Hello Sportsfans!
First, I must apologize for not posting in over 20 days. My rock stardom/broken hand have seriously interfered with my bloggery and I am sincerely sorry for depriving you of my wit for the past few weeks.
But Seriously. . .
Chuck Liddell's 'performance' at UFC 76 and his consequent decision loss to the "Dean of Mean" Keith Jardine has had me feeling sick for the past 15 hours. Liddell seemed to have taken his prior loss to Quinton "Rampage" Jackson straight to the Club instead of back to the Pit where he could have improved his game. Rather, the Chuck Liddell that fought last night brought none of his trademark Liddell-ism with him. Instead of engaging Jardine in the game of cat and mouse that has worked so well for him against the toughest fighters in the division (draw a punch, return with 50 on the rebound, hunt etc.), Liddell seemed throughout the entire fight to be saving something, which, until the last :20 of Round 3, I really thought he was going to let loose.
But alas, Iceman, you saved us nothing.
There is no disrespect to Jardine here but the statistics had him as a big underdog. Lidell's beaten Tito, Randy (except for that one time) and Babalu (may his contract RIP) very definitively so why then was this relatively inexperienced young fighter, who's also coming off a recent loss to Houston Alexander able to dominate the way he did last night? Only the Iceman knows and if it weren't for the fact that this is his second straight loss, I'd say he'll just head back over to Hackleman's and recreate his technique, but this does not bode well for the former Champ. Will he still get the Silva fight? Will he fight Forrest? What is going on?
UFC Wits readers, I promise I will do my best to explain this shocking loss. . . Until next time, I'll see you at octagonside.
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