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Tito Ortiz and Chuck Liddell are going to fight one another for a third time, this time for Oscar de la Hoya’s MMA promotion. Didn’t know Oscar had one of those? Join the club.
Brett Okamoto, desperate to not lose his job to Ariel Helwani, reports that the two will headline Golden Boy Promotions first ever MMA PPV. Now, there’s no known date or location for the fight, because that would be asking too many irrelevant details, but rest assured: they’re gonna do this.
“I’m proud to announce we’ve signed a deal for the fight between Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz,” De La Hoya said in a statement to ESPN. “This will be huge for sports fans around the world. Ortiz and Liddell are two of the most recognized fighters in MMA history. They are legends in the sport.
“Everyone remembers their rivalry helped put the sport on the map, and we’re excited to host the next and final chapter of this historic rivalry.”
“It feels great to sign a deal, to be honest with you. It’s as exciting as I knew it would be,” Liddell said like a lounge singer hitting the same lines decades later. “Golden Boy offers something different. We’re partners in this. And I never get sick of punching Tito.”
“I’m only interested in fighting Chuck at this time. If anything, the rivalry is worse than it ever was. This isn’t made for TV. This is as real as it gets,” said Tito Ortiz, a man who has had a number of feuds for TV that he immediately told the world were all fake moments after they ended.
This will be a disaster and someone is going to get seriously injured.
