UFCJunkie.com is reporting that both Chuck Liddell and Wanderlei Silva have at least verbally agreed to fight each other at UFC 76 this September in Anaheim, California.
Former UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell (20-4 MMA, 14-3 UFC) and former longtime PRIDE Fighting Championships middleweight champion Wanderlei Silva (31-7-1 MMA, 1-2 UFC) have verbally agreed to a fight that will take place at UFC 76 in September. That’s according to a source close to the Chute Box team who recently spoke to UFCjunkie.com (www.ufcjunkie.com).
According to the source, the two fighters have agreed on “numbers†and a verbal agreement has been reached. Additionally, the fight likely will be signed once the Brazilian Silva returns to the U.S., the source said.
Rumors recently popped up that stated UFC 76 was the most likely date for the fight. However, just last month, White told reporters on a media conference call that there was no truth to the reports and that Liddell probably wouldn’t return to the Octagon until November.
However, barring any injuries or scheduling conlicts, Sept. 22 is the target date, our source said.
Personally, I’m not holding my breath that this fight will happen in September. While I do believe this fight is inevitable, I’ve lost faith in all these Liddell vs Silva announcements. Until something is officially announced, I’ll still play the part of the skeptic.
If the fight does happen at UFC 76, it will be a very interesting card as Silva’s Chute Boxe protege Mauricio “Shogun” Rua is set to make his UFC debut against Lyoto Machida on the same card.
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DRJ
i agree with u and im going to wait to bust my laod,im thinking this next ppv is going to announce that fight or sooner i hope but now going on to shogun vs machida i thought that right out the bat these pride fighters get a sure thing on there first fight machida is a great fighter and i really think expically in the year of the upset a upset is brewing and a big one ,i know i am a shogun fan but in a fight i know now there aint no for sure things ever
lol, man have you guys heard dennis rodman talking trash about the ufc and chuck liddell..AGAIN. What a looser!!!. BUT i hope this fight happens and it is the year of the upset so be ready for ol wandy to get upset!!!!!!! September 22 cometh!! Please i hope this fight happens!!
Hey guys quick question……..how come urijh faber is not in the top rankings? Is it because there is no “official” rankings for his weight class?
@Todd,
I assume you are referring to the MMAWeekly.com rankings. If so then a few reasons:
1) MMAWeekly.com’s rankings are complete bull crap and they are completely unrealistic
2) MMAWeekly.com doesn’t officialy rank the 145lb division so they just rank all fighters under 155lb in the Lightweight rankings
im from central cali and they have been announce this mma event called mallee on the mountain and on tv while they are promoting it they say the worlds best will be completing and thats not the funny part the funny part is they play old pride knockout fights now if i wasnt a mma freak then i would assume that at least on of those guys would be there there real lame for trying to decieve us
@richard
where in central cali do you live?
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visalia
is it just me or mmaweekly has the dummest rankings
victoria
its a commonlly known fact