Who will win UFC 97 Chuck"Iceman"Liddell vs Mauricio"Shogun"Rua?
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Even tho i'm not going to lie i've passed on some pussy to watch some UFC. 
The Iceman Talks About The Old Days
On a media teleconference for Saturday's UFC 97, the topic of retirement hung over former UFC light heavyweight Chuck Liddell.
It was against his will, of course. No matter UFC president Dana White's order that Liddell "show him something," he had no intention of retiring any time soon. If he won his title back, maybe.
But he's fighting Mauricio "Shogun" Rua in Montreal on Saturday, and that's all that matters.
"What keeps me motivated?" Liddell asked a reporter. "I love fighting. I get paid a lot of money to do what I love for a living. I don't think there's much motivation past that."
Perhaps for the first time since he hit a rough patch in the division he once ruled, Liddell admitted he was getting older.
"You've got to train smarter," he said. "I think this fight is almost different than the last couple of fights as far as age training goes. A little more warming up."
Gone are the days where he could show up and go.
"I remember when I was twenty-two, you'd walk out and put your gloves on, to warm up for sparring," he continued. "Now, I make sure to get a good fifteen, twenty minute warm-up before I start doing anything."
Rua faces his own questions going into the fight. The former Pride champion was dreadfully out of shape for his UFC 93 appearance against Mark Coleman.
As far as Liddell, he's pretty sure that if he puts Rua to sleep, he'll still have a job on Monday.
"I'm planning on coming out and performing like I normally do, and I plan on coming out and knocking him out so, hopefully that will be enough to keep him interested in me fighting," said Liddell.
On a media teleconference for Saturday's UFC 97, the topic of retirement hung over former UFC light heavyweight Chuck Liddell.
It was against his will, of course. No matter UFC president Dana White's order that Liddell "show him something," he had no intention of retiring any time soon. If he won his title back, maybe.
But he's fighting Mauricio "Shogun" Rua in Montreal on Saturday, and that's all that matters.
"What keeps me motivated?" Liddell asked a reporter. "I love fighting. I get paid a lot of money to do what I love for a living. I don't think there's much motivation past that."
Perhaps for the first time since he hit a rough patch in the division he once ruled, Liddell admitted he was getting older.
"You've got to train smarter," he said. "I think this fight is almost different than the last couple of fights as far as age training goes. A little more warming up."
Gone are the days where he could show up and go.
"I remember when I was twenty-two, you'd walk out and put your gloves on, to warm up for sparring," he continued. "Now, I make sure to get a good fifteen, twenty minute warm-up before I start doing anything."
Rua faces his own questions going into the fight. The former Pride champion was dreadfully out of shape for his UFC 93 appearance against Mark Coleman.
As far as Liddell, he's pretty sure that if he puts Rua to sleep, he'll still have a job on Monday.
"I'm planning on coming out and performing like I normally do, and I plan on coming out and knocking him out so, hopefully that will be enough to keep him interested in me fighting," said Liddell.
^^^I dont think anybody is saying chuck is the best but noboby has done it like chuck in MMA history. During his run he not only beat the best in the world he smashed them the fuck out his 7 fight KO or TKO streak is unfucwitable and think about it he did it with the same style that has just recently been solved by some of the best fighters in the world. The shitty thing is i want to see both these guys comeback so hopefully it is a great fight and the winner and the loser get there shine.
Naw dude Chuck didn't beat the best in the world only the best in the UFC. He lost to Rampage during his run and Wanderlei's 6yr run in Pride was more impressive imo. And if you want to talk about overall MMA history look at Fedor's run which is STILL going. Chuck was good don't get me wrong, but he will never go down as the best 205.
I disagree folks.
Even when Pride was at its peak, even the words Mixed Martial Arts was synonymous with the UFC. In fact, people often get the two terms mixed up, like how people call tissue Kleenex.
Prides fanbase was mostly comprised of people in Japan, and really hardcore MMA followers.
I'm not talking about just hardcore MMA loyalists.
Chuck Liddell is arguably MMA's biggest star ever.
No other face that I can think of in the sport, maybe besides Brock Lesnar now, is more recognized for what they do.
Even when Pride was at its peak, even the words Mixed Martial Arts was synonymous with the UFC. In fact, people often get the two terms mixed up, like how people call tissue Kleenex.
Prides fanbase was mostly comprised of people in Japan, and really hardcore MMA followers.
I'm not talking about just hardcore MMA loyalists.
Chuck Liddell is arguably MMA's biggest star ever.
No other face that I can think of in the sport, maybe besides Brock Lesnar now, is more recognized for what they do.
Chuck Liddell IS MMA's biggest star. But he's not and never was the best 205 fighter on the planet. And the UFC didn't go mainstream the way they are now until after they purchased Pride.
Also if UFC was the biggest stage while Pride was around, why did they send Chuck to Japan? I know sure as hell Dana wouldn't send one of his fighters to Dream or Sengoku now.
Also if UFC was the biggest stage while Pride was around, why did they send Chuck to Japan? I know sure as hell Dana wouldn't send one of his fighters to Dream or Sengoku now.
UFC still was not the worlds number 1 org when PRIDE was around hell they could not even afford the fighters that they have now back then. As a matter of fact the UFC was very close to going under if it had not been for the reality tv show the UFC would be gone. World wide PRIDE was still recognized as the number one org not just in Japan But also in Korea, Brazil, Europe ect. I think Fedor is a bigger star in MMA then Chuck and has accomplished far more then Chuck ever has.