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Chuck Liddell Coming Out Of Retirement, Wants Fight With Jon Jones

Chuck Liddell Coming Out Of Retirement, Wants Fight With Jon Jones

Jones has reacted to Liddell's call-out on Twitter.

Nasir Jabbar

Nasir Jabbar

Jon Jones vs. Chuck Liddell, anyone?

Liddell, 48, stated on The MMA Hour that he's set to end his retirement.

"I will fight again, yeah, if we can get a deal together with somebody that makes sense, yeah," he said.

"I want to fight," Liddell added. "I miss everything. Everyone always asks me, 'Hey man, this must be a lot better than fighting?' No, no, I still - that was my favorite thing."

WHAT?!

The ex-UFC light-heavyweight king has always hinted at a potential return to the cage following hanging his gloves up in December 2010.

And on Monday, he finally confirmed those suggestions by claiming he's coming out of retirement.

Who's next for 'The Iceman'?

Well, he's targeting ANOTHER fight against Tito Ortiz. He's already slapped around Ortiz, beating him on two occasions including their epic UFC 66 bout which was a then-UFC pay-per-view record, garnering over a 1 million buys.

Ortiz isn't just on his radar. Wait for it... Jon Jones (!!).

Liddell and Jones face-off.
Liddell and Jones face-off.

Jones, 30, is still contracted with UFC. But he's been out of the Octagon since July 2017 following a slew of problems, including a positive drug test.

UFC's storied 205lbs division is like boxing's golden heavyweight generation.

Mainly thanks to Liddell who was the original face of MMA, a huge breakout star.

'The UFC Hall of Famer' had a bunch of records to his name until Jones came along.

He broke Liddell's record of most title defences among others.

It's always been a dream mythical match-up. However, in 2018, is the bout set to happen?

Well, news of Liddell ending his MMA hiatus spread like wild fire with Jones reacting on social media.

Liddell's suffered a knockout in each of his last three UFC bouts.

He was brutally knocked out by Rashad Evans, 'Shogun' then Rich Franklin.

Wanna see Liddell back in the cage?

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Topics: Jon Jones, UFC News, UFC, MMA