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UFC 317 'Embedded,' No. 5: Ilia Topuria and his wife look into the future
The UFC is back in its "Sin City" home base for International Fight Week and UFC 317, its seventh 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 317 (pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+) takes place Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
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In the headliner, the vacant 155-pound title is on the line between former featherweight champion Ilia Topuria (16-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC) and ex-lightweight titleholder Charles Oliveira (35-10 MMA, 23-10 UFC). Topuria vacated the 145-pound belt to move to lightweight for a shot at a title in a second division. The co-feature is a flyweight title fight between champion Alexandre Pantoja (29-5 MMA, 13-3 UFC) and challenger Kai Kara-France (25-11 MMA, 8-4 UFC).
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:
Ilia Topuria takes photos with two belts; Kai Kara-France reflects on his Maori past; Terrance McKinney plays mini golf; Tracy Cortez talks about her daughter/father bond ; Niko Price attends the inaugural UFC BJJ event; Charles Oliveira fixes a wardrobe malfunction before the press conference; The stars of UFC 317 exchange words and face off at the UFC 317 Press Conference.
Previous episodes of UFC 317 embedded
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