{"id":276819,"date":"2018-05-21T05:59:19","date_gmt":"2018-05-21T12:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=276819"},"modified":"2018-05-21T05:59:19","modified_gmt":"2018-05-21T12:59:19","slug":"tito-ortiz-explains-why-he-wants-third-fight-with-chuck-liddell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/tito-ortiz\/tito-ortiz-explains-why-he-wants-third-fight-with-chuck-liddell\/","title":{"rendered":"Tito Ortiz explains why he wants third fight with Chuck Liddell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this month, former UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell announced<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/chuck-liddell\/chuck-liddell-confirms-he-will-fight-again-eyes-showdown-with-jon-jones\/\"> his intention to emerge from an eight-year-retirement to make a comeback<\/a>. While nothing is set in stone just yet, it sounds as though Liddell&#8217;s comeback fight will pit him against his former arch rival Tito Ortiz, probably in Oscar De La Hoya&#8217;s new MMA promotion.<\/p>\n<p>Liddell and Ortiz have fought twice before, with Liddell winning both contests by stoppage. That being said, Ortiz feels he never got the opportunity to show the best version of himself against Liddell in the UFC.<\/p>\n<p id=\"pfVIZz\">\u201cTito Ortiz vs. Chuck Liddell III, the fight that all the fans wanted to see for the longest time and never got a chance to,\u201d Ortiz said to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Un4kz_u2Zfk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TMZ Sports<\/a> over the weekend (transcribed by Jed Meshew for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2018\/5\/21\/17374656\/morning-report-tito-ortiz-says-he-never-got-a-fair-shake-against-chuck-liddell-in-ufc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMA Fighting<\/a>). \u201cI never got a fair shake when I was with the UFC against Chuck, any of the times I ever fought against him. Let\u2019s do it under a different promotion. Let\u2019s do it under Golden Boy Promotion. He has a great background in promoting fights, some of the biggest fights in the world, and he bit on it, hook, line, and sinker. He\u2019s in. Let\u2019s see if we can make some history here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ortiz then gave a timeframe for this prospective bout, explaining that sometime in the fall would be best for him.<\/p>\n<p id=\"jm7sYr\">\u201cI\u2019m not exactly at the point where I can say where but when, October or November,\u201d he said. \u201cThat way we have some time to promote. We\u2019ll do a world tour &#8211; kind of go around to talk smack to build up the fight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Whenever the fight occurs, Ortiz expects to be in tip-top shape when the cage door closes. After all, he was fighting \u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-tito-ortiz-submits-chael-sonnen-holds-onto-choke1\/\">and <em>winning<\/em><\/a> \u2014 under the Bellator banner a little over a yea ago.<\/p>\n<p id=\"0nEzNx\">\u201cI only retired a year ago,\u201d Ortiz said. \u201cI got in the gym two weeks ago and let me tell you, I bounced back faster than I even imagined I could bounce back. I\u2019ve always been in good shape, I take care of my body and I\u2019ve got an opportunity to get redemption.<\/p>\n<p id=\"8pAty2\">\u201cLook at the history books.\u00a0Randy Couture\u00a0at the age of 43 won the heavyweight world title at the age of 43. I feel healthy. I have a great surgeon that put me together. I\u2019m the million dollar man so let\u2019s make a couple more million kicking Chuck Liddell\u2019s ass. It\u2019s gonna build. It\u2019s gonna be the hugest fight in MMA history, just watch and see.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Are you interested in Tito Ortiz and Chuck Liddell&#8217;s potential rematch?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 5\/20\/2018. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this month, former UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell announced his intention to emerge from an eight-year-retirement to make a comeback. 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