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“I don’t like it, at all,” Hackleman explained Monday on The MMA Hour. “... So, I don’t want him to fight anymore...”
Liddell is one of the most popular champions in UFC history. “The Iceman” hung up his MMA gloves in 2010 at the behest of UFC president Dana White after suffering a trio of consecutive knockout losses at the hands of Rashad Evans, Mauricio Rua, and Rich Franklin. In the aftermath of his retirement, Liddell was given an executive role within the UFC, however he was laid off from that role in 2016 following the sale of the organization to Hollywood talent agency WME-IMG. Liddell has teased a potential MMA return ever since.
Having finally made his decision official last week, Liddell said he is targeting a November trilogy fight against his old rival, fellow UFC Hall of Famer Tito Ortiz, to be staged in either Las Vegas or California. Oscar de la Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions is Liddell’s preferred frontrunner to promote the contest.
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“He knows exactly how I feel about him fighting,” Hackleman added. “And he knows I love him and I got his back, but he knows how I feel about it. So I’m not going to beat a dead horse and I’m not going to be that nagging little b*tch. So I’ll just — whatever he has to do, he’s going to do, and as someone that loves him as a family member, I’ll be there for him even if I don’t like it. Just like, you go to your kids’ [events] when they play their instruments in their concerts, you go; you go to all their stuff, their games; even if they’re sitting on the bench, you go, because you love your kids. I love Chuck and I’m going to do whatever I can to help him realize his full potential in his life.”
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Hackleman also acknowledged the concerns that many within the MMA community have voiced about how Liddell’s return could impact his long-term health, especially given the way Liddell’s career inside the Octagon came to such an abrupt and violent end.
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Liddell has defeated Ortiz twice in the past, brutally knocking “The Huntington Beach Bad Boy” out in 2004 and 2006 on a pair of blockbuster UFC pay-per-views. And Hackleman doesn’t see the outcome changing if history gets a chance to repeat itself later this year.
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“The Jon Jones thing, that was, like, pushing it a little too far on that edge right now, but Tito as an opponent — Tito is a good opponent for Chuck, and we know that just by the history.”
https://www.mmafighting.com/2018/5/...k-plans-but-still-standing-behind-100-percent
Liddell is one of the most popular champions in UFC history. “The Iceman” hung up his MMA gloves in 2010 at the behest of UFC president Dana White after suffering a trio of consecutive knockout losses at the hands of Rashad Evans, Mauricio Rua, and Rich Franklin. In the aftermath of his retirement, Liddell was given an executive role within the UFC, however he was laid off from that role in 2016 following the sale of the organization to Hollywood talent agency WME-IMG. Liddell has teased a potential MMA return ever since.
Having finally made his decision official last week, Liddell said he is targeting a November trilogy fight against his old rival, fellow UFC Hall of Famer Tito Ortiz, to be staged in either Las Vegas or California. Oscar de la Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions is Liddell’s preferred frontrunner to promote the contest.
. . .
“He knows exactly how I feel about him fighting,” Hackleman added. “And he knows I love him and I got his back, but he knows how I feel about it. So I’m not going to beat a dead horse and I’m not going to be that nagging little b*tch. So I’ll just — whatever he has to do, he’s going to do, and as someone that loves him as a family member, I’ll be there for him even if I don’t like it. Just like, you go to your kids’ [events] when they play their instruments in their concerts, you go; you go to all their stuff, their games; even if they’re sitting on the bench, you go, because you love your kids. I love Chuck and I’m going to do whatever I can to help him realize his full potential in his life.”
. . .
Hackleman also acknowledged the concerns that many within the MMA community have voiced about how Liddell’s return could impact his long-term health, especially given the way Liddell’s career inside the Octagon came to such an abrupt and violent end.
. . .
Liddell has defeated Ortiz twice in the past, brutally knocking “The Huntington Beach Bad Boy” out in 2004 and 2006 on a pair of blockbuster UFC pay-per-views. And Hackleman doesn’t see the outcome changing if history gets a chance to repeat itself later this year.
. . .
“The Jon Jones thing, that was, like, pushing it a little too far on that edge right now, but Tito as an opponent — Tito is a good opponent for Chuck, and we know that just by the history.”
https://www.mmafighting.com/2018/5/...k-plans-but-still-standing-behind-100-percent
