The UFC is back in “Sin City” with UFC 306, and the popular “Embedded” fight week video series is here to document what’s happening behind the scenes.
UFC 306 (pay-per-view, ESPNews, ESPN+), also known as Noche UFC in celebration of Mexican Independence Day, takes place Saturday at Sphere in Las Vegas.
In the main event, bantamweight champion [autotag]Sean O’Malley[/autotag] (18-1 MMA, 10-1 UFC) goes for his second title defense against No. 1 contender [autotag]Merab Dvalishvili[/autotag] (17-4 MMA, 10-2 UFC). The co-headliner will see a trilogy bout between women’s flyweight champion [autotag]Alexa Grasso[/autotag] (16-3-1 MMA, 8-3-1 UFC) and [autotag]Valentina Shevchenko[/autotag] (23-4-1 MMA, 12-3-1 UFC), who fought to a majority draw in their rematch one year ago. Also on the card is a key featherweight bout between [autotag]Brian Ortega[/autotag] (16-3 MMA, 8-3 UFC) and [autotag]Diego Lopes[/autotag] (25-6 MMA, 4-1 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:
Champ Sean O’Malley gives a peek into his life as a girl dad, while Daniel Zellhuber embraces his Mexican heritage in the boxing gym, and Merab Dvalishvili has a late outdoor workout. Check-in day then begins with Raul Rosas, Jr. declaring, “Chiwiwi” and Brian Ortega and Ode Osborne making their rounds, before Valentina fits in a training session ahead of her Flyweight title fight.
Previous UFC 306 ‘Embedded’ episodes
- UFC 306 ‘Embedded,’ No. 1: Diego Lopes gets a warm sendoff from his team
- UFC 306 ‘Embedded,’ No. 2: Sean O’Malley transforms into ‘the Suga Show’
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