Liddell in Street Fight
Date: 2008-05-17 01:22:53
Source: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/ufc/art...
Submitted By: Fight Videos
UFC SUPERSTAR Chuck Liddell WAS involved in a street fight outside the Royal Albert Hall in London six years ago. Fellow mixed martial artists Lee Murray and Tito Ortiz brawled outside the famous venue following UFC 38 in July 2002 in a story that has entered MMA folklore. The incident was important enough for welterweight star Matt Hughes to include in his autobiography, as we exclusively revealed, though Liddell's involvement in the ensuing melee left many questioning the validity of the story. But speaking exclusively to SunSport, Liddell confirmed he was involved in the ensuing street fight which took place after Murray and Ortiz had clashed. Liddell said: The funny thing is I never saw Lee Murray and Tito Ortiz fight. They were off to the right and I was looking to the left and a 140lb buddy of mine was getting punched by these heavy guys. Three guys were punching him in the back of the head so when I ran over and started throwing people off, someone hit me in the back of the head. So I turned around, I took my watch off and started walking towards a crowd of people and started throwing. What people have got to remember is that I was a street fighter when I was growing up so I’m used to street fighting. Anyone who was throwing punches at people I knew was fair game. So I just started dropping people - that’s my job. There was a bunch of people fighting. But Liddell was quick to add his street fighting days are behind him. The light heavyweight superstar revealed: I haven’t been in a street fight for a long time – I try to stay away from that. I try to just fight in the ring – so that was the last street fight I was involved in.
