UFC: John Hackleman: "Chuck Liddell Not Retiring From UFC"

In a recent interview with the websiteaccomplished quite a bit as a fighter during his lifetime.
thefightnetwork.com, athletic trainer John HacklemanAdded to this was the MMA fighter's history of earning
emphatically replied to certain rumors that his clientrespectable amounts of profit, yet in White's opinion,
Chuck Liddell was not planning to bow out from theLiddell wasn't quite the same as the old champion he
Ultimate Fighting Championship. This strongly wordedused to be. The rumors were further augmented
rebuttal came in the wake of Liddell's loss against Keithwhen Liddell turned down questions at what his future
Jardine during UFC 76. During the aftermath of thecareer plans were after UFC 76, and the fighter said
bout, many rumors sprung up in different news outletshe would have to give things some careful thought.
that Liddell, also known as the Iceman, had lost hisIn his counter-argument, Hackleman defended his client
touch and was going to retire from mixed martial arts.and stated that they were speaking to someone who
They stemmed mainly from comments made by UFChad just lost a battle, who was suffering from
President Dana White during an interview with Yahoo!depression immediately after a major defeat. The
Sports, which allegedly implied that Liddell's retirementtrainer conceded that Liddell was disappointed, but also
was imminent.that it wasn't the right time or place to discuss a fight
During the discussion with White, the UFC officialimmediately after it ended, and that they usually
remarked that he no longer could see or feel thereviewed his performance by the time they got back
certain hunger for victory from Chuck Liddell, the driveto the gym. Furthermore, Hackleman added that Liddell
to conquer and win which supposedly marked the elitewas not planning to retire, and was considering going
of the competitive circuit's top fighters. After UFC 76,up against Mauricio "Shogun" Rua.
White acknowledged that at 37 years old, Liddell had