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Does Rampage Jackson have a chance to beat Jon Jones at UFC 135? Jonathan Snowden breaks down the fight at MMA Nation.

After a long hard year, the UFC is looking to start a string of big events this fall/winter with UFC 135. Kid Nate asks if that will be enough to get the UFC in the mainstream at MMA Nation.

Jonathan Snowden addresses Rampage Jackson's allegations that Jon Jones has a spy in his camp (and it's not Juanito Ibarra cause he got fired a long time ago) and the impact they'll have on Jackson's training even if they're false. Read it at MMA Nation.

Lyoto Machida is ready to step back into the Octagon and has a few potential opponents in mind, as his manager, Ed Soares, tells MMA Weekly: "He's out here training, we're ready to go right now," said Soares. "He's ready to fight whoever, he wants to fight the best too." A few different names have been mentioned as possible opponents, including Quinton "Rampage" Jackson and Forrest Griffin, while there are others that intrigue the former champion as well. One name that popped up was former UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin, who just knocked out Chuck Liddell in June, and could be looking for a big fight at 205 pounds. Franklin and Machida actually fought in 2003 in Japan in what was Machida's third professional fight. "That could be a big fight," Soares said about a fight with Franklin. "At the end of the day that's the first guy who gave Rich Franklin his first loss, maybe Rich Franklin would like to avenge that. That could be a good fight." "You know what I think would be interesting is how about a Vitor Belfort?" said Soares. "Vitor Belfort/Lyoto Machida? I think Vitor now will get another fight before he fights Anderson Silva. Put it this way, anything can happen, you never know."

Dana White hints at Lyoto Machida vs. Quinton "Rampage" Jackson: "I'm going to get together with Machida in the next couple of days, maybe Rampage," said White on Saturday night following UFC 114. HT: mmaweekly.com UFC 114: Rampage vs. Evans coverage

Dana White changes his feelings on Quinton "Rampage" Jackson and 'The A-Team' movie: "I get guys all the time -- because the UFC is getting so big - doing movies, but they're usually movies that go straight to DVD, and you wouldn't even want to watch them on DVD, but Rampage made the right decision. The A-Team is the big summer hit this year, and from what I'm hearing from the guys in Hollywood, Rampage [nailed] it. He did an awesome job. Everything worked out. He and I made up, and the fight is still happening. It's definitely not a bad thing, but I don't know how many people will actually be going to see The A-Team movie knowing that Rampage Jackson is a UFC fighter. I don't know. We'll have to see how it works out." UFC 114: Rampage vs. Evans coverage