UFC 306 is getting more and more interesting.
It is well-known that the Noche UFC Riyadh season card, which takes place at the Sphere in Las Vegas on Saturday, will be the promotion’s first and only venture at the venue, with the promotion already announcing that the bouts will be turned into cinematic chapters that will be screened across media.
Dana White recently revealed another surprise for viewers in these films. The head of UFC announced a $25,000 reward for anyone who finds all the “Easter eggs” in the film. White also confirmed that the Easter eggs will be linked to an event honoring Mexico’s contribution to martial arts.
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“There are Easter eggs in each of these movies,” White said during Tuesday night’s Contender Series post-fight press conference. “I’m working with our legal department right now, but I’m willing to give $25,000 to anyone who can find all of the Easter eggs … that relate to the show.”
White first fell in love with the Sphere when he went to a U2 concert with Tom Brady in October 2023. The 55-year-old has since made significant efforts to bring the venue’s first sporting event, partnering with Saudi Arabia in the process. White revealed that lighting was one of the initial biggest challenges the promotion faced in planning the event. Unlike other UFC events, the Sphere’s dome does not have the overhead structure of the Octagon that typically houses the lights, cameras and microphones.
“There’s no lighting grid,” White said, “so this event will be the first in the history of the company, maybe in the history of combat sports, that there’s no lighting grid over the Octagon. We have lights, cameras, microphones, different audio, all in that truss up there. All of that is gone. That was the first big challenge.”
