'UFC 220 Embedded,' No. 6: 'This is all payback for eight weeks of torture I give them'

The UFC kicks off the pay-per-view portion of 2018 today, and the promotion has rolled out its “Embedded” treatment for a preview of UFC 220.

The event takes place at TD Garden in Boston and airs on pay-per-view following prelims on FS1 and UFC Fight Pass.

In the headliner, heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic (17-2 MMA, 11-2 UFC), who’s No. 1 in the USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA heavyweight rankings, takes on No. 2-ranked Francis Ngannou (11-1 MMA, 6-0 UFC). And in the co-main event, Daniel Cormier(19-1 MMA, 8-1 UFC) meets Volkan Oezdemir (15-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC) in his first title defense of his second go-round as light heavyweight champion.

Here’s the UFC’s description of the sixth “Embedded” episode:

“On episode 6 of UFC 220 Embedded, light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier has his kids play as his character in the new EA UFC 3 game, then cuts weight in the sauna alongside teammates including Cain Velasquez. His opponent Volkan Oezdemir and heavyweight title challenger Francis Ngannou sweat it out in the workout rooms. Heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic spends his Thursday evening in an ice bath, and all of the fighters make weight on Friday morning. Ngannou gets his ‘do touched up, and then the fighters square off against their opponents at the ceremonial weigh-in at TD Garden.”

Check out the full episode in the video above.

Also see:

• ‘UFC 220 Embedded,’ No. 1: Stipe Miocic is a champion, just not with a snow blower
• ‘UFC 220 Embedded,’ No. 2: A little boy’s message to Francis Ngannou
• ‘UFC 220 Embedded,’ No. 3: Daniel Cormier is not impressed with what he sees
• ‘UFC 220 Embedded,’ No. 4: Introducing the microphone master, Daniel Cormier
• ‘UFC 220 Embedded,’ No. 5: ‘Yeah, you say you’re the man. Show me. I like one-on-one’

For more on UFC 220, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.