Chuck Liddell joins season nine cast of 'Dancing with the Stars' on ABC

It is sad. But if they printed MMA, nobody would know what that was, so they print cr@p like “cage boxing” and wonder why so many people still think the sport’s illegal over here. Still it’s better than the classic “human cockfighting”.

I’ve been saying for years, they need to just call it

“Cage Street Fighting Bloody Murder Death Kill Brawling Violence Sport”

and then people would know it was a Sport, cause at the end there they’d see the word Sport on it.

Then again MMA isn’t a real sport so that would be misleading

I think MMA is a real sport, but ppl need to realize that the UFC is a business/entertainment org not a sport org..

Yes, Roberto.

Your business sense is razor sharp.

Thank you for broadening my horizons.

I remain humbled by your firm grasp of the obvious.

Owwwwww, put your claws away OJR

It’s obvious that we all understand what i just wrote, but ppl in general don’t..

no we can go, meet me at the park at 8.. bring a couple of friends

FIGHT ! FIGHT! FIGHT!

I say we meet up behind the cafeteria, anyone wanting tickets can go through me, it’s $2.50 (should be about the price of a cafeteria lunch; if you bring a lunch from home I’ll accept PB&J + Chips and a milk in leiu of the $2.50 for a ticket).

I want 2 tickets please.

Fight! Fight! Fight!

I will bring a gift card to Subway for you after I am done eating your lunch…

K-dog thats pathetic, which paper called MMA “cage boxing”? I know most of the tabloids have been calling that idiot Alex Reid a “cagefighter” but that is ridiculous. Even the promotions advertise the sport as “cagefighting” or “ultimate fighting” (I’m amazed that the UFC haven’t sued Dave O’Donnell for breaching copyright) and if they can’t get it right then the sport is not going to make much progress no matter how hard the UFC work to promote it in this country.

MMA desperately needs more sport journalists to become fans because the fact that so many people in this country don’t know what the sport is called sums up how far away it is from being accepted by the mainstream.

Fock it, I aint gonna lie! I am a big fan of this show, and am stoked to see chuck n his legendary footwork strutting his stuff on the dance floor!

Seriously the pro-dancer’s on the show are the hottest woman in the world!…n chuck’s gonna fock half of them! lol

IM HEAring that Grim vs. Fedor will go down in NOvember!

Call me a Fedor nuthugger, but I am really starting to warm up to a fight between Fedor and Grim. I think Grim is a lot tougher then he gets credit for.

Opponents I hope to see Grim face in the future:
Tim Sylvia
Kingo
Carwin
Cro Cop
Brock
arlovski 2

I am really starting to warm up to Grim!

John you’d warm to Fedor Vs Zuluzinho 2.

OK john?? Have fun watching it!

John, I actually believe you like that show. Nothing wrong with that, I watch some gay shows too (big love, wendy williams) to each his own!

Dave, it was either the News of the World or the Sun, and it was about Jordan’s latest bloke. I was literally laughing when I read the term “cage boxer” then I started shaking my head coz I found it really very sad and shows how far we’ve got to go in this country for MMA to be mainstream.

What about Big Foot John? I’m sure he will fight Fedor also when “comrade popov” will be done with his Strikeforce contract. I’m thinking they all gonna end up in Dream…Barnett included.

Sasquatch probably won’t fight in SF; unless M-1 and SF are willing to give Jack Links Beef Jerky a slice of the pie and do some type of 3-way co promotion.

WENDY WILLIAMS IS A CRACK HEAD TRANSVESTITE!

I see clips of her show on The Soup and Jimmy Kimmel, is that sh*t really on TV? Kev, PLEASE tell me you just watch it for the laughs. And oh yeah,

HOW YOU DOOOOOIN?

lol, yes, it’s funny, I’m not watching it because it’s quality TV!
Dr. Phil is pretty good too.
don’t worry, I watch good shows too: true blood, entourage, heroes etc

grim is on the same level as Carwin. Both undefeated fighters with the same number of fights who both only fought 1 real tough opponent…NO one would complain if Carwin fought Fedor because Carwin is in the UFC,,,but those same people woud bash a Fedor vs. Grim match up!

I am actually really starting to like this match up and I hope this fight gets booked for Fedor’s 1st fight in a cage!

No wonder you’re “starting to like this matchup” as Fedor totally dominates every aspect of it, and has very little challenge here or chance of tarnishing his legacy. Rodgers is basically to Fedor what Forrest was to Anderson Silva, just a sacrificial lamb. Beating up on a few cans and a freak KO of a fading star in AA doesn’t make you anywhere near ready to take on Fedor and this will just be yet another embarassing one sided beatdown.

Oh yeah, Carwin has a ground game and a very brutal gnp. Grimm has neither!

I guess this is apart of letting his brain rest and recover for those ko’s. This should very funny. He’s dated enough strippers he should have some moves.`

John, nobody else here gives a shit about seeing Fedor fight unless he’s fighting the best available competition, and that’s only in the UFC.

John, while the others are putting it down I am interested in that match-up. I have talked to Grim on multiple occasions and he’s pretty cool so even with a loss to Fedor it would help his name.

Attak, I am pretty sure Grim’s GnP is every bit as brutal as Carwin’s. You just don’t see it because he isn’t wrestling and taking guys down. If he hits like a truck on his feet, no reason to think he couldn’t do it from top position.

I agree pjj. Grim is a really nice guy, and how can you guys say he has no ground game? Have you seen it? He hasn’t lost a fight, and has the power to knock anyone out! I’ve actually heard that he has a decent ground game!

John, to be fair I want to see Fedor-Grim, it’s actually the fight that I was hoping Affliction would put on so I’m happy for SF to have it instead. After that KO of AA Grim proved that he should be fighting top contenders, no need to baby him anymore. I have him up their as a top prospect like Carwin, Cain and Dos Santos, too early to dismiss any as of yet.

If AF are smart then they’ll have Fedor-Grim and Overreem-Werdum (if Alistair bothers to show up this time) fight on the same night and have the winners face for the HW title, that way SF can finally bring some legitimacy to the belt.

K-dog, not surprising that it was another lousy Reid-Jordan story (I can’t stand the skank or the arrogant loudmouth no-name Reidinator so all of this coverage is driving me mad) though I thought that the Sun had some MMA coverage, you’d think that they’d check with the boxing/MMA journalists. Then again it is the Sun, can’t put anything past them.

Exactly Dave, they’ve got plenty of online coverage about MMA, nothing in the actual paper though, but you’d think they’d check with someone who was in the know. I cant stand that dirty scrubber either, she makes me feel sick and her fella (never heard of him before, was he in cage rage?) sounds a right pr!ck.

You’re right when you say “if they can’t get it right then the sport is not going to make much progress no matter how hard the UFC work to promote it in this country.”
As long as it is constantly referred to as “cage fighting” by the popular media, it is always going to evoke the negative image of illegal bare knuckle fights between two tattooed skinheads in some farmers barn in the middle of nowhere, with the winner being the last man still breathing. Until the correct and less evocative term “MMA” becomes widely used, the only time it will be in the media is for negative “Human Cockfighting” stories and not for being the great sport which we all know and love, and that just winds me up beyond belief!

“Well actually” what’s your point?? Are you referring to Stockton in England or in America If you’re talking about Stockton in England then you’ve proved me to be completely correct.

Publicity for MMA? Yes.

A calculated, shrewd move planned in advance by Chuck?

Hahaha!

I think not…

no maybe not, but i think Chuck accepted to be on the show for the simple fact that it will bring in some new fans to the UFC… If you think he did it just because he wanted to be on TV and dance then LOL you!

I meant to say if anyone not you*

Are the kinds of people who watch dancing with the stars realy the UFC target audience RoB??

I don’t know but my 50-60 year old parents won’t even watch Dancing with the stars, but they’ll watch American Idol and that stupid Chef show religiously.

lol @ new fans…Well RoB, personally I can say that they can keep their fairy audience.

No but it couldn’t hurt. Not like Dana/Chuck is forking out the cash for this so why not eh? He definitely will catch some attention being who he is and how he looks compared to the others on the show.

Chuck started fighting because he had to make ends meet. Now that he’s rich, he can finally do what he has a real passion for, and the thing that he’s really good at. DANCING, thats right, Chuck Liddell can cut a rug and this desire has been in his heart now for years. All those years as the LHW Champ were just a means to an end. We are about to see the beginning of a new era in alternative dance, and in river dance; Chuck is in a league of his own on this one and I don’t think even those guys from that movie “You Got Served” can hold a candle to the IceMan.

nope lol, but it’s still worth it.. and it’s a good chance to show some ppl that MMA fighters aren’t braindead..

A. Silva’s gonna watch this and cry; when he realizes that he’s NEVER been the best dancer in the UFC the reality of it will hit him like a ton of bricks.

lol, nice post OD.

As far as his fighting career goes, stick a fork in the iceman because he is done.

I wonder if Chuck and Michael Irvin will get all F’d up together before the shows?

You know it VM, they will.

VM-

Now that’s a reality show I would watch!

I am thinking maybe it is not the ’ufc’s target
audience, but it could help on the attitude that many people still have about MMA guys being neanderthals. Despite his rugged exterior, he willbe a great ambassador for the sport unless he KO’s Joanne Kruppa while doing a 2 step, but MCay Gray and Aaron Carter would be perfectly acceptable ko’s in my opinion!

Any chance of Chuck coming back is gone, as soon as he announced a 1 year sabbatical I said that he wasn’t coming back and doing reality shows is a way for him to look for a new career.

I get what RoB is saying, Dancing With The Stars has a huge audience so if Chuck comes across well then he has the chance to bring in a brand new set of fans to MMA, I don’t care who watches the sport the more the merrier I say.

I’m sure the blue rinse brigade who watch DWTS will be climbing over eachother to order the next UFC PPV having seen Chuck’s Argentine Tango!

it can’t be the target audience for ufc viewers, women watch DWTS. My son loves americas got talent. women and 7 year olds isn’t a target audience!

hey!! va jay jay can like mma too..geez..
but watching chuck bumble on the dance floor is not really gonna get the gma’s and kiddies watching..
i have to stop letting my little guy watch the fights cuz it makes him too spunky and aggressive..and he isn’t even a year and a half until next month..watch out though, i’m gonna harness that boy and get him some lessons when he is just over 2..f*ck being a soccer mom..i’m gonna raise a little mma star!

I’m gonna have to watch out for that. My munchkin was a few days old when he ‘watched’ Couture/Lesnar. I suppose if he ounches me in the face in a few months and expects me to cheer I can’t fault him eh?

As for DWTS, I think they get paid 65k per episode and it goes up once they get into the later rounds. Not a bad pay day. It definitely not the target audience but it’s good publicity, not Lesnarish publicity. I’ll take it.

I meant ‘punches’.

“nope lol, but it’s still worth it.. and it’s a good chance to show some ppl that MMA fighters aren’t braindead…”

That is unless he shows up hopped up on goofballs like it was his morning show interview.

Chuck, enjoy yr fame, food, beer, friends & money, you’ve earned it.

Good plan Sarah martial arts is great for kids, taught me a lot back in the day, though to be fair to soccer mums they’re not as bad as psychotic shouting football (soccer) dads in the UK, shocking the way grown men treat their own kids over a game.

Andrew-

Seems like you have a close, personal relationship with Chuck.

What’s his fav color?

LMAO

His favorite color is blood

He said Chuck Liddell not Chuck Norris lol

I thought it was white?

Nice Alpha

I know…

lol i read his book douchebas! not claiming to know chucky like a brother

Douchebas?

Is that German for D-bag?

LOL. Awesome.

I am going to use that word so I can sound all sophisticated and worldly and sh!t…

It’s a thinly veiled insult at Mr. Rutten.

Nice P-Dub

lmao i knew someone was gonna flame me for that spelling error!

K-dog-

True, except Mayweather likes to duck people, which I think was one of the factors contributing to his happy feet outside of the boxing ring!

Truth!

Holyfield then! My point is going on there doesn’t mean your career’s over, just very much on its last legs.

K-dog,

Agreed.

Third judge: “Chuck, you’ve been eliminated.”

Chuck stepping closer with balled up firsts: " I think you may have miscounted. Check your scores again."

Third judge: “You’re right. Perfect score.”

..fists…

lol, Alright you convinced me.

Alpha-

Reality shows are like some sort of drug.

I can’t understand it myself.

plus they don’t test for performance enhancing drugs..so chuck can indulge and be safe..plus he might even think he’s really good with a big enough line of courage..

That’ll get him booted from the show because he’ll always be a couple steps faster than the rhythm of the song.

lol, Not if they dance on some kind of techno, P-Dub.

He should just always dance to Wandy’s entrance music.

lmao @ wandy’s intro music..classic

Chuck dancing to Sandstorm, now I’d watch that show.

Agreed

He may be a “fat candy ass douche”, but he’s better than any UFC HW…what does that tell you?

No he’s not intro, he’s gotta prove that, but he’s too much of a coward to.

Fedor haters at UFCMania…big surprise.

lol, serious invasion on here…from WWE to DWTS

Also, I kno you may think they’re all losers but many would disagree.

Old loser athletes?
Like:
Shawn Johnson
Emmit Smith
Jerry Rice
Lawrence Taylor
Michael Irvin

Or bums?
Like:
Mark Cuban

Or washed up?
Like:
Floyd Mayweather

Hmm all sound like a bunch of no good no bodies to me introvert. All these losers should stay @ home or only talk about their past accomplishments in their sports. They shouldn’t be able to take opportunities presented to them that others can’t. How dare they!?

Watch some interviews off the field w/guys like Irvin, Sapp etc, see what type of great ppl they are both in there sport and community, then tell them they have no right to have some fun.

You really like this show, huh? Nice cast though, all great players.

Lol never watched the show, will this year. My dad will make fun of me, cause him and the wife watch it. Now I will be. I just googled previous season casts. But thanks for @ least respecting and acknowledging there talent ha ha

intro, quit pawning danny boy…lmfao