Retire dude!

i dont even think he’ll get a title shot he still gots to get 2 in a row

uhhh, i don’t think so Chuck… just ain’t gonna happen

About time that the belt ended up with someone that Chuck thinks he can actually beat . . . Too bad he cant actually beat him = )

here, here, chuck! take your medicine and calm down. thats a good boy. now chuck you know the game has passed you by. your no longer relevant. its time to put you out to pasture.

Time To Retire Chucky Boy

Alistair Overeem is in negotiations right now with the UFC and Affliction at the moment. Would be nice if the UFC got him to add to the horrible Hw division. And Cro Cop has said that he will fight 3 more times in dream and have one final match after that in the UFC. Hell Chuck there you go right there. Chuck vs Cro Cop, loser to never fight again for the UFC. Damn thats sad im saying that since im a Chuck fan

It’s not just that he’s old, but he’s stubborn. I don’t even care if he goes to another camp, but at least stop partying and go nuts to get your old saggy body back togehter. I want to see Chuck back in contention, but I doubt it will happen.

He needs to get rid of the mohawk, then he will do better.

i was a liddell fan but i dont see him winning too many more fights he had a good record be for too 20-3 before losing his belt

i like it that he is training somewhere else . i think that was a big problem for him always having the same trainer and the same fight plan. he could get away with fighting as the “hands down” favorite when there weren’t many strikers in the division but now he can’t strike with complete disregard for his opponents anymore. I don’t think he’s washed up as much as i think others have surpassed him and he’s been too stubborn to improve on other areas that are important. He needs to keep them hands up when he throws a punch

wow a whole bunch of what have you done for me lately fans!

The pay days are bigger now so screw the legacy and keep getting paid I guess. So long as they don’t keep treting him like a main event, I’m happy to watch.

This quote is taken out of context. If you actually watch the interview, you’ll see that Chuck is actually answering which fight he would most like and he answers that he’ll TAKE a fight with Rashad. He doesn’t actually mean that he’ll take the title from Rashad. If you take his words literally then you have the interpretation of the article but the way he says it, it’s clear that he means he’ll take a fight with Rashad, not take the title.

The only thing he’ll tale from Rashad is another ass whoop’n!

tho Chuck is on the tail end of his stellar career there are still some interesting match-ups out there for him:
Chuck/Shogun
Chuck/Jardine II
Chuck/Forrest (especially now with both coming off losses to the same guy)
Chuck/Anderson Silva
Chuck/Wandy II
Chuck/Sokodgui (too bad they let him go, itd be perfect)
Chuck/Franklin
Chuck/Henderson
Chuck/Vera

Best Vera, Franklin, Henderson, Wandy II, Forrest.

Jono – you are right, this was completely taken out of context … I saw the clip to. Mania, shame on you … there is enough good gossip and rumours out there – you did not need to publish this one.

Even if chuck is on the downhill slide, he is STILL fun to see fight, cuz he will always have the KO power! id rather see chuck fight and lose,then to watch any fight with Machida in it! so what if hes lost 3 of his 4 last fights, he still had a big part in making UFC what it is today, because of the huge drawing power he has. Chuck will know when to hang up the gloves, until then, ill wish him the best of luck and STILL buy the PPV’s when he’s on the card!

regardless of whether or not he thinks he’ll get another crack at it in the near future, he’s got to face the facts. Very few guys have 2 primes. He should consider calling it a career without too much delay. His KO power has been missing in his last few fights and his hand speed and awkward style leave gaping holes in his stand up. Don’t end up another ken shamrock.

Chucky needs to utilize his takedowns! Chuck has awesome takedown ability, but doesn’t use it often enough. He’s still relying too heavily on his ability to induce very unpleasant sleep time for his opponents! He should start taking people down for some heavy ground and pound! And even now, his takedown defense is second to none! Chuck’s got quite a few a@@ whippins’ left in him! He’s just gonna have to find a different way to dish em’ out!

Let him fight. I’m enjoying watching him get his ass kicked way too much!

I love Chuck and I am still a huge fan after all of his losses. I am not the knid that jumps off the bandwagon. But Id love to see him become champ again. It would be awesome. But do I think he will do it. Probably not. I dont think he should retire but I think he has to change up his gameplan if he wants to ecome the champ again…

It funny how quick people turn on fighter. Come on people loosing a few fights does not make u a has been or over the hill. These guys are fighting the best, anyone can loose at anytime or even a few in a row. Couture lost a few in a row and everyone thought he was done, then he comes back and wins a few, and everyone is oh wow he is the best and he can beat Fedor… BJ Penn lost a few in a row, did that mean he was done? No so everyone stop over reacting, Its not like chuck was just getting the crap kicked out of him the whole time, with Rampage he got cought, then a split decision, and with evans I think he was so dominating him and chasing him that led to his over confident that he left himself open to get KTFO, but its not like it wasn’t competitive and he was just getting dominated, where its time to call it a carrier. All I’m trying to say is that all it takes is a few wins and he would be the greatest ever again. if he quit, and came back few years later and won few fights the loosing streak would be forgotten, and he be the greatest ever again.

LOL hang up the gloves chuck, after the knock out real highlight….walk away man, just walk away, its o.k you were great while it lasted, you and matt hughes can talk about the good ol days when you where on the top.

Ya don’t become the hulk hogan of the sport,know when to walk away.

chuck should go to heavyweight. First because he has lost hand speed and cant throw hands with a rampage/evans/or Sypda Silva. Secondly, Chuck could contend at heavyweight, he is big friggin dude for LHW. He walks around at like 230 plus these days..Chuck vs. Lesnar would be a moneymaker for the UFC. He could fight couture again (if he did that it would be overseas, that fight would be more marketable there). Or hell throw him to Junior “Mortal Kombat Uppercuts” Dos Santos. Just like Wanderlei silva will probably move to middle weight to give him an advantage..Chuck will should move to HW where he would be the best striker again.

chuck the iceman laydown!!!! its time for new blood

chuck the iceman laydown!! its time for new blood.

You people sound like sheep, bah, bah, bah, retire chuck, bah, blah, chuck should retire, bah, blah, blah, blah, chuck sucks now, bah, bah, BLAH! Please, you people aren’t MMA fans. Your football fans. Go find another sport to bitch about. Any Chuck fight is still fun to watch, regardless of who wins. What? Who cares if the guy is past his prime, does that make it any less exciting to watch? I guess every fighter in every fight has to be at their absolute prime for you people to enjoy it. Really guys, you sound like a bunch of women bitching about their hair. I long for the days when nobody knew what this sport was and I rented old UFC’s from my porno……..I mean video store.

Rashad Evans isn’t worried about Chuck who has been getting some extra training at American Top Team. He is trying to take the light heavyweight title away from him. Rashad has get good coach corner’s Greg Jackson’s MMA. He gonna to knock his ass out again. I am sure…

I’d like to see if Chuck can KO Machida.

Chuck has always been entertaining to watch, win or lose! That being said, I’d still like to see him get his shot at the title if he can put together a couple wins.

It’s funny how people write a fighter off who has went through a few losses.(Should Wanderlei retire?) Yes Chuck has seen his better days go buy, but he lost to the former champ and the current champ. Its not like he losing to bad competition. Heck anyone in that division can lose on any given night. Thats why I don’t see a champ having a very long run with the title, to many good fighters. Chuck should keep going till he feels he is done. It’s not like he was getting killed in any of those fights, he got caught happens to the best.

It’s funny how many people were huggers when he was champ, then Rampage beat him and everyone wrote Chuck off. Then Rampage lost then he sucked. Some people just have no clue!!!

I think Chuck was extremely over rated…I always said it but he was way too much of a fan favorite for anyone to even consider it, people probably still won’t consider it. For me, I’ll never call the guys he fought during his reign “cans”, but they definately seemed handpicked for him. He always got the match up he needed, a grappler who had a less than stellar stand up game… During his reign he beat Coture twice (which I think had a lot to do with Randy aging and losing some explosiveness and agility thus moving up a weight class, heavyweights aren’t as quick and explosive as light heavys. He beat Tito twice (never had a stand up game whatsoever) He beat Jeremy Horn (in the same boat as tito when it comes to throwing strikes) All these guys were dudes who couldn’t hit back. Chuck has that awesome sprawl so they couldn’t take him down. But he kept getting those grapplers who weren’t known for striking…give him guys who hit back and you’ve got two losses to rampage, a loss to a more explosive coture, a loss to Jardine, a win against a wanderlei who isn’t the same ax murder, and a loss to evans. Thats 1-5 against guys who can stand and trade…Chuck was a very good fighter…But only truly dominate against fighters with skillsets that matched up well for him.

Ok I will say it I still believe Chuck is he best. he just has got to keep his hands up both times he got ko’d or tko’d one hand was being thrown and the other was at his hip. If he keeps his hands up chuck will be ok!!!!!!

I always thought chuck was very over rated but he was too much of a favorite for anyone to even have hear what I had to say with out some extreme bias. I will never call the guys Chuck fought during his “reign” cans, but he did continue to get the match ups that favored him. He would go up against grapplers with less than stellar stand up games. During his run he beat Randy twice (an aging Couture who didn’t have the explosivness and quickness he had the first time they fought, which he won, so he moved up a weight class) He beat tito twice (no stand up game whatsoever) He beat Jeremy Horn (in the same boat as Tito when it comes to striking) He always got that match up against grapplers not known for striking at all, and often these guys didn’t even try to take him down, probably because they knew his sprawl was too good anyway. When you put him up agianst guys who hit back he’s got Two losses to Rampage, a loss to a younger more explosive couture, A loss to Keith Jardine, A win against Wanderlei but not the same axe murderer from pride, and a loss to Evans…That puts him at 1-5 against top opponents that are also strikers…Don’t get me wrong he was a great fighter…just to me he was never truly dominant…only dominant against a certain skill set.

I’ve watched this interview , and that quote is taken completly out of context. He said it like ‘well, Rashads at the top of the pile so if I could choose anyone too fight next, of course it’d be him like any other light heavy would’

Not the ‘Im Chuck, i’ll beat him for my title asap’ way that people have taken it.

Your comment is over rated. No disrespect. Chuck fought the best the UFC had to offer at the time. I am a huge fan of Chuck win or lose. I think he has a few good fights, but he has had trouble with strikers, but That is more of the way he carries his hands. styles make fights and he was taylor made to destroy a grappler. They could not stand with him and they could not get past his takedown defense. Chuck got to sloppy with his hands and he has paid for keeping them low and not being more technical. I am intersted to see if he is working on a few things as he has said or if he will go back to same old Chuck and hold them low and wait for that right hand to land, and possibly pay for it.

No offence to Chuck but earn your shots dont just expect them every two fights.

You just lost to Rashad, fight Forrest. Fight Rampage. Fight Jardine again. Do something that makes people say “DAMN Chuck really needs a title shot!” Cause I have not heard that in a while.

Chuck is still my favorite fighter. Win or lose, it doesn’t change the fact. I think he can beat Rashad. He just needs a good game plan and to use all of his tools, not just his right hand bomb.

If chuck fights at UFC 96, then I’m going to be there.

As stacked as that division is. Two fights could earn you a shot. Depending on who wins and loses. I feel Rampage should get the next shot. Then who is next?

Just imagine if Shogun was to lose and machida. Who would be next? Winner of Franklin and Hendo fight thiago for number one Contender Fight. The winner of Hendo and franklin is suppose to do tuf so that puts then out of the mix. Not just saying it will be Chuck, but one or two big wins can give anyone a shot.

chuck said this when he was high on drugs and drunk

everybody likes to crap on boxing because fighters always fight way past expiration dates just for big money and not the integerity of the sport, so now it carries over to MMA except the purses are not as huge. Chuck sounds like a retard in every interview I see, well punch drunk maybe. the following need to retire

Big Nog
Wanderlei
Chuck
tito
coleman,randy (again)
crocop
both shamrocks
tim sylvia(horrible)

Don’t underestimate The Iceman! He’s distancing himself away from the overrated and out of touch Pit camp and John Hackelman. He has a few fights left in him and I think he can do a lot of damage to a lot of these guys in the light heavyweight division. The beginning will be in March, let’s see where it goes from there!

i WAS a huge Chuck fan and I STILL am a huge Chuck fan!! Agreed though that many donkeys jump ship all the time, glory hunters!!

I for one truly believe that Chuck still has the beating of most of the lightheavy division, and i believe if he sticks to a game plan he wins easier, his biggest problem is all of you guys, the idiots that boo at fights and have no idea what a fight consists of!!

chuck for once do what you have to do to win fights, dont try and crowd please cause lets face it, when you get caught now and again which everyone does, these idiots are just waiting to shoot you down, like they enjoy seeing a great go down like that. You are still the man and im sure whoever steps in there with you will still be intimidated thats for sure, just get a game plan and stick to it, KO’s are nice but you dont need them every fight!!

Good luck Chuck I hope you back to where you deserve to be!!

"I’ll fight anybody they put in front of me as long as it gets me back closer to the title. I have to try to be the best at what am I doing. I want Rashad Evans, he’s got the title and I’ll take it."

Former UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell

NOW re- read the quote again and read this part very carefully, now say it out loud, now say it aloud as if you here chuck, with chucks voice and body motions emphasized, method acting damn it! Ok so ya see we all ain’t never heard a "Chucky" talked like this a’ before a, now a, would a, could a should aaaaaaaa!!!! /. Nope Chuckey is a changed man shall we say or is it that technical striking has finally evolved past him, and now he goes to (ATT) American Top Team???? ATT took guys with a ground game and made them better more well rounded but they all have a great jiu jitsu moves and they all are from Brazil mostly. Yeah! I can’t wait to see Liddell " AMA-PLATING " out guys in 205!!!! They call him da ice man cuz he puts you out COLD!!!!
Chucks better days are behind him. I mean it Chuck, it’s downhill from here just like Wandi. Yeah two guys that NOWADAYS in the UFC look like they just two new school brawlers with a little more technique in their brawling style. This is especially true for WANDI!!! Add this to Chucks back peddling bike legs with low held hands at the waist, and that right cocked somewhere, "ALL THE TIME., and a I’m not going on the wet slimy dirty ground attitude and take down defense like Chuck, then …THERE YOU GO!
Chins have a life too!! Look at boxing: a boxers chin worsens with time say all the possible data, and head injury inquiries, which baffle me really! How can you quantify and qualify on a Brutal strike thrown with either leg, or a fist, a knee, an elbow, an overhand right, a left counter hook, and KO KTFO we go!. We can just see it. We see that WANDI is a one-punch knockout from here on out. He can’t take a punch anymore. HE flails his arms in a cyborg windmill of left and right hooks I guess is what he looks like. WANDI learn to punch straight!!! Oh yeah and get rid of your EURO trash pride roid days by changing your, stupid glow stick shacking, Webster Hall Dance Music Making, and X-TASY Taking entrance song and FLUSHING IT! And Chuck. He has no gas tank, no ground Game, no submissions (even he knows only one, the RNC). His seemingly former or co-trainer’s name is even a "HACK" JOHN HACKLEMEN, who look s really more like a 60’s biker dude you really don’t wanna mess with, or a former member of ZZ top dressed in a GI! Chuck had only other people at his gym because people thought if I do what chuck does, I’ll be great!!!! Who was chuck even sparring with? Probably a 17-year-old member of the "HACK JIT SU" class, and "Chuck looks great!" CHUCK is DONE in the cage. Now he trains at ATT? ATT has not seen anyone this old since some old Brazilian BJJ’er took his sorry broke arse from poor Brazil and moved it here in the USA to make a lil’ money, ya know what I’m a saying?"…Until my next little secret….

As much as I luv Chuck, I think he is done at this point or maybe he just needs a year off to reinvent himself or something.

Some of the comments are unbelievable, band wagon jumpers all over this site, if liddell wins the belt then everybody, would be like Liddell is the best, look what happened to Randy Couture, he got KO twice by Liddell then he retired and came back, Liddell is not anywhere near 45 years of age, plus Liddell has been one dimensional, but you see I believe Liddell knows he has to change up some things, if we see Liddell do some wrestling, some take downs, work his ground game, I am telling you, and the fact he working at another camp right now suggests big change, Against Rampage he made a mistake and got caught, against Jardine got outscored and probably underestimated Jardine, mental mistake, against Rashad, they both threw punches at the same time, Rashad got there quicker, but if Liddell would have landed his first Rashad would have been KO, plus Liddell was winning that fight, the LHW division is scary, anything can happen and everybody in that division all have the potential to be on top, plus many of these guys are evoled martial artists and way younger then Liddell, Liddell win streak before he got tagged by rampage was impressive, even wanderlai still has a chance, he just got caught, I do not like a Liddell vs Forrest match up at the moment if either one of them loses that sucks, but that is thw way it right, I hope Chuck comes back, I am disappointed that Chuck has lost 3 out of 4, but I do not thin he is done yet, cut out the limelight, the partier, the interviews, get some top training partners , mix up your game and remember who you are iceman and I foresee dominance again in the Light heavyweight division by the iceman, just like ramapage said, if liddell does that he will be singing were taking over, oh yeah final comment, GO GSP

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA CHUCK YOU WOULD GET KO AGAIN

i was a liddell fan but he doesn t switch up anything he does the same punches the same footwork even he hasn t evoled with sport R.I.P Iceman

THis is what a happens when you are exposed and your fights can no longer speak for themselves.

I totally agree that Chuck’s past his prime! The thing is, he was so dominant in his prime, that being past it may have only brought him down on an even level with his opponents. Meaning Chuck may still be as good as almost everyone in the LHW division. But, he needs to realize this and loose his “dominant attitude” when he walks into the ring! A confident winning attitude is good to have, because he can still win any fight. But, fighters at LHW have progressed and some of them are too good to Dominate. He must respect their ability to take his best and keep coming! Mix it up, Chuck! You can do this!

Given the chance Chuck will knock Rashad out next time!

I was and still am an ICEMAN fan, but see with both eyes open. He was the man for a long time and its clear to me that he is not anymore. Dont get me wrong I think Chuck still kick some ass and if he were to beat Rashad I would not have to jump on or off any wagon as I have always been and always will be an ICEMAN fan regardless(in fanatsy league I would still take Rashad if this fight ever happens). You cant stay on top forever (unless your Fedor), so dont take it so personally man. He used to destroy people now people knock him out and personally everytime it happens Im like “oh no not again, I hate to see Chuck get KO’d”. Its a newer, younger, stronger, faster group of guys moving up the ranks and taking over, if you watch, it would be clear to you. You need to be on top of your game mentally & physically or you will not suceed at this point & Chuck isnt doing that anymore. So its not like band wagon jumping (as you would put it) as much as it is just stating the obvious.

I couldn’t agree with Cory more. Chuck is one of the best fighters in the 205lb division and anyone that says otherwise probably has only been watching MMA for the last 8 months. Chuck has always been a force because people didn’t want to stand and bang with him. A slugger is not going to match well with Chuck were as a fighter like Rashad didn’t just wade into Chuck throwing crazy punches. If you watch the KO you will see that Chuck could have gotten away from that punch, easy! He chose to go for the KO counter like he always does (probably thinking he could take a shot for Rashad) and it dropped him. I think he knows that he has to change his game up or he’s going to be nothing but another Tito :P. Cant wait to see his next fight.

it’s sad some people just don’t know when to let go

Go up against whoever

Ill always cheer for the iceman

Win lose draw

Besides evans and page
Keith close

Chucks still top 10
He would still eliminate most other 205s out there

Ko tito 2x
Someone the last 2 champs didn’t beat

i recently saw the old clip chuck vs overeem,
natural beanpole not the roidragelookalike overeem,

chuck was a monster on the ground withknees to the head,
both had great stand up

im not sure who’d i like to see him fight cane, vera, jardine, or the loser of machida/silva. actually id like to see him fight houston alexadner too. not wandy or anderson though

Chuck’s next fight should be the winner of franklin/henderson. The ace matchup is interesting considering chucks power and rich’s glass jaw. I think the fight would be interesting. I’ve always been a chuck fan but to be fair his best days are behind him. He’ll continue to fight at 500k and make money for the ufc. I dont think he’ll ever have the title again but there ar certainly still interesting fights for him and rich franklin would be one

I am hoping Chuck proves me wrong but I think he would be better served looking for Nutrisystem opportunities.

Personally I would like to see Chuck fight S.Bonnar. If Chuck still “has it” he will gain some much needed confidence. If Bonnar wins he gains some momentum. Moreover,if Chuck looks good Bonnar really does not loose much clout. If Chuck loses he knows it is time to hang it up.

I am a Chuck fan and still hoping he has a few wins left and would be pumped if he went on a tear. It is disheartening that people jump ship so quickly when fighters hit hard times but hey, fair-weather fans are everywhere and they always will be. People like to root for winners.

Me personally I will always root for Chuck hands down even if he’s fighting Godzilla. I hope the UFC finds a good fight for him that people would like to see. If he can string a couple wins together people will start jumping back on the bandwagon once again. Time will tell.