After months of talk, the UFC’s event at the White House has arrived.
The popular “Embedded” fight week video series is here to document what’s happening behind the scenes. UFC Freedom 250 (Paramount+) takes place Sunday at the White House.
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The headliner is a lightweight title unification fight between champion Ilia Topuria (17-0 MMA, 9-0 UFC) and interim titleholder Justin Gaethje (27-5 MMA, 10-5 UFC). In the co-feature, former middleweight and light heavyweight champ Alex Pereira (13-3 MMA, 10-2 UFC) will try to become the first to win titles in three UFC divisions when he takes on Ciryl Gane (13-2 MMA, 10-2 UFC) for the interim heavyweight strap.
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Plus, there are five other fights set up to entertain the president, his political backers, and those with big enough bankrolls to pay for tickets to see the spectacle up close.
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:
Alex Pereira shows of his impressive soccer skills; Ciryl Gane gets some golf swings in; Sean O’Malley starts his hair transformation for fight week; Diego Lopes gets in one last training before leaving Oklahoma; We take an inside look at how the locker rooms are being setup for this historic event; Interim lightweight champ Justin Gaethje looks to shut Ilia up come fight night; Lightweight champion Ilia Topuria gets in an outdoor workout to prepare for the elements.
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This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: UFC White House ‘Embedded’ 3: Inside the fight night ‘locker rooms’
