| With only 2 losses in his last twenty Mixed | | | | losses; one to Mirko Cro Cop (a heavyweight) |
| Martial Arts fights; there is little doubt | | | | and most recently loosing his Pride title to |
| that Chuck Liddell is the best light | | | | Dan Henderson, it looks like this fight will |
| heavyweight fighter in the world. Still, fans | | | | not happen. If it did, I would think that |
| of the UFC always want to see good battles, | | | | Chuck would eventually knock Silva out. |
| so it's worth looking forward to those | | | | |
| fighters, UFC, Pride or elsewhere who might | | | | What about Mauricio "Shogun" Rua? For those |
| give Chuck Liddell a run for his money. | | | | of you who haven't seen Shogun fight, think |
| | | | of a guy with Brandon Vera's skills, |
| Chuck Liddell is on a seven fight winning | | | | Wanderlei Silva's aggression who's a natural |
| streak, his last defeat coming at the hands | | | | 205 pounder. Shogun won the Pride |
| of Quinton "Rampage" Jackson in November of | | | | middleweight tournament in 2005 defeating |
| 2003. Those seven victories were against some | | | | Ricardo Arona in the finals. By the way, |
| of the top light heavyweights of all time, | | | | Arona would be another good fight for Chuck |
| including two victories over Randy "The | | | | as he also holds a victory over Wanderlei |
| Natural" Couture and two victories over Tito | | | | Silva. Shogun only has one victory in his |
| Ortiz. Other notables were submission masters | | | | last 13 fights and that is to a much larger |
| Renalto "Babalu" Sobral and Jeremy Horn. | | | | Mark Coleman who slammed Shogun and broke his |
| | | | arm. You have to go back to 2003 to find |
| The fight against Quinton Jackson, which was | | | | another loss for Shogun and for a 25 year old |
| held in Japan under Pride rules was probably | | | | fighter, that's a long time ago. |
| the last time that Chuck Liddell looked | | | | |
| remotely vulnerable. His two victories over | | | | I'll round out my list with Mirko Cro Cop. I |
| Randy Couture and Tito Ortiz were easy and | | | | don't care if Chuck goes up to heavyweight, |
| his dismantlingof Jeremy Horn shows how far | | | | or Mirko cuts weight to 205. This is a fight |
| Chuck has come as a fighter since the two | | | | that I've wanted to see for a long time. |
| first met in 1999. A fight which Horn won by | | | | These guys are both excellent strikers, I'd |
| submission in the first round. | | | | give the edge in technique to Cro Cop and the |
| | | | edge in power to Liddell. Leg kicks might be |
| So who might be the next fighter to give | | | | the deciding factor and Mirko Cro Cop has |
| chuck a real fight. Will it be Quinton | | | | Chuck Liddell beaten in this area. No matter |
| "Rampage" Jackson in their long awaited | | | | how this fight ends, you can bet that it'll |
| rematch. Now that Jackson is fighting in the | | | | be exciting. Neither of these two guys wants |
| UFC, it's just a matter of time until we see | | | | to take the fight to the ground and both of |
| this one. I predict the summer or fall of | | | | them love to knock their opponents out. |
| 2007. I think that Chuck Liddell is a much | | | | |
| better fighter now than he was when he faced | | | | So, the fights I'd like to see Chuck Liddell |
| Rampage the first time. Also Quinton Jackson | | | | in are: |
| is not the same fighter that faced Chuck the | | | | |
| first time, unfortunately for Rampage, his | | | | Chuck Liddell vs Mauricio "Shogun" Rua |
| skills have not gotten better. Ever since | | | | |
| Quinton Jackson's first knockout loss at the | | | | Chuck Liddell vs Quinton "Rampage" Jackson |
| hands of Wanderlei Silva he has not been the | | | | |
| same fighter and certainly the second | | | | Chuck Liddell vs Wanderlei Silva |
| knockout loss to the same opponent did not | | | | |
| help matter any. Let's hope that Quinton has | | | | Chuck Liddell vs Mirko Cro Cop |
| regained that edge that made him so dangerous | | | | |
| in the first fight against Chuck. | | | | Chuck Liddell vs Ricardo Arona |
| | | | |
| Wanderlei Silva, the former middleweight | | | | I'm 99% sure we're at least going to see the |
| champion in Pride would also give Chuck a | | | | Rampage fight and about 50% sure that we |
| very good fight. Silva is likely the most | | | | will. eventually see the Cro Cop fight. Let's |
| aggressive fighter in MMA. For a long time, | | | | hope that the others are in the cards before |
| this fight was an MMA fans biggest dream | | | | Chuck retires. |
| fight, but with Silva suffering back to back | | | | |