The UFC is back with its final pay-per-view of the year, which means the popular “Embedded” fight-week video series is here to document what’s happening behind the scenes.
UFC 282 takes place Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN2 and early prelims on ESPN+.
The main event is a vacant light heavyweight title fight between former champion Jan Blachowicz (29-9 MMA, 12-6 UFC) and Magomed Ankalaev (18-1 MMA, 9-1 UFC). They’ll fight for the belt vacated by Jiri Prochazka, who bowed out of a rematch with Glover Teixeira with a severe shoulder injury.
The co-main event is a lightweight fight between rising star Paddy Pimblett (19-3 MMA, 3-0 UFC) and Jared Gordon (19-5 MMA, 7-4 UFC). In addition, former welterweight champ Robbie Lawler (29-16 MMA, 14-10 UFC) takes on Santiago Ponzinibbio (28-6 MMA, 10-5 UFC) and Dricus Du Plessis (17-2 MMA, 3-0 UFC) meets Darren Till (18-4 MMA, 6-4-1 UFC) at middleweight.
The fifth 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:
Paddy, Jan and Jared Gordan wrap up their weight cuts. They hit the scales, then Bryce Mitchell, Ilia Topuria, Jared Gordan, Paddy Pimblett, Magomed Ankalaev and Jan Blachowicz face off one final time against their UFC 282 opponents at ceremonial weigh-ins.
Also see:
- UFC 282 ‘Embedded,’ No. 5: Up close at the press conference faceoffs
- UFC 282 ‘Embedded,’ No. 4: ‘I can’t wait to put this belt on’
- UFC 282 ‘Embedded,’ No. 3: Paddy Pimblett interviews Dana White
- UFC 282 ‘Embedded,’ No. 2: ‘I don’t do Fight of the Night, lad’
- UFC 282 ‘Embedded,’ No. 1: Paddy Pimblett draws a crowd in Las Vegas
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 282.
