TOKYO - The traditional pre-event press conference for this week's UFC 144 show takes place tonight, and you can watch a live video stream of the festivities here on MMAjunkie.com.

Today's event takes place at the Ritz-Carlton in Tokyo with UFC president Dana White and UFC 144 fighters Frankie Edgar, Benson Henderson, Quinton Jackson, Ryan Bader, Yoshihiro Akiyama and Jake Shields

The video stream begins at 11 p.m. ET/8 p.m. PT (Thursday 3 p.m. local time).