The UFC is back in its “Sin City” home base for UFC 324, its first numbered event of the calendar year – and no longer on pay-per-view at the start of the Paramount+ broadcast era.
The popular “Embedded” fight week video series is here to document what’s happening behind the scenes. UFC 324 (Paramount+) takes place Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
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The headliner is an interim lightweight title fight between Justin Gaethje (26-5 MMA, 9-5 UFC) and Paddy Pimblett (23-3 MMA, 7-0 UFC). Champion Ilia Topuria is taking time off for personal reasons and is expected to fight the winner later this year.
In the co-feature, former bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley (18-3 MMA, 10-3 UFC) takes on Yadong Song (22-8-1 MMA, 11-3-1 UFC), plus Waldo Cortes-Acosta (16-2 MMA, 9-2 UFC) meets Derrick Lewis (29-12 MMA, 20-10 UFC) at heavyweight and women’s flyweight title contender Natalia Silva (19-5-1 MMA, 7-0 UFC) fights ex-strawweight champ Rose Namajunas (14-7 MMA, 12-6 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:
“UFC 324 athletes prepare for the first-ever Paramount card; Derrick Lewis sharpens his cardio at the UFC Performance Institute; Ateba Gautier attends a comedy show on Fremont Street; Sean O’Malley trains for the co-main event; Michael Johnson spars with former champion Kamaru Usman; Paddy Pimblett goes bowling with his team; Justin Gaethje packs for Las Vegas.”
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: UFC 324 Embedded No. 1: Pimblett warms up for fight week at the lanes
