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Good news for people who don’t like to see Chuck Liddell getting knocked out, in the same way, over and over again. The Sun-Sentinel reports that the 39-year-old Iceman has begun addressing some holes in his game over at American Top Team in Coconut Creek, Florida:
So Chuck is stepping outside of his comfort zone in order to turn his losing streak around and become a contender again. But is it too little, too late?
Though he has openly talked about his desire for rematches with Keith Jardine and Rashad Evans, Liddell’s next opponent will reportedly be either Mauricio Rua or the loser of UFC 93′s Rich Franklin/Dan Henderson scrap — all of whom are capable of handing Chuck his fourth loss in five fights, unless he can find a drastically different approach to fighting at ATT. Liddell plans to return to the Octagon in March or April; April seems more likely considering his three potential opponents all have fights scheduled this month.
Related: Another fading light-heavyweight legend, Wanderlei Silva, may be moving down to middleweight in order to revive his career. Ideally, he’d like to have a rematch with Liddell before making the move:








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commentsWanderlei is awsome dude and i like the way that he fights agressive and power behind those punches unfortunately he got caught with jacksons left hook. Wandy went for the power combos and rampage just caught him right on the chin.
Rashad Evans is awesome and he's a tuff dude. Great fighter but i freaking hate how he does his stupid showboating in the octogon, but again hes the champ, gotta give him props. I just cant believe Forrest didnt do a lot on the ground, he even said that he didnt do anyting on the ground, and that he was better than that.
I just cant wait for the Gorges "Rush" St. Pierre vs B.J Penn fight! that is going to be an awesome fight. Who ever wins I think is the best pound for pound in the world and should fight Anderson "Spider" Silva to see who is the bes pound for pound in the world.
I think if Chuck can fight maybe 3 times this year and start winning he could hold the belt for a short time and retire. Maybe defend it once and retire. That would be storybook...
In my opinion I think Chuck needs to tighten up his stand-up a bit and use diffrent methods like incorporating a good Clinch Fight style utilizing some knees from the clinch and quit trying to rely on counter striking. Combine that with a streamlined and "new" ground attack to take opponets off guard, and I think he can put himself back on the track to winning.
In todays MMA skill level, everyone needs to evolve their gameplan and training because it's an ever changing sport with fighters becoming even more competitive.
they're making funny pics of it because it was a funny-looking knockout. kids today, I tell ya. but that's the risk you run by fighting in a cage when you should be bouncing grandkids off your knee. (Ok, ok, so he's not that old...)
Chuck's probably finished tho. In a sport this rough, there's got to be a point where you just don't have it anymore, and Chuck has probably gotten there. He looked sloooooooooow against sugar... almost like molasses, if you will. (ugh...sorry.) There are just too many young, dangerous dudes out there now that the sport is being taken seriously by real atheletes. It's sad, because Chuck's a cool guy (or so it seems) and a helluva exciting fighter to watch. But he had a great run and is probably richer than shit and has a great retirement to look forward to whenever he chooses to accept it. so I can't feel too bad for him.
On the other hand, I would love to watch Chuck and Franklin go at it. That could be a sweet standup fight with a gnarly knockout. Franklin's far from the fastest striker around; he more likes to pick guys apart it seems. That could be a great war.
And Jardine whooped chuck so bad! Come on now. He knocked him down at least once that I recall, and he turned his leg and ribs all purple with kicks. It was a great fight but no way did chuck win it. the crowd didn't even cheer when he raised his arms at the end.
So I have to disagree with everyone saying that Chuck needs to retire. The idea is based the notion that if someone isn't no longer able to make a feasible run at the belt, then they need to leave the UFC. A lot of fighters would have to be sent packing if that were the case.
Chuck does have a lot of good fights left in him, and there are a lot of great potential match ups in his division, more now than ever. I'd hesitate to send him packing just yet.
Actually, what finished off Silva was a left hook after blocking a few of his wild lefts and rights. Technically it was a "right block, left block, right block, then a left hook". My first point is, that isn't something Rampage had to work on or improve on. That's classis Rampage bangin! Rampage might have been 1 for 1 going into that last fight with Wandy. He even said that he thought one of those fights would have been different hadn't the ref stood them up when he had Wandy down. If you've seen that fight, you can see his point. My second point is... I think you're right about Silva and Chuck having a bullseye on their back, I just think Rampage is a better caliber fighter than both of them. Rampage just had to get refocused, and let his nutrition take him to the next level. Chuck and Silva both need to reinvent their stand up game. They were both "focused" in their last 2 loses, and neither has ever had a problem with their cardio or nutrition, but their "same old" stand up got them KTFO!
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