White slams the door on Liddell/Ortiz 3
“I don’t want Chuck to fight anymore,” White said. “Chuck’s one of my good friends, and I don’t want him…
“I don’t want Chuck to fight anymore,” White said. “Chuck’s one of my good friends, and I don’t want him to fight anymore.”
Liddell looked to be in the best physical shape of his life in his last fight, against Rich Franklin in June, and he went as far as breaking the former middleweight champion’s arm during the bout. Regardless of the performance, Liddell still found himself on the wrong end of yet another tough knockout, his third in a row.
There’s little doubt that if the fight was an option, Liddell would likely jump at the chance to face Ortiz again. He’s already finished the “Huntington Beach Bad Boy” twice before. Still, White says we’ve seen the last of Liddell, even with the rivalry still brewing.
“Chuck’s been a warrior, he’s been a great champion, and a great friend and a great partner,” stated White. “I don’t want to see it anymore.”
Liddell has been traveling over the past couple of months and when doing a Q&A at the UFC Fan Expo in Boston in August, he said he would be making some decisions soon as far as his career goes. Everyone awaits the final word from the “Iceman,” but it’s clear that White has already made up his mind.