Reminder: The UFC 123 Pre-Fight Press Conference is Live Right Here at 1:00 pm ET

Will "Rampage" finally pull out the "stank piss breff" joke he’s been dying to use on Machida?
Will Lyoto praise Steven Seagal for bringing back the old "Dragon?"
Has BJ Penn given up conventional training and gone back t…

Will "Rampage" finally pull out the "stank piss breff" joke he’s been dying to use on Machida?

Will Lyoto praise Steven Seagal for bringing back the old "Dragon?"

Has BJ Penn given up conventional training and gone back to carrying rocks under water and diving off of cliffs?

Will Matt Hughes ever be humble?

These questions and more will be answered within the hour as the UFC 123 pre-fight presser from Auburn Hills, Michigan hits the web via the UFC streaming web player after the jump.

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Quinton Jackson vs. Lyoto Machida: Head to Head

This Saturday in Detroit, two former light-heavyweight champions — both coming off of losses — will battle to retain their top-contender status. To better predict the outcome of Rampage vs. Machida, we look to the stats, which never, ever…

Quinton Rampage Jackson Lyoto Machida UFC 123

This Saturday in Detroit, two former light-heavyweight champions — both coming off of losses — will battle to retain their top-contender status. To better predict the outcome of Rampage vs. Machida, we look to the stats, which never, ever fail us. Check ’em out below, and don’t forget to make your picks in this week’s MMA Fightpicker pools!

# OF SUCCESSFUL TITLE DEFENSES AS CHAMPION
Jackson: 1
Machida: 1  
Advantage: even

FINISHING RATIO
Jackson: 55% (21 stoppage wins in 38 career fights)
Machida: 41% (7 stoppage wins in 17 career fights)
Advantage: Jackson

CURRENT CAMP AFFILIATION
Jackson: It’s kind of a secret.
Machida: Black House
Advantage: Machida

UNFORTUNATE BEVERAGE CHOICE
Jackson: Energy drinks
Machida: Pee-pee
Advantage: Jackson

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UFC 123 Predictions

Filed under: UFCFor the first time since Dan Severn beat Ken Shamrock at UFC 9, the Octagon is back in the Detroit area, with four former UFC champions in the main event and co-main event at UFC 123 on Saturday night.

What: UFC 123: Rampage vs. Machid…

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Rampage Jackson will fight in the main event of UFC 123.For the first time since Dan Severn beat Ken Shamrock at UFC 9, the Octagon is back in the Detroit area, with four former UFC champions in the main event and co-main event at UFC 123 on Saturday night.

What: UFC 123: Rampage vs. Machida

Where: The Palace of Auburn Hills, Michigan

When: Saturday, the undercard begins at 7:30 PM ET, the Spike TV card begins at 9 and the pay-per-view starts at 10.

Predictions on the five pay-per-view fights below.

Wednesday Morning MMA Link Club

(The Rampage Jackson Diaries, vol. 1: A quick look at Rampage’s secret training camp for UFC 123.)
Some selected highlights from our friends around the MMA blogosphere. E-mail [email protected] for details on how your site can join the MMA L…

(The Rampage Jackson Diaries, vol. 1: A quick look at Rampage’s secret training camp for UFC 123.)

Some selected highlights from our friends around the MMA blogosphere. E-mail [email protected] for details on how your site can join the MMA Link Club…

– A Lean BJ Penn Already on Weight For UFC 123 (MMA Convert)

– Tim Boetsch Talks Davis Fight, Learning From Past Losses (Heavy.com/MMA)

– Five Lessons: UFC 122 & WEC 52 (Versus MMA Beat)

– My First Fight: Dennis Hallman (MMA Fighting)

– Aleksander Emelianenko Is Singing in Front of a Live Audience and No One Knows Why (MiddleEasy)

– Strikeforce Cuts Ties With Roxanne Modafferi (Five Ounces of Pain)

– Why Brock Lesnar Should Fight Nogueira Next (LowKick)

– FIGHT! Rankings: Okami is the #2 middleweight in the world, Marquardt drops to #12 (FIGHT! Magazine)

– Jean-Claude Van Damme Gets Emotional While Discussing his Upcoming Fight (MMA Scraps)

– Fabricio Werdum’s Tune-Up Fight Plan Causes Needless Worry By Fans (SBNation.com/MMA)

The MMA Hour With Overeem, ‘Shaolin,’ Quadros, Ratner, Fowlkes

Filed under: MMA Videos, UFC, Strikeforce, FanHouse Exclusive, VideosMonday’s live edition of The MMA Hour will feature five guests from around the mixed martial arts world.

* We will first be joined in studio by lightweight Vitor “Shaolin” Ribeiro, w…

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Monday’s live edition of The MMA Hour will feature five guests from around the mixed martial arts world.

* We will first be joined in studio by lightweight Vitor “Shaolin” Ribeiro, who faces Justin Wilcox in the main event of Strikeforce Challengers this Friday night on Showtime.

* Then, we will talk to Alistair Overeem about his run in the K-1 Grand Prix and when he expects to compete in MMA again.

* Showtime commentator Stephen Quadros will stop by to preview Friday night’s show and talk about other Strikeforce-related news.

* Marc Ratner, the UFC’s VP of regulatory affairs, will discuss the organization’s second trip to Germany for UFC 122 and other UFC-related news.

* And MMA Fighting’s own Ben Fowlkes will help look back at UFC 122 and preview this weekend’s UFC 123 event.

And of course, we’ll be taking your calls. Give us a shout at: 212-254-0193 or 212-254-0237.

Watch the show live below beginning at 1 PM ET / 10 AM PT. Download previous episodes of The MMA Hour on iTunes here.

Machida Training with Steven Seagal (VIDEO)

Lyoto Machida is taking a cue from teammate, UFC Middleweight Champion, Anderson Silva and adding Actor/Martial Artist, Steven Seagal to his team of trainers in preparation for his UFC 123 Lightheavyweight Main Event fight with Quinton “Rampage” Jackson. In the video below, Seagal offers several techniques to add to Machida’s arsenal and advises him […]

Lyoto Machida is taking a cue from teammate, UFC Middleweight Champion, Anderson Silva and adding Actor/Martial Artist, Steven Seagal to his team of trainers in preparation for his UFC 123 Lightheavyweight Main Event fight with Quinton “Rampage” Jackson. In the video below, Seagal offers several techniques to add to Machida’s arsenal and advises him where he went wrong in his bout against Mauricio “Shogun” Rua which lost him the UFC Lightheavyweight title, though it appears Seagal may be offering a bit of bad advice with a few illegal moves including throat punching.

Anderson Silva was dominated by Chael Sonnen in his last fight, but maybe that had more to do with PEDs than with Seagal. We shall see what Machida does with what Seagal has taught him…