The UFC is back in Las Vegas for UFC 310, its final pay-per-view of the calendar. year, and the popular “Embedded” fight week video series is here to document what’s happening behind the scenes.
UFC 310 (pay-per-view, ESPNews/Hulu/FX, ESPN+) takes place Saturday at Madison Square Garden in New York.
In the headliner, flyweight champion Alexandre Pantoja (28-5 MMA, 12-3 UFC) takes on Kai Asakura (21-4 MMA, 0-0 UFC), who will make his promotional debut in a title fight – a rarity. The co-feature is a fight between unbeaten welterweights Ian Machado Garry (18-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC) and Shavkat Rakhmonov (15-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC).
The third episode of “Embedded” follows the featured fighters while they get ready for fight week. Here is the UFC’s description of the episode from YouTube:
Ciryl Gane hits pads in the PI; Aljamain Sterling crosses paths with his opponent, Movsar Evloev; Champ Alexandre Pantoja and other athletes arrive in Las Vegas; Bryan Battle gets his hair dyed; Themba Gorimbo pauses training to watch WWE; Ian Machado Garry has a strength training session.
Previous UFC 310 ‘Embedded’ episodes
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 310.
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