Dana White: It’s Over For Chuck Liddell
In another fine interview by Ariel Helwani, Dana White guarantees that Chuck Liddell is done after being knocked out by Rich Franklin at UFC 115. The picture above was taken by Chuck’s girlfriend and posted on her Twitter. Not the lasting image I want to see from the Iceman’s last fight. I still don’t get the finality of it all. Fans still have interest in seeing Chuck KO Tito again, and I don’t think Tito is going to KO Chuck, or anybody else for that matter. Being concerned with Liddell’s health is admirable and the right thing to do for UFC president Dana White. But I want to hear it from Chuck.
Classic KOs: Chuck Liddell vs. Babalu
I’d like to think that we will see this again from the Iceman, but I doubt we will. Dana White said that if Chuck loses to Rich Franklin at UFC 115 that he will be forced to retire. But don’t believe it fans. Chuck and Tito will make those pay-per-view dollars and people still want to see it. Well, mostly they want to see Chuck flatten Tito yet again. I don’t see why that can’t still happen even if Chuck loses to Franklin.
Rampage Jackson In Cuffs! (On Fake Wrestling Show)
I’ll bet that this clip from WWE Raw is more entertaining than the new “A-Team” movie with Rampage Jackson. After all, this clip has “The Million Dollar Man” Ted Dibiase, Rowdy Roddy Piper and the man himself — Mean Gene Okerlund!
This stuff is fun and all, but it’s kind of a shame to MMA fans that Rampage can only do his patented power slams in a fake wrestling show now. Sigh. How long until we see him in the WWE on a full-time basis?
UFC 116 Brock Lesnar vs. Shane Carwin Trailer/Poll
We can only hope that the fight and the event is as good as this trailer. I’m totally amped already, but then again, I’m an MMA dork. Watch the video then please vote in our poll. I’m very curious to see who fans think will win the Brock Lesnar vs. Shane Carwin fight at UFC 116.
Kim Couture Didn’t Smell Dinner Cooking
Maybe she didn’t smell dinner cooking. Kim Couture, mixed martial artist and former squeeze of UFC Hall of Famer Randy Couture, was arrested in Las Vegas last weekend on charges of domestic violence. What happens in Vegas may stay in Vegas, but it can also get you put behind bars.
The website MMA News Leak first reported that Couture allegedly got into an argument with her personal assistant at the home they share in Las Vegas. When police officers arrived at the scene, Couture was choking her personal assistant and the assistant was noticeably beaten. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police took her into custody and booked her into Clark County Detention Center.
I want to know if it was a male or female assistant. Also, was it a guillotine? Rear naked choke? Severn choke? D’Arce? MMA dorks need this type of information. Whatever it was, Couture is now out on bail.
Couture has had quite the career for someone that turned pro in June, 2008. In her first fight she has her jaw broken. Her last fight was in November of 2009, and she was beat down by Kerry Vera. Couture holds a 1-2 pro record.
H/T: MMA News Leak
Hallucinogenics, MMA Make Baaaaad Combo
Children, martial artists and people that like really bizarre stories — please listen up. This is a true story that will blow your mind.
A California judge upheld charges of murder against a mixed martial arts fighter on Friday after the man allegedly cut the victim’s heart out of his chest.
Mixed martial arts fighter Jarrod Wyatt, 26, was reportedly under the influence of psychedelic drugs when witnesses said he and his sparring partner, Taylor Powell, became preoccupied with the notion that the end of the world was near and that there would be a final struggle between God and the devil, the Times-Standard reports.
Del Norte County Police Sgt. Elwood Lee said that Wyatt told him at the scene that he saw the devil in Powell’s face and that “‘Satan was in that dude.’” He allegedly cut an 18-inch hole in Powell’s chest, removed his heart, cut his tongue off and removed a majority of Powell’s face.
Wyatt said that he, Powell and two other friends had drunk hallucinogenic mushroom tea prior to the incident.
This could be that next movie role that Rampage Jackson is looking for! Rashad can play the guy that rips his heart out. But seriously, maybe it’s time that the UFC and other MMA promotions stepped up and made some PSAs to tell kids and well, morons that MMA is not a joke, nor is it something to “pretend” like pro wrestling. Between this incident and the backyard MMA incident that ended in death, things are getting a bit too freaky.
h/t: Guyism via NY Daily News
