Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) returns to the pay-per-view (PPV) market this Saturday night (Dec. 30, 2017) with UFC 219: “Cyborg vs Holm,” which takes place inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Cris Cyborg, Holly Holm, Khabib Nurmagomedov and Edson Barboza and are going through the final steps leading up to fight night. In episode two, watch as Khabib gets his cardio up at a local track, Edson gets into the ring with a mini-sparring partner, and Holly Holm gets in some final work at Jackson-Winkeljohn MMA. Cyborg, meanwhile, goes hard in the gym before departing to “Sin City.”
From the official YouTube description:
On Episode 2 of UFC 219 Embedded, the stars of Saturday’s event spend the holiday weekend in their hometowns and home gyms. Lightweight Khabib Nurmagomedov starts his workout outdoors, as opponent Edson Barboza brings his family to the gym with him for motivation. Former champion Holly Holm readies for the biggest fight of her life at Jackson Wink MMA, as women’s featherweight champion embraces a challenge at CrossFit. Strawweights Carla Esparza and Cynthia Calvillo also prepare with their California-based teams.
MMAmania.com will deliver LIVE round-by-round, blow-by-blow coverage of the entire UFC 219 fight card below, starting with the Fight Pass “Prelims” matches online, which are scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. ET, then the remaining undercard balance on FOX Sports 1 at 8 p.m. ET, before the PPV main card start time at 10 p.m. ET.
To catch episode one click here, and to see who else is fighting at UFC 219 click here.