The UFC’s 10th pay-per-view of the year takes place Saturday with UFC 243, and the promotion’s popular “Embedded” series returns to get you ready. UFC 243 takes place at Marvel Arena in Melbourne, Australia. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and UFC Fight Pass/ESPN+. In the main event, Robert Whittaker (20-4 MMA, 11-2 UFC) is set to return from the longest layoff of his MMA career to put his middleweight title on the line against Israel Adesanya (17-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC), who comes in as interim champion in attempt to unify the gold. In the co-main event, lightweight strikers Al Iaquinta (14-5-1 MMA, 9-4 UFC) and Dan Hooker (18-8 MMA, 8-4 UFC) go toe-to-toe. The second episode of “UFC 242 Embedded” features the four fighters
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