Greg Jackson is one of the best MMA trainers and fight strategists in the world. He currently trains or has trained big name fighters such as; Georges St. Pierre, Keith Jardine, Rashad Evans, Diego Sanchez, Nate Marquardt among many others. He is a renowned corner man and is known within UFC circles as a brilliant tactician; as evidenced recently by the clever game plans he put together for Keith Jardine against Chuck Liddell and Georges St. Pierre against Josh Koscheck and Matt Hughes.

Jackson was kind enough to sit down exclusively with MMAFightline.com for a two part interview before he takes another in his stable of talented fighters, Nate Marquardt, into battle against highly regarded veteran Jeremy Horn at UFC 81: Breaking Point. In part one, Greg talks about that fight as well as how he breaks down fighters and comes up with strategies to help his fighters. He also goes in depth about Brock Lesnar and touches on his personal life.

In part II, he talks about Dana White and gives his list of top UFC fighters for each division.

MMAFightline.com: You’ve been highly successful as a big time MMA trainer. What is the philosophy behind your brand of MMA?

Greg Jackson: Well I guess my philosophy with MMA…boy that’s a tough question. There are so many different facets to it. I guess I love it, and the part I love is the strategy and the preparation; the process of it. The winnings really cool and I really like to win, but the winnings more for the fighters. Those are the guys getting the punches thrown at them and taking the risk. So I get really excited when my guys win for probably about for or five minutes and then I want to do it again. I like the process of getting them ready for it, I like figuring out the opponent, figuring out how my guy can get better, figuring out how to use our strengths to capitalize on their weaknesses. That’s the part I really find fun in the sport of mixed martial arts. Me being in martial arts myself that’s the part I enjoy about competitive mixed martial arts. It’s kind of a different take on it, but I guess my philosophy is just enjoying that part of it. Enjoying what I do in the strategy realm of it. I’m real lucky to be able to do that for a living because most people don’t get to do their art for a living and in that sense I’m one of the lucky ones. I just love it. It’s my art.

MMAFightline.com: You've obviously been highly successful in coming up with successful game plans for your fighters to take into the ring with them. Can you take us through the process of breaking down fighters and coming up with a game plan?