Former UFC light-heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell will step into the octagon with over a year between fights. He’s lost his last two, his most recent was against current UFC light-heavyweight champ Mauricio Rua at UFC 97, and is 1-4 in his past five fights.
UFC president Dana White spoke to Fighters Only Magazine that if his friend losses on Saturday, Liddell’s career will be over with the UFC.
Chuck Liddell is back in action this weekend after a 14-monty layoff. The former UFC light-heavyweight champion was urged to retire by UFC president Dana White after his last loss, but White in the end relented and offered him one more shot – as long as he would agree to cut out his partying and nightclubbing and get serious about training……
“Yes, and I think he will say the same thing. But let me tell you what the difference is – the difference before, when I wanted him retired, was that he wasn’t doing the right thing. He was out partying every night and doing the wrong thing not the right thing. He wasn’t living the life of a professional athlete,” White told us.
“He and I sat down and talked and I will tell you what, he has kept his word. He has been phenomenal shape since the beginning of The Ultimate Fighter and it will be interesting to see how he does.”