UFC 333: Dvalishvili shows his new house – Paul Felder replaces Joe Rogan on commentary
The second “Embedded” episode follows Volkanovski's arrival in Abu Dhabi. Anik, Cormier and Felder call Saturday's card – without Joe Rogan.
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The UFC released the second episode of its video series “UFC 333 Embedded” on Tuesday. According to ufc.com, featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski arrives in the Emirates, while Merab Dvalishvili shows off his new house – where, according to MMA Weekly, he gets bitten by a horse. He is putting his plan to build his own gym with an Octagon on the Las Vegas property on hold: “So training and fighting is number one priority.”
The episode also features Dominick Reyes with his family, Lone'er Kavanagh training and walking his dogs, challenger Movsar Evloev at breakfast with his team, Losene Keita in the park and bantamweight champion Petr Yan in the gym. Keita, who faces Aaron Pico, calls his fight in Abu Dhabi “the UFC dream”.
As MMA Junkie reports, citing a person with knowledge of the plans, Jon Anik, Daniel Cormier and former lightweight Paul Felder will call the event in Abu Dhabi; Joe Rogan will not be there. Brendan Fitzgerald, Robert Whittaker and Din Thomas staff the analyst desk, John Gooden is the reporter and Bruce Buffer the Octagon announcer. The main card starts on Saturday at 8 p.m. German time (2 p.m. ET).