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[bigc]

thought yall would want to read it:Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Light Heavyweight Champion Chuck "Iceman" Liddell appeared on MMAWeekly SoundOff Radio this week where he discussed his UFC 63 victory over Renato "Babalu" Sobral amongst other topics.

Liddell told MMAWeekly that his next opponent will most likely be "The Huntington Beach Bad Boy" Tito Ortiz provided Ortiz gets past Ken Shamrock on October 10th. Liddell has been pushing hard to get a fight with Wanderlei Silva, and the deal seemed to be close to happening, but fell through recently. Liddell said he felt as if Pride used the in-Octagon announcement as a promotional tool with no real intention of actually putting the fight together. "They pulled out," Liddell explained. He stated that he doesn’t think it has anything to do with Wanderlei Silva, but with the Pride organization.

Besides a rematch with Ortiz and a fight with Wanderlei Silva, Chuck indicated that he would like to fight Quinton Jackson again. Jackson defeated Liddell in the Pride Middleweight Grand Prix in 2003, and Liddell wants to avenge that loss. The UFC Light Heavyweight Champion said "Rampage" signed with World Fighting Alliance (WFA) to avoid fighting him.

Questioned whether he would consider moving up to the heavyweight division, Liddell didn’t rule out the possibility. "I’ll fight anyone," he proclaimed.

When the 36-year-old was asked how much longer he thinks he’ll be competing in mixed martial arts, Liddell replied, "I’m taking that one day at a time." Although Liddell gets a little bit older every day, he assured MMAWeekly he has no plans of hanging the gloves up anytime soon

[Intellectual]

i wanna see Chuck fight Rampage again. then hopefully Wandy.

[paintstik]

Hell yeah...Avenge that rampage loss and than we can see who's really tops at 205.

[Afro]

I dont wanna see Rampage vs Chuck right now, let Rampage fight atleast one good fighter and beat him convincingly, and atleast look like hes back in his old form then make the fight happen.

[Hypergit]

Originally Posted by bigc

The UFC Light Heavyweight Champion said "Rampage" signed with World Fighting Alliance (WFA) to avoid fighting him.

Yes, it certainly could be that Rampage is avoiding a lucrative rematch with a fighter he has previously pwned to win the UFC belt.

Or, it could be that WFA offered him about ten times as much 'cha-ching' as Dana would.

git.

[Afro]

Originally Posted by Hypergit

Yes, it certainly could be that Rampage is avoiding a lucrative rematch with a fighter he has previously pwned to win the UFC belt.

Or, it could be that WFA offered him about ten times as much 'cha-ching' as Dana would.

git.

It would most definently be the fact that the UFC is the U fight cheap

[Hypergit]

Originally Posted by Afro Samurai

It would most definently be the fact that the UFC is the U fight cheap

Indeed. Chuck is talking shit to either:

a) Bait Rampage into a rematch

or, much more likely

b) Make it look like he is a better fighter because Rampage is avoiding him.

I hate blatent bs like that - he uses the same tricks when talking about Wand too and it's irritating.

git.

[Intellectual]

Originally Posted by Hypergit

Indeed. Chuck is talking shit to either:

a) Bait Rampage into a rematch

or, much more likely

b) Make it look like he is a better fighter because Rampage is avoiding him.

I hate blatent bs like that - he uses the same tricks when talking about Wand too and it's irritating.

git.

co-sign i hate bullshit things like that, but fighters have to do everything to get their message across...and that is that they are the best.

[The Deftone]

He would beat Rampage now,hes got'n alot better since then and I dont think Rampage is the same fighter he was back then.

Would love to see him fight wand!

But what will happen is he will fight Tito next and hopefully tito wont have the great idea..."I will stand with him for every round"..
Hopefully tito will do what he does best and try to ground and pound chuck!
Lets see how chuck likes been on his back......

[matto]

chuck vs. cro cop is #1, chuck vs. wand is #2 then jackson if he is done recovering from 2 ko's in a row