(Chuck Liddell)
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Matt Boone: Chuck, what's going on brother?
Chuck Liddell: Not a whole lot man, just waiting, anxious for the fight man.
Matt Boone: Are you ready or what man? You ready?
Chuck Liddell: Oh, I'm ready.
Matt Boone: Oh, I love it. Love to hear that. He sounds real pumped up. He's ready to go it sounds like.
Ryan Clark: Good stuff. Chuck, what's going on man, it's Ryan Clark here?
Chuck Liddell: How you doing?
Ryan Clark: Pretty good man. What we did was, we put a notice out on the websites and told the fans to send in some questions for you. We've got a pretty good batch here. No real order. I guess we'll start here at the top with IidelphiaMMA from the Sherdog forums says: "How is your cardio going to be for the fight? Do you think you'll be able to set the pace against Tito, as Tito has said he's going to set the pace and try and punch through your looping style punches?"
Chuck Liddell: There's not a whole lot of chance of him punching through my "looping style punches" [laughs] but uhh, yeah, I'm ready to go. I've been working a lot of wrestling, and he's gonna come out and wrestle. He's not gonna try and punch through me. If anyone thinks he is, they're crazy.
Matt Boone: So you don't think he's going to stand with you like he's claiming to everybody?
Chuck Liddell: [laughs] Come on. Come on.
Matt Boone: It's a bluff?
Chuck Liddell: It's a bluff. He's trying to sell it. He's trying to sell it to me. He can try and sell it to everybody else, but he's not selling it to me. Even if he had the remote idea of doing it, after I hit him one time he's going to go back to shooting.
Matt Boone: Game plan would change pretty quickly, huh?
Chuck Liddell: I'll change it. If that was his real plan, which - it wasn't, [laughs] I'll change it quickly.
Matt Boone: Chuck uncensored. I love it. Ummm, let me ask you this - if he gets you on the ground, your training your ground work, you're ready to go if you have to fight from your back, right?
Chuck Liddell: Yeah, I've trained on my ground. I'm ready to go. I'm ready to go on the ground, I'm ready to stand up.
Matt Boone: OK, let me ask you this. If he gets you down, are you looking to get up real quick, or are you ready to start working from your back? What's the plan there?
Chuck Liddell: I'll be getting back up. I'm gonna get back up and get him.
Matt Boone: You don't think you'll have any problems getting back up with Tito, huh?
Chuck Liddell: I'm not planning on having any problems. I mean, if I do, I'll work from my back if I have to, but I'm gonna be making every effort I can to get up. I'm gonna make him work to hold me down.
Matt Boone: I love it. Let's see, we got one here from TheRazor from The Underground forums. He says, "Will we see any kicks against Tito?" Dana [White] said on commentary during the PRIDE Grand Prix that the gameplan against "Rampage" [Quinton Jackson] was to throw a lot of leg and body kicks, and he didn't see any. He also wants to know if you prefer fighting in the octagon or ring?
Chuck Liddell: You know I like...as far as what I like fighting in, I like fighting in the octagon better. I mean, I just like the cage. As far as throwing kicks, I plan on throwing kicks. I plan on throwing kicks with him, I'm not worried about throwing kicks against him when they come. If they come, they come. I don't come out there and say, "ok, I'm going to throw this combination and this combination". As far as my kicks go, when they come up, they come up. Because they come up a lot in sparring, I'm expecting them a lot to come up when I fight.
Matt Boone: They definitely came up against "Babalu" [Renato Sobral] at UFC 40.
Chuck Liddell: Yup.
Ryan Clark: Guys, before we move on to the next question, for all you guys in the chat room, if you want to ask live questions and stuff with us, you can do so. It's, wrestlezoneradio.com/chat. If you're not in the chat room and you can't get there, just give us an e-mail. It's wzr@sescoops.com and you guys can ask live questions for Chuck Liddell. Next one is an e-mail here from Dorian Harris who says, "the last two losses have come from ground-n-pound style fighters in Randy [Couture] and Rampage. What have you learned from those fights, and will you come out on top against another "GnP" type fighter in Tito [Ortiz]?
Chuck Liddell: Umm, well you know one of the things I went back to wrestling was getting my takedown defense back. I've been working on that a lot more. So, I think that's going to help out a lot and I worked on a few other things with striking, but yeah, I'm ready for it so, so, we'll see what he can do.
Matt Boone: His second question here he says, "It's been some time since you and Tito trained together. Do you think that what happened during those sessions will have any impact on what will happen in the fight this time, or will it be just a mental thing still in Tito's head?"
Chuck Liddell: You know, if anything - it'll be a mental thing in his head. Little questions in his head. I mean, it's been a long time since we trained and I always said training is training, you know? The question he has is if he struggles to take me down early I think that will play into his mind where he has had such a hard time taking me down when we train.
Matt Boone: Yeah, because it's expected. Everybody will think that he's gonna have trouble taking down Chuck Liddell, and I personally think he'll have his trouble myself. What was your opinion of the appearance on Carson Daly?
Ryan Clark: [laughing] I was just gonna ask that.
Matt Boone: Yeah, I wanna hear the thoughts now that it's been out on national television.
Ryan Clark: 'Cause Chuck was just kind of laid back and calm.
Matt Boone: He was "The Iceman!"
Ryan Clark: [laughing] Yeah, yeah.
Matt Boone: He was laid back saying "we'll just see what happens."
Ryan Clark: ..and Tito was just running that mouth.
Chuck Liddell: Uhh, you know, I expected him to run his mouth. I mean, that's what he does. But, some of his stuff just didn't make sense. [laughing] I'm like, "ok". [laughing] He said something about....oh yeah, I told him "I'd love to see you try and walk through my punches, it'd be a fun night for me". He says, "Yeah...yeah, if I do that it'll be a long night for both of us!" Just didn't make any sense [laughing]
Ryan Clark: Yeah, when he was asked how he's going to win the fight - he said something like he's better looking?
Matt Boone: Yeah, when he was asked how he's gonna win he said it's because he was the better looker and talker.
Chuck Liddell: [laughing] Yeah, what's that got to do with anything? He looks better and he talks better, that's why he's gonna win? [laughs]
Matt Boone: Yeah he's the better talker...I guess he'll talk you to death!
Chuck Liddell: Yeah, he'll talk me to death [laughs]
Ryan Clark: [laughing] What's next, uhhh, e-mail from Dorian Harris again. Why don't you read that one bro?
Matt Boone: It says, "How is Tito delaying the fight effected how you feel about the fight? Are you relieved it's finally happening, angry it's only after he lost the title and it's no longer for the championship, or bittersweet - got 'em, but not for the belt?"
Chuck Liddell: You know, I'm just glad it happened. I mean, he's been popping off for a long-long time and it...yeah, I think it made me a little more upset, the fact that he's popping off and not willing to take the fight. You know? It don't bother me when people pop off, but if you're going to pop off, step up. You know? So, now he finally got into a position where he had to take the fight. You know? And, so now I finally get to get my fight.
Matt Boone: I wanted to get your take on, what is it, came out on DirecTV, "The Iceman vs. Bad Boy" documentary I believe it was called? What's your thoughts on that?
Chuck Liddell: You know, I didn't see it. I'm probably not going to watch it 'til after the fight, I didn't really wanna get into it. Um, and a lot of the stuff they filmed on it I haven't seen. You know? 'Cause they filmed stuff with like my mom, and I never saw any of his [Tito Ortiz's] stuff. So, I'm gonna check it out...I had someone tape it for me, I'm gonna check it out after the fight.
Matt Boone: Alright, sounds good. What else we got for him here?
Ryan Clark: What is next? This Dorian has a lot of questions.
Matt Boone: He said, "if rumors are true and you are able to take Tito down during training, how great would it be if you came out in round one and shot in and took Tito down.?" He said, "he would not be ready for it and would probably screw up his whole game and embarrass the hell out of him. Any chance of us seeing that?" he says.
Chuck Liddell: Um, you know, I don't know. I'm not planning on it. The way I run my fight, I fight by whatever comes up. I wanna come out striking. If we get in a scramble situation and there's a takedown there, I might take it. But uh, I'm not...if I did it, that'd be the reason to do it to get at him.
Matt Boone: Do you still have any designs on a fight with Vanderlei Silva?
Chuck Liddell: Oh, I'd love to fight Vanderlei. I think it'd be a great fight for the fans. I always have. Me and him would hit each other in the head 'til one of us falls down.
Matt Boone: Oh yeah. What do you think you gotta do to make that fight happen? Do you need to have the belt [UFC Light Heavyweight title] for them to be interested?
Chuck Liddell: I think I'd need to have the belt to make that fight.
Matt Boone: So, if you get past Tito Ortiz on April 2nd, is that what you're going for next? The winner of Vitor Belfort/Randy Couture third fight, I guess?
Chuck Liddell: Yeah, that's what I'd like to get at.
Matt Boone: Alright, who would you prefer fighting? You fought 'em both before, who do you think is the easier fight for you? Something where you know you can go in and get the belt?
Chuck Liddell: Well, you know. It's not that, it doesn't matter who wins, I'll fight either one of them. I mean, if Vitor wins - I'll fight him again. If Randy wins, I mean, I'm gonna wanna rematch Randy anyway. So, if Randy wins, I'd like to fight Randy.
Matt Boone: So, you'd rather it be Randy since you've already beaten Vitor, and you can, you know, fix the blemish from Couture?
Chuck Liddell: Yeah, definitely.
Ryan Clark: Couple more questions here for Chuck. Next one - umm, well, Chuck, I know you've been doing some movies. You and Tito actually had a little set-up fight in "Cradle 2 The Grave", right?
Chuck Liddell: Yep.
Ryan Clark: And you appeared in "How High", with Method Man and Redman. Any more entertainment gigs for you in the future?
Chuck Liddell: You know, I don't know. I'll take some stuff as it comes up, but it's not.... my passion is fighting. So, that's my main thing and we'll see. If stuff comes, it's fun to do and uh, it's always interesting to go do new things, but my main thing is fighting.
Matt Boone: Alright, a lot of fighters don't like to do it, but I'll ask it anyway. Do you have a prediction for the fight against Tito, April 2nd? How's it gonna happen? What's gonna happen man?
Chuck Liddell: Well, you know, I don't like making predictions. I mean, if he stands with me like he says he's going to....I will put him out in the first round. If he comes after me and just stands, tries to punch through me - like he says he's going to....yeah, it's over.
Matt Boone: You're gonna drop him?
Chuck Liddell: Yeah, he's going down.
Matt Boone: Alright Chuck, that's about all we got for you this time. Before we get going do you have any plugs or final comments?
Chuck Liddell: Hey, just check out this fight. It's gonna be one you won't wanna miss.
Matt Boone: It's THE big one, THE big one. Alright Chuck, thanks for stopping by the show man.
Chuck Liddell: Alright, thank you man.
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