Both light heavyweight champions Lyoto Machida and Quinton “Rampage” Jackson have officially agreed to meet for a fight, which according to certain reports by MMAjunki.com in November, is supposed to be at UFC 123. Machida has an overall MMA record of 16-1 and Jackson has a current record of 30-8, numbers which are expected to change with the upcoming fight.

Though he did not give specifics with regards to a date, Machida confirmed the upcoming fight over Twitter. The match is set to be at UFC 123, which takes place on November 20^th, and the fight between Machida and Jackson is set to headline the entire show. MMAjunkie.com gave some ideas as to which city may hold the event, yet nothing certain was confirmed as far as a location is concerned.

This upcoming fight will have major implications for the light heavyweight title. Jackson is a formed UFC champ, winning the match and the belt by knocking out Chuck Liddell back in 2007. He is expected to bounce back from his loss to coach Rashad Evans at UFC 114. Jut prior to Jackson’s loss as well as his 14-month long layoff, he managed to win fights against both Keith Jardine and Wanderlei Silva.

Machida was forced to bounce back from a loss as well, suffering the very first defeat of his career by Mauricio “Shogun” Rua. Just before the loss to Rua, Machida won eight consecutive UFC bouts, including UFC 98 against Evans, earning him his title.