Quoteworthy

“Rashad can’t defend my style. No one can.” –- Lyoto Machida during the “Countdown to UFC 98” television special.

“We’re going to have to fight for little things, take each battle as it comes… and, hopefully, we will be able to beat him in places where he is most comfortable.” -- Evans’ trainer Greg Jackson to Sherdog.com on the strategy against Machida.

“I told Rashad if the crowd starts booing, that’s a good thing; we have the right game plan.” -- Mike Winkeljohn, Evans' striking trainer, to Sherdog.com.

“I don’t know. Rent season two (of “The Ultimate Fighter”), go to season four and get halfway through season six. If you don’t agree with me, I probably won’t like you either.” –- Matt Serra during the UFC 98 press conference explaining to a reporter why he doesn’t like Matt Hughes.

"I want to say thank you Mr. Dana White for your interest and for an invitation back to the UFC. I owe you a lot from our first deal, and I'll make it up to you." --Mirko Filipovic on his blog about his return to the Octagon at UFC 99.

"My diet is very, very strict. I do pre-cuts four weeks before every fight. I mean, I actually practice cutting weight. I did it a couple of weeks ago. I cut down to 158 on a Saturday just to get my weight down." -- Sean Sherk to Sherdog.com about his fight preparation.

“I just don’t want to be associated with him… He hasn’t been doing anything… he’s been running on a treadmill.” –- Frank Trigg to MMA Junkie Radio about turning down an offer to train Jose Canseco for his MMA debut at Dream 9 on Tuesday.

"Japan is going through a rough time with MMA, so they are trying to do anything interesting for the fans over there. So, they are going to try to do those crazy matches, but I don't really like it. It's not nice to see a baseball player like Canseco coming to fight MMA. I don't know how the guy is training. He can be a surprise, but he can also hurt himself inside the ring… In Japan, people like that, so what can we do?" -- Gesias "JZ" Cavalcante to MMA Fanhouse on fighting Tatsuya Kawajiri on the same card as Dream's "Super Hulk" tournament, which features Canseco, on Tuesday.

"I'm here for business. Everybody comes out there with this wrestling thing, and tries to make fun of the wrestling thing. I'm real. I'm coming out here to fight. If they don't want to fight me, they can play around. If they play around, I'm going knock them out or choke them out." -- Bobby Lashley following his brisk victory over Mike Cook, who had razzed Lashley about his pro wrestling history by wearing a mask to the ring.

“We must ban this insanity. People could die. Brutality is depicted as something impressive.” -- Boxing expert Werner Schneyder to German news outlet Frankfurter “Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung” about UFC 99 coming to Germany.

The Week Ahead

Either Rashad Evans or Lyoto Machida will no longer be undefeated, and the ramifications of an all-over-the-place Dream 9 card become clear.