Watch the UFC 118 Press Conference at 3:00 PM EST

Join TapouTVTC.com right here at 3:00 PM EST today for the UFC 118 press conference. B.J. Penn, Frankie Edgar, Randy Couture, James Toney, Kenny Florian, Gray Maynard and Dana White will be on hand to take questions at the Great Hall in Faneuil Hall in Boston. You can also watch the press conference live here.

White:
"I didn't think I would make it, but then I ended up doing it." ~ on booking a James Toney fight
"[Tony]'s got more knockouts than Randy has fights."
"Lots of guys in boxing have talked smack about the UFC, one guy has come in and signed the contract."
"Gray Maynard beats Kenny Florian, he deserves a title shot, no doubt about it."
"Toronto. I want to get to Toronto as fast as possible." ~ on what city White wants the UFC in next.
"I would never do anything to embarrass myself. I know a lot more than you think I know."
"It's going to happen, it's just a matter of when." ~ on getting the UFC in New York
"We're going to be announcing some things in the next month or so that will take things to another level."

Penn:
"I feel like I'm going to blow a lot of people away on Saturday night, and they're going to be surprised who BJ Penn is."
"I love to be the contender."
"At certain times I've lived up to the expectations, and at certain times I haven't."

Edgar:
"The confidence that I gained from the last fight has really pushed me in the right direction."

Couture:
"This sport is going to continue to explode around the world whether I win or lose this fight."
"I don't do any talking, it all happens in the cage. That's all that matters."

Toney:
"I'm a different kind of animal. I adapt to my atmosphere."
"Bunch of cowards in there." ~ responding to White saying boxing has a lot of problems

Florian:
"I don't feel any added pressure fighting in my home town. This is a dream."
"This is the best point in my career to face a guy like Gray Maynard."

Maynard:
"I've got a couple more pounds to cut, so I'm going to be pretty hungry tomorrow."

Randy Couture on ESPN's "SportsCenter"

UFC Hall-of-Famer Randy Couture stops by ESPN's "SportsCenter" to talk about his upcoming UFC 118 bout against James Toney:

Randy Couture: "It's My Job to Point Out [Toney's Delusion]"

Randy Couture isn't buying in to the media hype.

For Couture, his UFC 118 bout isn't boxing versus MMA, but Randy Couture vs. James Toney.

"... to have a guy like James, who's a four-time world champion in boxing, sign on the dotted line and step up and want to try his hand in mixed martial arts, I'm honored to be the guy to welcome him," Couture told TapouTVTC.com.

But just because Couture isn't "plugged in" to the media hype, that doesn't mean that he hasn't heard Toney talking.

The way Couture sees it, it is his job to set Toney straight.

"I think he's a little deluded  in his perspective in how well just boxing alone is going to do in a mixed martial arts fight," Couture said. "It's kind of my job to point that out to him."

So while Toney talks of first round knockouts, Couture has prepared for a full MMA fight.

"I know James is going to be dangerous, especially early in that striking realm of the fight, but there's a lot of other things that can happen in a mixed martial arts fight and I've trained, I've worked hard, and I'm ready to go," Couture.

Come this Saturday, Couture will get the opportunity to prove that his training can overtake one of the most ferocious punchers to enter the UFC heavyweight division

Randy Couture Talks "The Expendables," His Son Ryan

TapouTVTC.com caught up with UFC Hall-of-Famer Randy Couture while he was in Phoenix for his son Ryan's professional MMA debut.

Couture talked about Ryan handling the pressures of a famous last name, and Ryan's approach to MMA:



Couture also talked about his experiences filming the movie "The Expendables," which opened in theaters the same day (Aug. 13) as Ryan's fight: