‘You Begged For This Fight’

That’s according to former bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt, who makes his flyweight debut opposite longtime veteran Kai Kara-France.

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) continues to roll out the UFC 269 “Embedded” video blogs tracking the pre-fight preparations for all the main card athletes competing at the upcoming “Oliveira vs. Poirier” pay-per-view (PPV) event, which takes place this Sat. night (Dec. 11) inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

UFC 269 will be headlined by the lightweight title fight pitting current champion Charles Oliveira against top contender Dustin Poirier. Before that 155-pound showdown gets underway, Amanda Nunes will defend her 135-pound title against women’s bantamweight bruiser Julianna Pena.

Here’s the official description for Episode 5 of UFC 269 “Embedded.”

Cody Garbrandt eats his way to flyweight. Sean O’Malley and Raulian Paiva hit the PI. Kai Kara-France brings good energy. Dana White oversees faceoffs between Charles Oliveira and Dustin Poirier, Amanda Nunes and Julianna Pena, and more at the presser. UFC 269 is on Saturday, December 11.

If you misses Episodes 1-4 click here, here, here, and here.

MMAmania.com will deliver LIVE round-by-round, blow-by-blow coverage of the entire UFC 269 fight card on fight night, starting with the ESPN+ “Prelims” matches at 6 p.m. ET, followed by the remaining undercard balance on ESPN2/ESPN+ at 8 p.m. ET, before the PPV main card start time at 10 p.m. ET on ESPN+.

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