a love letter to Mexico.
“When you’re Mexican, it is a f*cking Rocky film for you, man,” White mentioned. “You’re going to return out of there, and if you happen to’re not, you’re going to want you had been Mexican.”
And when it’s all mentioned and completed and the present is within the books, White hopes to have achieved extra than simply ship a as soon as in a lifetime expertise for UFC followers.
“My objective on this factor is to be nominated for an Oscar, an Emmy, and a Grammy,” White mentioned.
