We can finally put an end to all of the speculation as the UFC organziation has announced that Lyota "The Dragon" Machida will be defending his light heavy weight title against Mauricio "Shogun" Rua for the UFC 104 event on October 24th at the Los Angeles Staples Center. In addition, they've announced that the undefeated Cain Velasquez will be taking on Ben Rothwell.

I'm completely psyched for this fight. I think it's going to be a doozy, but I believe that Machida has the advantage here. I can't say much for the Velasquez/Rothwell fight as I don't really know too much about Ben. However, I do know this will be Rothwell's first time in the Octagon, so I can't wait to see what he's got. I'll be sure to keep you updated as I hear more offical fight announcements.

UFC® Fight Club™ members will have the opportunity to purchase tickets to this event Thursday, August 27 starting at 10 a.m. PT via UFC.com. A special Internet ticket pre-sale will be available to UFC newsletter subscribers on Friday, August 28 starting at 10 a.m. PT. To access this presale, users must register for the UFC newsletter through UFC.com. for the general public will go on sale Saturday, August 29 at 10 a.m. PT and will be priced at $600, $400, $300, $200, $100, $75 and $50. Tickets are available online at ticketmaster.com, via Ticketmaster charge-by-phone lines at (800) 745-3000 and are also available at the STAPLES Center box office.