Published On: Sat, Dec 6th, 2025

UFC 323 'Embedded,' No. 6: Alexandre Pantoja's sons watch dad cut weight

The UFC is back in its “Sin City” home base for UFC 323, its final pay-per-view of the calendar year and final pay-per-view in its ESPN broadcast era. The popular “Embedded” fight week video series is here to document what’s happening behind the scenes.

UFC 323 (pay-per-view, ESPN2/FX/Disney+, ESPN+) takes place Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

In the headliner, bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili (21-4 MMA, 14-2 UFC) chases history with his fourth title defense of the calendar year. He meets former interim champion Petr Yan (19-5 MMA, 11-4 UFC), whom he holds a 2023 win over. In the co-feature, flyweight champ Alexandre Pantoja (30-5 MMA, 14-3 UFC) meets challenger Joshua Van (15-2 MMA, 8-1 UFC).

The sixth and final 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:

Champ Alexandre Pantoja cuts weight while his kids encourage him; UFC 323 athletes hit the scales for the Official Weigh-Ins; Maycee Barber gets a tour of the Gold & Silver Pawn Shop with Chumlee; Payton Talbott plays pool; The stars of UFC 323 face off one last time before fight night at the Ceremonial Weigh-Ins.

Previous episodes of UFC 323 “Embedded”

This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: UFC 323 Embedded 6: Alexandre Pantoja’s sons watch dad cut weight

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