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