{"id":270917,"date":"2018-02-24T10:06:36","date_gmt":"2018-02-24T18:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=270917"},"modified":"2018-02-24T10:06:36","modified_gmt":"2018-02-24T18:06:36","slug":"scott-coker-unsure-promote-another-chuck-liddell-fight-tito-ortiz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/chuck-liddell\/scott-coker-unsure-promote-another-chuck-liddell-fight-tito-ortiz\/","title":{"rendered":"Scott Coker Unsure if He Could Promote Another Chuck Liddell Fight With Tito Ortiz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It seems like every year there is <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/chael-sonnen\/chael-sonnen-details-backstage-altercation-chuck-liddell\/\">a tease that Chuck Liddell may come out of retirement<\/a> for one or two more fights. This year, it seems to be a fight with former rival and UFC light heavyweight champion, Tito Ortiz. However, Bellator president Scott Coker is on the fence about the idea. It&#8217;s not that he wouldn&#8217;t put on the trilogy between Liddell and Ortiz, he&#8217;s just that he literally doesn&#8217;t know if he can.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cMy understanding is that Chuck [Liddell] is still under contract with the UFC. I\u2019m not sure. I just thought that to be true. I don\u2019t know the details, but when he retired, I think the contract freezes and they maintain some rights.\u00a0Listen, is it a fight that would be fun to watch [between Liddell and Tito Ortiz]? I think if they both pass a physical and Tito was healthy and his neck was healthy and he was able to perform at a high level, and they were fighting, to me is it interesting? I would definitely watch it.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">From Tito Ortiz&#8217;s Instagram story. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/echTqNgJmb\">pic.twitter.com\/echTqNgJmb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chamatkar Sandhu (@SandhuMMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SandhuMMA\/status\/967338846299058178?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 24, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;But would we promote it? I don\u2019t think we can, because Chuck is still under contract with the UFC.\u00a0Right now, we\u2019re extremely busy with our World Grand Prix. We\u2019ve got a great tournament going and we have some exciting things you\u2019re gonna hear about in the next couple weeks. I think we\u2019re gonna focus, keep our head down and keep doing what we\u2019re doing and focus on these great events that we\u2019re doing.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2018\/2\/24\/17047634\/scott-coker-unsure-if-bellator-would-be-able-to-promote-chuck-liddell-vs-tito-ortiz-3\">Scott Coker speaking to MMA Fighting<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Tito Ortiz was last seen getting a win over Chael Sonnen under the Bellator banner, before going back into retirement once again. While he may still be under a contract with the organization, Chuck Liddell is a different story. Scott Coker believes he may still be under some sort of contract with the UFC. This may be way <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/tito-ortiz\/tito-ortiz-interested-trilogy-fight-chuck-liddell-pitched-idea-ufc\/\">Ortiz himself brought the bout up to the UFC<\/a>, who didn&#8217;t think Liddell could pass the medical examination to allow the fight to happen. Although, Liddell is confident <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/tito-ortiz\/chuck-liddell-believes-hed-approved-fight-tito-ortiz-doubts-ortiz-will-accept-1\/\">he&#8217;d be cleared to fight<\/a> again.<\/p>\n<p><em>This article first appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\">BJPenn.com<\/a> on 2\/24\/2018.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It seems like every year there is a tease that Chuck Liddell may come out of retirement for one or two more fights. This year, it seems to be a fight with former rival and UFC light heavyweight champion, Tito Ortiz. However, Bellator president Scott Coker is on the fence about the idea. 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