A Quick Note About Jess Liaudin

He is French born, but has been residing in England for more than a decade now, and has added trips to the United States to train with Team Quest to his regimen. Besides the bustle of top British fighters that he trains with, he now has the likes of Dan Henderson, Sokoudjou and Matt Lindland ready to toss him around in preparation for his bouts.

Liaudin is confident that he's ready to take that next step in the UFC. "I think he's a great fight for me. He's just a very good opponent; he's good all-around. He beats very good, very solid opponents. I can be a hard task for him."

"He's a good boxer and he fights like a boxer," Liaudin said. "The thing is he trains with a very good striking coach (Mark DellaGrotte), and he's probably been looking at my fights and thinking about what he should and shouldn't do to counter me as well. Because you can be the best striker in the world, [but] everyone's got some holes in their game and makes mistakes. "This time I'm going to try and use my kicks. He's a lot bigger than me and he's going to use his heavy hands and his power. I'm not going to try and knock him out; I'm going to try and break down him, bit by bit -- that's my game plan. I'm going to adapt my game to his so I can beat him."

"I don’t like to watch tapes of guys that I fight because I don’t like to get into a fight and wait and expect to see something that I saw on video,"

"I’m always gonna go out and take the chances and the risks and throw the bombs.

"He likes to knock people out and so do I. Someone is getting knocked out – probably in the first round – at UFC 80."