“ONE” more for the fans before calling it quits, Chuck! you’re awesome! Leave the octagon knockin’ out one more fighter!

im no neurosurgeon but i dont think brain damage is reversable. unless he went into the fight with a concussion, then he has permanent damage. hate to see the guy get hurt even more.

If Chuck really does take a break ’til then maybe he can squeeze one more fight out of his @ss, win, and then retire…nobody who has watched him dwindle to what he is now wants to keep watching him get pounded the way he has been.

CHUCK! CHUCK! CHUCK!
by the way, i’m going for MIR, ALVES, and BISPING for UFC 100!
hahahaha.. MIR! ALVES! BISPING! (:<

I’m glad hes taking a large break from fighting and EVEN sparring!

Hopefully he can come back and do one last fight, not only for us fans, but for HIMSELF!

BUT if not then its understandable and he’ll still go down as one of the greatest, most popular, and dynamic fighters in MMA and UFC history!

Chuck will be in the UFC HOF in 2010…

big iceman fan, hope to see him again but its obvious he cant take the shots like he used to, hopefully he can get 1 last ko for the fans

I was watching UFC wired today and they had a few chuck fights on. Its more than just him not taking a punch. He looks about 3 steps slower than he used too. Even in the Wandy fight he seemed slow.

Actually from this quote it could be the end for Chuck, he doesn’t sound too keen to fight anytime soon and I wouldn’t be suprised if Chuck quietly retires. He seems to have finally accepted the fact that his chin is gone and he’s become overreliant on his striking, which has failed him in his recent fights. We have probabaly seen Chuck’s last fight, I’ll be suprised if he comes back nexty year.

this means the rumor of him fighting franklin is just that…then let’s get franklin vs cane, put it together joe!!

Like someone said allready, damage done to the brain is irreversible.

He could take 3 years off and he would still get knocked out easily.

Step down Chuck please.

Give it UP-Chuck.

Look at how many quarterbacks in football retired after getting a number of concusions in too short a time period. Chuck, you were on top of MMA for several years when things first got started. None of us want to see an aging, punch drunk Liddell like we have seen so many boxers that didn’t get out when it was clearly their time. I don’t know of anyone who would be able to take advantage of the fact Chuck has lost a step in the past couple of years, and there is no shame in losing a step as you get older!

Sorry, I don’t know of anyone who wouldn’t be able to take advantage of Chuck losing a step. My bad for the typo. Who would he fight that would make for an entertaining fight, but not put him in too much danger of another brutal KO?

Id like to see chuck take some ppl down and work some gnp and pull off a some submissions

Any guy who thinks he is going to heal his middle aged brain over 9 months of light training after suffering brutal KOs is likely to come back to his next fight and get KO’ed again.

Don’t know who his doctor is, or if Chuck consulted anyone, but I don’t think this is how it works.

Well, I know the brain can heal somewhat from damage done by alcohol and drug abuse, so who knows.

Also, look at Randy Couture. He got knocked out pretty easily by Chuck twice in a row, then he takes some time off and his chin looked better than ever. He took a headkick full on from Gonzaga and didn’t even budge.

This could be just what Chuck needs.

When Randy lost Liddell/Couture 3, the UFC all put threw him a parade when he announced he was retiring after the fight. All along I’ve hoped for the same for Chuck, to make the conscious decision for himself, go out and fight one last fight. win or lose, with nothing to prove, nothing to live up to, just enjoy fighting his last fight. After the fight he can announce his retirement and go out a hero, not as a bitch because Dana White told him to.
I’ve been the biggest critic of Chuck Liddell over the course of the years, much the same as I am of Anderson Silva, BJ Penn, Fedor, or anyone that holds a title for a long time. I simply don’t like dynasties and always root for the underdog. But deep down, Chuck was one of the 5 most influential people in the sports history, was an incredible ambassador to the sport, and put on some of the most entertaining fights in the UFCs lifespan. I would love for Chuck to go out in style, with the gratitude and respect that he deserves. Not because Dana fucking White told him so. So one more it is.

peace

another year off is another year of u aging

with this i wonder now what the main event in sept would be

it won’t be lidell vs franklin

chucks style is requring speed
coutures is that n close game that is more technique than that brawling style of being willing to take punches to land that one bomb which worked for liddell and even wanderlai in the past i mean look at both of their downfalls after awhile those knockdowns and getting hit on the button you have to rethink your game a little and change it up becase other fighters are looking for those holes that you subconciously leave waiting to counter them

Hes gotten to slow and his chin is nowhere near the level he needs it to be to continue his style of slugging i love liddells style and what hes done for the sport if he can take that year off get better shape and revamp his game then ill look forward to it but at the end of the day every time hes said hes changed his game…well look how its ended

I’m no expert but I think even a decade of rest wont heal his scrambled brain!

imagine Liddell getting knocked out by a guy with mediocre striking such as Mark Coleman… thats a sight i would never want to see, im glad hes taking a long break

The guy’s had a magnificent career. I wish he’d call it a day.

I say him and Randy have one more fight. Both of them retire after that fight.

RANDY COUTURE VS CHUCK LIDDELL

They both retire after that fight.

It’s about time guys in mma start to realize they need a little more time off after a ko. Especially after you factor the fighter’s age and how brutal the ko was. With these gloves the damage it forms is just different then boxing.

Maybe if he was smart he’d use that jiu-jitsu in fights more often he would not have as much of a chance to get knocked out.

To me this says he’s packin it in, if he doesn’t even want to spar anymore he’s lost the fire.

Chuck used to be known for taking a good punch. Frankly since the Rampage KO he hasn’t been the same.

Actually our brains do heal for instance they’ve found that even people who suffer from alcoholism, their brains heal faster than they can kill those cells. (google it)

He has walked through many punches worse than the Shogun one.

Yeah, take some time off, that will help. I say look into barber college Chuck. It’s over man.

chuck should retire. he has nothing more to prove in mma. he’s a legend and will always be the face of mma. plus, he has the bankroll to be unemployed for the rest of his life. why risk possible SERIOUS injury? he’s a fighter and he loves the sport but cmon…every fighter has to throw in the towel at some point in their career.