The UFC has three championships on the line Saturday.
UFC 259 takes place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and early prelims on ESPN+.
In the UFC 259 main event, middleweight champion [autotag]Israel Adesanya[/autotag] (20-0 MMA, 9-0 UFC) moves to light heavyweight to challenge champion [autotag]Jan Blachowicz[/autotag] (27-8 MMA, 10-5 UFC) in an attempt to become a two-division champion. Women’s dual champ [autotag]Amanda Nunes[/autotag] (20-4 MMA, 13-1 UFC) defends her featherweight title against [autotag]Megan Anderson[/autotag] (10-4 MMA, 3-2 UFC). Also, bantamweight titleholder [autotag]Petr Yan[/autotag] (15-1 MMA, 7-0 UFC) makes his first defense against [autotag]Aljamain Sterling[/autotag] (19-3 MMA, 11-3 UFC).
The fourth episode of “Embedded” follows all the big stars who will compete at UFC 259. Here’s the UFC’s description from YouTube:
“Aljamain Sterling works in his garage gym. [autotag]Thiago Santos[/autotag], Megan Anderson and [autotag]Drew Dober[/autotag] check in; [autotag]Khabib Nurmagomedov[/autotag] supports [autotag]Islam Makhachev[/autotag]. All three UFC 259 champions – Amanda Nunes, Jan Blachowicz and Israel Adesanya – train with their teams.”
Also watch:
- UFC 259 ‘Embedded,’ No. 1: Jan Blachowicz celebrates 38th birthday
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UFC 259 ‘Embedded,’ No. 2: ‘We should drink some before the fight like Costa’
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UFC 259 ‘Embedded,’ No. 3: Megan Anderson ready to ‘shock the world,’ change her life
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