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MMA Junkie Staff

UFC 310 ‘Embedded,’ No. 1: Kai Asakura lavishes in a pre-fight cheat day

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 first 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 Alexandre Pantoja gets in a training session; Japanese newcomer Kai Asakura has a “cheat day” meal; Shavkat Rakhmonov has a kickboxing workout with his team; Cyril Gane and Themba Gorimbo have their first ever Thanksgiving meals; Bryce Mitchell has a mountain man workout.

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 310.

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