From the Las Vegas Review Journal:
“I miss fighting and I want to fight, so that’s what I’m doing,” Liddell said Monday, expressing a desire to prove he is still a viable fighter. “I’ll keep arguing and (White) will keep arguing with me. I just have to show him that I can perform.”
Liddell said he has plans beyond a third meeting with Ortiz, whom he has beaten twice.
“I would like another fight and then I want another fight after,” he said. “Hopefully, Dana’s happy with my two wins and I get a shot at a contender and then a shot at a title. That’s four fights and that’s about as far forward as I’ve thought.”
Chuck has never been the one that wants to be done, it’s always been Dana. Which is obvious once again in the above quote.
The reaction speed is really the issue for Liddell. He probably can manage to beat Ortiz again when they clash for the third time but when he gets in with someone who can get off quickly in striking exchanges, that will be when we learn how much of a career Chuck has left. Is Liddell currently able to handle the “not quite top of the division” guys like Brandon Vera or Jon Jones at this point?
Something tells me if he does beat Tito and continues on that we’ll be seeing him get an opponent along the lines of the Couture/Coleman winner.
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