As if football season returning wasn't enough to be grateful for, the good Lord and Dana White saw fit to give us something else to be truly grateful for.

Like a cherry on a sundae, UFC will also be making history this weekend.  The UFC's purchase of Pride Fighting comes to a climax as two champions meet to unify their belts.  In the sport's marquee division, UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Quinton "Rampage" Jackson will meet two division Pride Champion Dan "Hollywood" Henderson.  An exciting fight is all but guaranteed as the two iron-jawed combatants will pit their wildly different styles against each other. 

Henderson is one as close as it gets to being an all-around balanced fighter, with impressive ground skills and a steel right fist, but, at 37, may be nearing the end of his reign.  However, as the 44 year-old UFC Heavyweight Champion Randy "The Natural" Couture shows us every time that he fights, Father Time is not God in the Octagon.  Small for the division, Henderson naturally fights around 195 in a division where few stray far from the 205 limit.

The sport's most charismatic champion, Rampage is as known for slamming his opponents like rag dolls as he is for his eccentric personality and dry wit.  With savage athleticism and a physique unmatched in the weight class, save perhaps for recent victim Marvin Eastman, it has to be considered that he may be simply too big for Hendo, as Jackson cuts from 220 to the 205 max.

This is a must-see fight, with a chance to finally unify the title.  While there are certainly other fighting organizations out there, it's safe to say 90+% of the top talent in the world is in Pride or the UFC.  Whoever holds the combined championship is the undisputed champion of the world, unmatched in his division.  Tonight the first to ever live will be crowned.  This is history in the making.  Regardless of which fighter remains standing, two things are for certain: a king will lose his crown, and a new era in fighting will be ushered in. 

Those fans of pure striking matches should also tune in, as world renowned kicker Mirko "Cro Cop" will look to get back to winning ways against the monstrous Chiek Kongo, a beast of a man with the strength to end lives.  Neither fighter has anything even resembling a ground game, so this match is sure to be a brawl.  With two of the world's top striking heavyweights, this fight WILL end in a crumpled body, and a red-soaked mat is all but guaranteed.