I rely on Sun colleague Childs Walker for all thing related to mixed martial arts.  I've been getting into it a bit myself lately, but Childs is the real expert around here.

He passes along that one of more intriguing UFC matchups of the year will be available Saturday on regular cable TV (in this case, Spike TV). It'll be a 9 p.m. fight between Dan Henderson and Quinton "Rampage" Jackson. Henderson is a former Olympic wrestler and Childs describes him as one of the best all-around MMA fighters in the world. Jackson has been known to dispatch opponents with pro wrestling-style slams and was on the winning end of a much-publicized light-heavyweight match with Chuck Liddell in May. Jackson made surprisingly short work of Liddell with a TKO in 1:53 of the first round.

The Jackson-Liddell lightweight championship fight was noteworthy because Liddell had avenged every loss he had suffered up until that point (Jackson had beaten Liddell back in 2003) and because it was something of a publicity watershed for MMA in that it attracted so much attention from mainstream media, particularly ESPN.

Tomorrow's bout will unify the 205-pound titles from the UFC and Pride FC, a Japanese organization that UFC bought.

Here we have Rampage Jackson in action. (No one can say we're not musically diverse around here. Yesterday, it was Pavarotti and today, it's German heavy metal).