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On Episode 5 of UFC 244 Embedded, fans from around the world mob Nate Diaz on the streets of New York. Middleweight Kelvin Gastelum’s energy stays high as he starts to sweat off the extra pounds. Opponents face off at Ultimate Media Day: light heavyweight title hopefuls Corey Anderson and Johnny Walker; welterweights Stephen Thompson and Vicente Luque; Diaz and Jorge Masvidal. Gastelum poses solo, and later in the day his opponent Darren Till arrives in the States after an unexpected delay in London. UFC 244 Embedded is an all-access, behind-the-scenes video blog leading up to the BMF title belt at the UFC's 500th event on Saturday, November 2nd on Pay-Per-View.

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On Episode 3 of UFC 244 Embedded, middleweight Kelvin Gastelum takes a call from lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov. Light heavyweight opponents Corey Anderson and Johnny Walker check in for fight week, as does honorary New Yorker Stephen Thompson. Welterweight Jorge Masvidal makes the rounds at ESPN, and inimitable headliner Nate Diaz opens up about hat position and childhood banana vandalism. UFC 244 Embedded is an all-access, behind-the-scenes video blog leading up to the BMF title belt at the UFC's 500th event on Saturday, November 2nd on Pay-Per-View.

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On Episode 6 of UFC 244 Embedded, after a wild week of lead-up, official weigh-ins are blissfully uneventful as everyone hits their mark. Later that day, opponents face off one final time at Madison Square Garden at the ceremonial weigh-in, where none other than Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson oversees the main event staredown. UFC 244 Embedded is an all-access, behind-the-scenes video blog leading up to the BMF title belt at the UFC's 500th event on Saturday, November 2nd on Pay-Per-View.

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On Episode 4 of UFC 244 Embedded, welterweight Stephen “Wonderboy Thompson” trains with his coach and father; middleweight Kelvin Gastelum trains at the facility belonging to Renzo Gracie, whose grandfather created BJJ. Fans rally behind both coasts at the open workouts, where headliners Jorge Masvidal and Nate Diaz entertain with words. UFC 244 Embedded is an all-access, behind-the-scenes video blog leading up to the BMF title belt at the UFC's 500th event on Saturday, November 2nd on Pay-Per-View.

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Derrick Lewis scored a memorable third round knockout against Alexander Volkov at UFC 229 last year. Coming up at UFC 244 Lewis returns to the Octagon to face Blagoy Ivanov on November 2.

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Nate Diaz is gearing up to fight Jorge Masvidal for the Baddest Motherfucker belt at UFC 244 on Saturday, November 2nd. On media day he discusses the upcoming bout.

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On Episode 2 of UFC 244 Embedded, a high-energy Kelvin Gastelum lands in New York City. Light heavyweight Johnny Walker ventures into Times Square in search of a haircut. Welterweight Jorge Masvidal impersonates a pop star and greets fans before joining his team, including heavyweight Andrei Arlovski, for a suit fitting. UFC 244 Embedded is an all-access, behind-the-scenes video blog leading up to the BMF title belt at the UFC's 500th event on Saturday, November 2nd on Pay-Per-View.

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On Episode 1 of UFC 244 Embedded, middleweight Kelvin Gastelum wraps up training camp for his fight against Darren Till with sparring and a family meal. Headlining welterweight Jorge Masvidal travels via private plane alongside his father, coach Mike Brown, and UFC 244 heavyweight Andrei Arlovski. Brazilian light heavyweight Johnny Walker reports for duty, eager to take on Ultimate Fighter winner Corey Anderson. UFC 244 Embedded is an all-access, behind-the-scenes video blog leading up to the BMF title belt at the UFC's 500th event on Saturday, November 2nd on Pay-Per-View.

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The BMF title is up for grabs as two gangsters of the Octagon square off. Nate Diaz and Jorge Masvidal headline UFC 244 and Kelvin Gastelum welcomes Darren Till to middleweight. See these athletes prepare ahead of their bouts at NYC’s famed MSG.

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Report via ESPN -- One of the biggest mixed martial arts fights of 2019 is set.

Nate Diaz vs. Jorge Masvidal will happen at UFC 244 on Nov. 2 at Madison Square Garden in New York, UFC president Dana White told ESPN's Brett Okamoto on Saturday. The welterweight fight will headline the event.

"It is the fight fans wanted to see," White told Okamoto. "Nate Diaz called out Masvidal after his win over [Anthony] Pettis. Everybody has been talking about it. People have been hitting me up on social media, telling me to get it done. I can now announce the fight is done."

It will not be a title fight, White told Okamoto, which is atypical for a main event.

"It's one of those fights that is fun, interesting, fans are into it, you want to see for five rounds -- yet it's too big to be a fight night," White told Okamoto. "So we made it a pay-per-view. I will end up stacking this card with killer fights. The main event will be those two."

The UFC will not book a title fight to MSG because, in White's words,"I would never put a title fight underneath this. There won't be a title fight [at MSG]."

The booking comes after a frenetic week of negotiations between the UFC and multiple fighters, sources say.

Late last week, the UFC tried to book UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman vs. Colby Covington for the MSG headliner. After failing to come to terms with Covington on a deal, the UFC moved on and offered the title fight to Masvidal, according to sources. After coming to terms with Masvidal on Wednesday, the promotion was unable to strike a deal with Usman. That prompted the UFC to reach out to top contender Leon Edwards to see if he would be interested in fighting Masvidal for the vacant title after a threat was made to strip Usman.

Read the fully story over at ESPN.

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