The UFC is back in Southern California for UFC 311, its first 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 kicks off the new year with a pay-per-view that will be tough to beat. UFC 311 is topped by two terrific title fights: UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev vs. Arman Tsarukyan and bantamweight champ Merab Dvalishvili vs.

The UFC’s first numbered event of the year is scheduled for Saturday night in Inglewood, CA. The UFC 311 main card opens up with a thriller in the Middleweight division between Kevin Holland and Reinier de Ridder.

Dvalishvili (18-4 MMA, 11-2 UFC) defends his bantamweight title against Umar Nurmagomedov (18-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) in Saturday’s co-main event (pay-per-view, ESPNews/Disney+, ESPN+) at Intuit Dome.

For all of the chaos that Merab Dvalishvili typically brings to the Octagon in the form of his endless cardio, spamming wrestling attack and constant forward pressure, his critics are starting to wonder whether the Georgian star is causing too much of it for his own good outside of the cage,

Ariel Helwani and Chuck Mindenhall preview everything UFC 311 and discusses his Uncrowned features on Payton Talbott and Merab Dvalishvili.