The UFC is back in South Florida for UFC 314, its fourth 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 314 (pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+) takes place Saturday at Kaseya Center in Miami.
In the headliner, former featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski (26-5 MMA, 13-4 UFC) takes on Diego Lopes (27-6 MMA, 6-1 UFC) for the belt vacated when Ilia Topuria moved up to lightweight. In the co-feature, Michael Chandler (23-9 MMA, 2-4 UFC) takes on Paddy Pimblett (22-3 MMA, 6-0 UFC) at lightweight. Plus, former Bellator all-time great and two-division champ Patricio Freire (36-7 MMA, 0-0 UFC) makes his UFC debut against Yair Rodriguez (19-5 MMA, 10-4 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:
Pitbull arrives in Miami for his UFC debut; Michael Chandler gets a haircut; Jean Silva and his team race go karts; Paddy Pimblett trains outdoors before going to the Miami Heat game; Alexander Volkanovski cooks dinner for his team; Michael Chandler wraps up training in Deerfield; Alexander Volkanovski and Diego Lopes come face to face.
Previous UFC 314 ‘Embedded’ episodes:
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