Former UFC Light Heavyweight Chamꦡpions Tito Ortiz and Chuck Liddell had one of the greatest rivalries in UFC history.
Ortiz had previously shot down 💃a third opportunity to fight his longtime rival, but the former champion has app🔯arently had a change of heart and has spoken to theꦿ UFC about it.
“I have a lot of interest level,” said Ortiz to . “Actually, on New Year’s, I asked the matchmakers for the UFC if they’d ever want to do a Chuck Liddell-Tito Ortiz III and he kind of looked at me and laughed and said, ‘Chuck couldn’t pass to fight again. He’s been knocked out, unconscious, five times.’ I guarantee you the doctor won’t give him a license.”
Liddell won both of the previous encounters with Ortiz, earning those victories at꧟ UFC 47 and UFC 66.
The Huౠntington Beach Bad Boy says he would even take the ✱fight to help out Liddell, who is apparently going through some issues.
“It’s up to them,” said Ortiz. “I thought of it just because I was pumped because of the UFC in general, being back in the house, but I don’t know. I would like another go at it. I left on a high stool of choking Chael within two-and-a-half minutes. My body’s fine. I know Chuck Liddell’s been knocked out unconscious to the point where they had to give him the smelling salts to make him feel better but he’s looking to be a paycheck. I understand it. I have other businesses, and it’s not a hurry for me to fight. I don’t want to fight, I don’t need to fight, but if Chuck needs to, I’ll be a good friend like he was once and give him a payday.”
If the bout were to come together, it would be Ortiz’s first fight since Bellator 170 and Liddell’s first fight since UFC 115.
