Interview
with Chuck Liddell ("The Iceman")
Profile:
Repeated
and current (Aug 2006) UFC Light Heavyweight Champion,
Chuck "The Iceman" Liddell, was born 17
Dec 1969, in Santa Barbara, California and currently
lives in San Luis Obisbo, California. Chuck has been
involved in martial arts since the age of 12, starting
out with Koei Kan Karate and then moving onto wrestling
and kickboxing. He is considered to be one of the
best strikers presently competing in the MMA Sport,
a proven Kickboxer possessing lethal punches, powerful
kicks and devastating knees. Although a 'self confessed'
striker, Chuck has a great sprawl and an uncanny ability
to get back to his feet, on the very rare occasions
when he is actually taken to ground. Chuck is very
quick and skilful when on the ground and is able to
out-manoeuvre even the most decent of grapplers. His
all round MMA skills make Chuck Liddell, undisputedly
one of the very best MMA fighters the sport has to
offer.he
UK and
Highest
Title:...UFC
Light Heavyweight Champ
Style:
.............Striker - Kickboxer.
Association:
....UFC..........
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..........USA..........
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Height/Weight:
6ft 2" 93kg
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. . . W/L/D:............18/3/0.
(UFC record)
Interview:
FF:
Chuck, UFC fans know you as the 'Iceman' and then
there's your trademark roar which you perform to celebrate
victory over your opponent. How did each of these
come about?
CHUCK:
"The Iceman nickname was given to me by my trainer
because he found it odd that I never, ever, got nervous
before a fight. My trainer had 20 pro boxing fights
and 35-40 pro kickboxing fights and he always got
nervous before a fight, but I just don't get nervous,
so my trainer starting calling me the 'Iceman'. The
roar is just something I did after my first knockout
and I kinda continued to do it, I suppose it's a natural
reaction."
FF:
Congratulations on retaining your UFC Light Heavyweight
Champion title, beating Renato "Babalu"
Sobral, Aug28th of this year. As UFC's most devastating
puncher, do you think Babalu's game plan to stand
and exchange punches with you, was foolish?
CHUCK:
"It was the same as when I fought Tito, everyone
thought their (Babalu and Tito) game-plan was to stand
and exchange punches with me, there is no way either
one of them wants to do that, but they've got no choice.
To get a good shot, they have get close enough to
touch me, I'm not going down with a poor shot and
if they are close enough to touch me, I'm close enough
to touch them. These fighters can't figure out how
to close the gap, I just keep my hands on them"
FF:
You have won 18, never drawn and lost only 3 professional
fights, your losses being to Jeremy Horn, Randy Couture
and Quinton Jackson. In your rematch with Couture,
you were the first person ever to knock him out and
became the UFC Light Heavyweight Champion for the
first time. In a rematch with Horn, you were victorious,
beating Horn by TKO to defend your UFC title. The
only person you have lost to in your fighting career
and not beaten in a rematch, is Jackson. To settle
the score, would you like Danna White (UFC president)
to negotiate a rematch between you and Quinton 'Rampage'
Jackson?
CHUCK:
"Trust
me, I'm trying. I've wanted to get that fight with
Quin for a while now, ever since the day I lost to
him".
FF:
Will Dana White (UFC President) set up the fight?
CHUCK:
"Quin signed for WFA, so UFC and WFA have to
sort something out…but my opinion is Quin doesn't
wanna fight me."
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