Liddell to Miss London
Posted by Chad Edward on April 22nd, 2008Fighters.com’s seventh-ranked light heavyweight “Iceman” Chuck Liddell (21-5) has been pulled from the 7 June UFC 85 main event by UFC President Dana White.
“Unfortunately, Chuck Liddell tore his right hamstring during training last week, and being the warrior that he is, he still wanted to fight, which is the reason why everyone in the world loves him,” said White at the UFC website. “But, I wouldn’t let anyone fight with his leg looking that way. Let him heal and come back and fight when he is 100 percent.”
A photo posted at the UFC website showed a deep crimson raspberry on the back of Liddell’s right leg.
“This is the first time I’ve ever had to pull out of a fight. I’ve fought injured plenty of times,” a disappointed Liddell explained in a video at MMA Jacked. “I was training and I popped my hamstring pretty bad. I’ll be fighting maybe August, September. We’ll see who they come up with.”
The UFC hasn’t announced a replacement to fight Liddell’s scheduled opponent, “Sugar” Rashad Evans (11-0-1).
“We’re adding fights to the card and rearranging it so the UK fans won’t have to worry, we’ll still be bringing an amazing card to London and the O2 Arena,” White promised.
danimal62 said:
It’s a good thing for Evans that he had to pull out! Chuck has such great take down defense that old sugar would have taken a pounding!
Chad Edward said:
I posted on Fighters.com that it was a tragedy for Liddell. Fighters always want to fight up, not fight down.