Chris Insinna

UFC light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida’s first title defense will be against former 205-pound champion and top contender Quinton “Rampage” Jackson.

The bout was announced by UFC President Dana White at the post-UFC 98 press conference on Saturday in Las Vegas.

The bout will take later this year after the fighters appear as opposing coaches on The Ultimate Fighter 10.

Wow i didnt know they were gonna coach on TUF.

so they gonna be coaching on the TUF show..nice.

Honestly I wish they would just fight, forget the TUF stuff. Let them focus on the fight instead of a stupid show. Rampage already showed once that he's not a good coach, and I doubt that Machida - as good as he is - will really be able to pass along that much considering how different he is from 99.99% of mixed martial artists.

what a complete load of bullshit.
TUF is starting to take priority over world title fights, its disgusting.

Honestly I wish they would just fight, forget the TUF stuff. Let them focus on the fight instead of a stupid show. Rampage already showed once that he's not a good coach, and I doubt that Machida - as good as he is - will really be able to pass along that much considering how different he is from 99.99% of mixed martial artists.

I agree with this, just let them fight.

did dana actually say they would be coaches on TUF10 ?
ive been on every forum and theres nothing but speculation
and jack shit on ufc.com either