Chuck Liddell Retiring?

After Chuck Liddell lost to Keith Jardine at UFC 76 , rumer had it that Chuck Liddell “The Iceman” was going to retire for mixed martial arts competition.

But his trainer John Hackleman can reveal that “The Iceman” will not be retiring anytime soon!

Liddell’s retirement sparked when Dana White UFC President pondered on “The Iceman’s” retirement in a interview with Yahoo! Sports, saying that its gonna happen soon!

“There’s a hunger thing that you have to have to be an elite fighter and I just didn’t see a Chuck Liddell who was as hungry as he used to be,” White said after UFC 76.  “Chuck has made a lot of money in this business and he’s done a lot of things, but he wasn’t the Chuck of old.”

“You’re dealing with a guy that just lost a fight, is totally depressed right after a humungous loss,” Hackleman told thefightnetwork.com.  “Of course, he’s disappointed.  We didn’t get into details about the fight, especially after a loss, because that’s not the time you want to talk about it.  We usually talk about it when we get back in the gym.”

Hackleman said that Liddell has plans to fight Mauricio “Shogun” Rua, winner of the PRIDE Fighting Championship, who just lost to Forrest Griffin in the lightweight fight in UFC 76

“He’s already said he’ll be back in the gym next Monday,” Hackleman, who has coached Liddell for 16 years, said.  “He’s going to fight again, hopefully as soon as possible, maybe in December. We’re looking at Shogun.”

“Chuck will face anyone they put in front of him,” Hackleman added.  Due to their formidable records, a bout between Liddell and Rua would catapult either fighter back into title contention.”

3 Comments so far

  1. HIT SQUAD on October 18th, 2007

    MATT HUGHES NOT OPENING A H.I.T Squad IN HIS HOMETOWN OF ILL, BUT THROUGHTOUT THE WESTCOAST.. H.I.T SQUAD ON THE WEST SIDE OF PHOENIX IS ALMOST DONE AND SHOULD OPENING THIS YEAR AS WELL.

  2. Geno on November 11th, 2007

    IS Matt going to open his school at the old NEST Gym/ jostes concrete? Where can I get more info on the HIT Squad gym in the west side of phoenix?

  3. mmabusters on February 28th, 2008

    Jostes Concrete and its owner are frauds. Matt Hughes never let him use the name, hence they had to open it under a different name. He is a scam artist, embezzler and cheats people left and right. Anyone that goes to his gym is just asking for trouble. Do yourselves a favor and pick a gym with a reliable owner. Jostes will take your money and then close down the next week.

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