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John Hackleman Devastated by Chuck Liddell’s Latest Loss

The MMA world continues to wait out any word from Chuck Liddell, as to whether or not the legendary fighter will finally call it quits, after getting KO’d once again, this time by Rich Franklin, at UFC 115. Of course, Dana White (once again) is saying Chuck’s time in the UFC is done, but as […]

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The MMA world continues to wait out any word from Chuck Liddell, as to whether or not the legendary fighter will finally call it quits, after getting KO’d once again, this time by Rich Franklin, at UFC 115. Of course, Dana White (once again) is saying Chuck’s time in the UFC is done, but as each day goes by with no word from Liddell, kind of makes you think as to what’s going on behind the scenes no?

It’s more than likely that Liddell’s received a thousand voice mails / texts/ emails asking what his next move is, and thus far, he’s not sharing (maybe he’ll respond to message by pigeon?). Well in an interesting interview by SI’s Josh Gross, with Liddell’s long time trainer John Hackleman (yes, the dude with glasses who’s always rocking the sleeveless shirt on TUF), he had this to say about his friend’s latest loss.

“You can’t make someone quit,” Hackleman said. “But definitely when I looked down at him in the cage, my stomach … it just didn’t feel good.”

“Looking down at him cut like that, broke my heart,” said the trainer, fighting off tears.

Hackleman also said in the interview that he thinks the former champ realizes he has nothing to prove, really doesn’t need to fight anymore (meaning dude’s filthy rich) and that he’ll probably hang up the gloves. Guess we’ll see. To check out Hackleman’s take on the situation, including how Chuck’s “”warrior mentality” took over at UFC 115, head here.

Paulo Thiago Concedes Poor Performance at UFC 115

You may or may not have been surprised by many of the outcomes at last weekend’s UFC;  we’re fans of Chuck Liddell,  but let’s face it, if you were really super-duper-shocked to see him get knocked out again, well, we’re guessing you make an X with your arms anytime you do something cool…
One of the more surprising performances on […]

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You may or may not have been surprised by many of the outcomes at last weekend’s UFC;  we’re fans of Chuck Liddell,  but let’s face it, if you were really super-duper-shocked to see him get knocked out again, well, we’re guessing you make an X with your arms anytime you do something cool…

One of the more surprising performances on the card was Martin Kampmann’s UD win over Paulo Thiago, not necessarily because the Danish welterweight won, but how he won. Everyone should know that Kampmann’s no slouch on the ground, but really, to see him walk over a BJJ black belt like Thiago on the mat was pretty impressive no?

For Thiago, the loss was a definite setback, especially coming off his memorable ‘holy eff that was nice’ choke-out of Mike Swick in February. In a recent interview with the Brazilian publication Tatame, it sounds like Thiago is understandably disappointed with how things played out at UFC 115.

“I didn’t fought well at all, man. I couldn’t do it, I froze… I went forward on the beginning of the fight, but then I got stuck there. I don’t know what happened, but I couldn’t play my game and he won”, said Thiago. “I couldn’t make my game plan… Maybe I could have done better, but I didn’t. Now I have to study this fight, try to see my mistakes, improve my mental state and make it up with myself”.

It will be interesting to see who the UFC matches up against Thiago next and how he performs. As far as Kampmann, he reportedly wants a bout with Dan Hardy. Yes, that would be most satisfactory indeed.

The MMA Hour Featuring Michael Bisping, Scott Coker

Filed under: MMA Videos, UFC, FanHouse Exclusive, VideosOn Monday’s live edition of The MMA Hour, we will first be joined by UFC middleweight Michael Bisping to talk about his most recent win against Dan Miller and what’s up next for him.

We will then…

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On Monday’s live edition of The MMA Hour, we will first be joined by UFC middleweight Michael Bisping to talk about his most recent win against Dan Miller and what’s up next for him.

We will then welcome back MMA Fighting’s Ben Fowlkes to recap UFC 115 and look ahead at a busy week in MMA.

Finally, Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker will return to the show to discuss Wednesday’s Strikeforce: Los Angeles show and next week’s Fedor vs. Werdum event in San Jose, Calif.

Watch/listen to the show live at 1 PM ET below.

Claude Patrick Has a Legitimate Gripe About UFC 115 Submission Bonus

Filed under: UFCPublicly, UFC fighters will always tell you that they don’t count on receiving an end of the night bonus check. Privately however, they’re looking at their counterparts on each fight card and calculating their chances of pocketing some …

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Publicly, UFC fighters will always tell you that they don’t count on receiving an end of the night bonus check. Privately however, they’re looking at their counterparts on each fight card and calculating their chances of pocketing some extra cash.

UFC newcomer and Canadian MMA veteran Claude Patrick admitted as much in a post on the Underground Forum earlier today, where he wrote that he had sized up the lineup and concluded that the Submission of the Night bonus would likely be awarded either to himself or fellow submissions expert Mike Pyle.

Of course, that’s not how it went down, and the end result was both Patrick and Pyle going home somewhat disappointed after the UFC elected to award Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic the $85,000 bonus for Submission of the Night at UFC 115.

Falling Action: Best and Worst of UFC 115

Filed under: UFCSunday afternoon I was sitting at my desk, staring at my computer screen in the hopes that words would magically appear on their own, and my dog barked right behind me. It was a bit startling, so I swiveled around expecting to see eithe…

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Sunday afternoon I was sitting at my desk, staring at my computer screen in the hopes that words would magically appear on their own, and my dog barked right behind me. It was a bit startling, so I swiveled around expecting to see either a burglar or a rabbit in the house, and that’s when I banged my knee against what turned out to be a really solid desk drawer.

I won’t lie: it hurt. It hurt a lot. Naturally, I began swearing. A lot. Then I limped around my office for a minute or two, wondering out loud what I’d ever done to my dog or the universe to deserve this.

That’s when I remembered Rich Franklin’s performance at UFC 115.