January 17, 2024 2: 20 pm ET
The UFC is back for its veryfirst pay-per-view of 2024, and the popular “Embedded” battle week video series is here to file what’s occurring behind the scenes.
UFC 297 takes location Saturday at Scotia Bank Arena in Toronto. The primary card airs on pay-per-view listbelow prelims on ESPNews and early prelims on ESPN+.
In the primary occasion, middleweight champ Sean Strickland (28-5 MMA, 15-5 UFC) looks to make his veryfirst title defense versus opposition Dricus Du Plessis (20-2 MMA, 4-0 UFC). And in the co-main occasion, top competitors Mayra Bueno Silva (10-2-1 MMA, 5-2-1 UFC) and Raquel Pennington (15-8 MMA, 12-5 UFC) will satisfy for the uninhabited ladies’s bantamweight title.
The 3rd episode of “Embedded” follows the included fighters while they get prepared for battle week. Here is the UFC’s description of the episode from YouTube:
Headliners cross courses. Champ Sean Strickland sightsees and sweats; opponent Dricus Du Plessis works on numbers. Mayra Buen