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MONTREAL -- MMA Fighting spoke to UFC president Dana White on Thursday following the UFC 124 pre-fight press conference about a whole host of topics: his relationship with Josh Koscheck, Georges St-Pierre's fame outside of Canada, Sean McCorkle's trash-talking prior to UFC 124, how to fix the judging issue in MMA, the coaches for the next season of The Ultimate Fighter and much more.

MONTREAL -- UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre has often been accused of being too packaged in interviews or press conferences, but his final answer in the lead up to UFC 124 might have been the most raw emotion and passion he's every exemplified while answering a question prior to a fight.

When asked about potentially fighting Josh Koscheck after Saturday night, St-Pierre said he doesn't want to hear or think about the American Kickboxing Academy fighter ever again.

Watch the video of his response below.

MONTREAL -- Mauricio "Shogun" Rua has been on the shelf since shortly after capturing the UFC light-heavyweight championship last May. But after going through another in a series of knee surgeries and the subsequent rehabilitation process, Rua is healing well and on track for a March 2011 return.

That's the word from UFC president Dana White, who saw Rua just last week and has been keeping tabs on his recovery.

"Rua looks good," White said. "He was there at the [World MMA Awards last week]. He's in great shape, walking up and down the stairs really well. What happened with Shogun was, the last couple times his knee went, he had surgery down in Brazil, didn't do the proper rehab, started training too early, and ruined his knee."

MONTREAL -- With UFC cards filling up into March of next year, one name has been notably absent from prospective matchups: that of the former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar.

According to UFC president Dana White, figuring out a course of action for Lesnar is one of his future priorities after getting this weekend's UFC 124 out of the way. And while he has no idea what's next for the major drawing card, it's something he plans of figuring out soon.

If there's anything that impresses your girlfriend's parents less than showing up for Christmas dinner and introducing yourself as a professional cage fighter, it's showing up with a bunch of bruises and introducing yourself as a recently unemployed cage fighter.

And yet, for several of the struggling fighters on the lineup for UFC 124 in Montreal this Saturday night, unemployment is suddenly a very real and very terrifying prospect.

So who's facing a win-or-get-fired situation this time around? For answers, analysis, and forecasts, let us consult the Cut List. For tips on dealing with your girlfriend's parents during the holiday season, the best we can do is suggest that you say as little as possible and smile a lot. Even if this makes them regard you as a happy idiot, it's probably better than the alternative.

A mixed rules bout between DREAM Lightweight Champion Shinya Aoki and K-1 World MAX 2010 -70kg Japan tournament winner Yuichiro "Jienotsu" Nagashima has been booked for Fighting and Entertainment Group's end of year event, MMA Fighting has learned from sources.

The bout between two of Japan's most eccentric lightweights will be contested under alternating rounds of MMA and K-1 rules as we first saw at Dynamite!! 2004, when Jerome Le Banner and Bob Sapp fought to a draw.

Le Banner may have missed out on a K-1 Finals berth on Saturday due to his temper tantrum against Kyotaro in Seoul, but the Frenchman will instead be appearing at Dynamite!! 2010, Le Banner's management has told French website Ikusa.fr. The K-1 veteran will take on Dream light heavyweight GP finalist Tatsuya Mizuno in a mixed martial arts rules bout. Le Banner has not fought MMA since a 2006 victory of Jimmy Ambriz and has a notable 2005 win over current UFC standout Yoshihiro Akiyama.

UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre and No. 1 welterweight contender Josh Koscheck, along with UFC President Dana White, will meet the media Thursday for the UFC 124 pre-fight press conference, and if you can't be there in Montreal, you can watch it live at MMAFighting.com.

Throughout the most recent season of The Ultimate Fighter, Koscheck has talked trash to St. Pierre and attempted to goad his rival into responding in kind. St. Pierre, as usual, has kept a level head about him, and that dynamic is likely to continue as they hype their fight for the press on Thursday.

The press conference begins at 1 PM ET and the video is below.

MONTREAL -- Georges St. Pierre smiles the smile of a man who knows something the rest of us don't know. Whatever it is, we'll have to wait until Saturday night to find out. Josh Koscheck will, too.

There's a scary thought about GSP: that as good as he is -- and some consider the UFC welterweight champion the best pound-for-pound fighter on the planet -- he's just reaching his peak as an athlete. At 29 years old, it's a feasible theory.

St. Pierre surrounds himself with the greatest coaches and training partners he can find, he obsesses on the little details that will take good to great, and he willingly accepts the notion that the brain is the most underrated and underused weapon in fighting.

He's evolved to the point that he's as complete a fighter as exists in the sport, capable of fighting in multiple styles, and because of that variable of the unknown, he thinks challenger Josh Koscheck has no idea what he's in for at UFC 124. The result, he hopes, is a finish, an endpoint that St. Pierre has been stressing for the last several months.

MONTREAL -- Like millions of others, Daniel Cormier has watched in awe at the excellence of UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre. Unlike the masses, however, Cormier has earned the right to either critique or praise perhaps the most lauded part of GSP's game, his wrestling.

While Cormier is known to some fans as a rising Strikeforce heavyweight, he's also a two-time US Olympian in freestyle wrestling.

Count him among the people that are stunned by St. Pierre's rapid wrestling progression despite no background in the discipline, but he parts ways with the group at the suggestion that GSP is a better wrestler than his UFC 124 opponent, Josh Koscheck.

The 2010 K-1 World GP is the most important event of the year for the future of mixed martial arts in Japan. With FEG themselves admitting that they are financially strained, success with ticket sales, Fuji TV and sponsors are vital if K-1 and DREAM are to continue in 2011. Fortunately, to distract us from troubling business matters, we have eight of the best kickboxers in the planet fighting for our amusement.

Semmy Schilt will attempt to win his record-setting fifth K-1 World GP, Strikeforce heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem looks to be the first fighter to ever to hold a K-1 belt and major MMA belt at the same time, Peter Aerts makes one final attempt at his fourth GP and Gokhan Saki, Tyrone Spong, Kyotaro and Daniel Ghita attempt to usher in the new generation of kickboxing.