Saturday night marked Golden Boy Promotions’ inaugural
venture into MMA. The main event on this card was the Iceman, Chuck Liddell v. The
Huntington Beach Bad Boy, Tito Ortiz This fight turned into what many
feared, a fight that probably never needed to happen.
I must admit, I for one care for legend fights a great deal.
However, this being said, I like to caution against a legend fighting later in
their career and someone who is just purely past their prime putting themselves
in danger. Unfortunately, many worried Liddell should have never agreed to this
fight and I fear the critics were correct in their analysis.
Tito, who fought in 2017, ends up stopping Liddell in the
first round. Liddell looked like a fighter eight years removed from the sport.
For those who do not remember, Liddell was essentially forced into retirement
after knockouts caught up with him during his UFC career. There is no shame in
this, it happens to everyone. This is the same pep talk Steve Ward gives
himself, before getting oiled up and slapping his own unit around.
Our own Luis Cortes, regarding Liddell’s future was quoted
as saying, nothing, nothing at all. I could not reach Luis prior to this piece
and I desperately still wanted to put his name in this article, so here is how
I accomplished that. Thanks Luis, class act that fucking guy.
Liddell looked uncoordinated and unbalanced. He claimed to
have gotten into shape for the fight, but he truly just looked like a retired
fighter without the capacity to perform anymore. This is not a knock on Chuck
Liddell, he is fucking 48-years-old! I cannot get in a cage now and I am
considerably younger than Liddell.
Ortiz caught Liddell with a one-two against the cage late in
the first round and that was all she wrote. Ortiz finally avenged his two prior
losses to Liddell. Ortiz now feels like he has wronged this right from a career
perspective, but I doubt anyone was truly impressed with his performance. This
is a Liddell well past any semblance of his true capability and as such, the
win should be given its proper weight.
That being said, Ortiz still looks as if he could fight a
couple more times in events like this. It will be interesting to see if Ortiz
comes back and takes another fight against a former legend. For Liddell, even
though he said he would evaluate what is next, I truly hope he remains retired.
For someone as good he was in his prime, I hate to see him injured or continue to
compromise his well-being.
In the co-main event, Deron Winn defeated Tom Lawlor by
unanimous decision. For Winn, this establishes him as a true contender and he
will be looking to get paid as he is coming up on free agency. It will be
interesting to see where Winn goes from here.
Also worthy of mention is the tilt between two UFC veterans,
Gleison Tibau defeated Efrain Escudero by unanimous decision. Tibau had success
in the stand up game and ultimately wore Escudero down during the match.
More fight results:
Ricky Palacios defeated Walel Watson
James Barnes defeated Albert Morales
Jay Silva defeated Oscar Cota
Special Thanks To:
Brazilian Oil - Helping Steve Ward since 2009
Golden Boy - Entering the MMA arena
Michael B. Jordan - For his brilliant portrayal of Adonis
Johnson
Thanksgiving - For allowing America to over eat
Canadians - For stronger beer
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