 It’s one of the most recognizable images in mixed martial arts – Chuck
Liddell scoring yet another knockout victory and erupting into a
show-stopping yell as he celebrates his win. Yet what makes it stand
out so much is that such an outward sign of emotion is at complete odds
with the personality of the low-key ‘Iceman’.
That’s probably the most excited you’ll see me at any time of the
year,” admits the UFC light heavyweight champion with a chuckle. “I was
training real hard for a long time, went out there and did what I said
I could do. That’s a big thing for me – going out there and performing.”
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 At most UFC pay-per-view shows, while other fighters usually make
their appearances dressed to the nines in expensive suits, the fighter
known as "The Iceman" tends to show up in his trademark t-shirt, blue
jeans, and work boots.
That was how the Santa Barbara native
presented himself when he broke into the game and was making $100 per
fight, and he's still that way now, even as he collects on six-figure
fight fees and seven-figure endorsement contracts.
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 By Jeff Cain and Tom Call
MMAWeekly.com
Before a match up between Ultimate Fighting Championship
(UFC) Light Heavyweight Champion Chuck “Iceman” Liddell and Pride
Middleweight Champion “The Axe Murderer” Wanderlei Silva can be
finalized, Liddell must first get past Renato “Babalu” Sobral at UFC 62.
Liddell assured MMAWeekly that he was not looking past “Babalu,” but that doesn’t mean he’s not thinking about Wanderlei Silva.
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 By Jeff Cain
MMAWeekly.com
Renato “Babalu” Sobral lost to Chuck “Iceman” Liddell at
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) 40: “Vendetta” in November of
2002, but hasn’t lost since. On August 26th, the two will square off
again, except this time the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship will be
on the line.
It was announced at UFC 61: “Bitter Rivals” that
Liddell will finally get the fight he has been wanting for years, a
fight with Pride Middleweight Champion Wanderlei Silva in November
provided he can get past Renato Sobral at UFC 62.
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 By Childs Walker
When Chuck Liddell first fought in an Ultimate
Fighting Championship octagon, he was a 28-year-old bartender with
backgrounds in amateur wrestling and karate and a fervent hunger to
scrape out a living doing what he loved -- fighting.
Eight years later, Liddell is the face of the country's
fastest-growing combat sport. He's a millionaire. He endorses exercise
supplements on cable television. His angular visage, adorned with
tattoos and topped by a tightly cropped mohawk, is known to thousands
upon thousands of men, ages 18 to 34. And when he walks out for his
next fight at the end of August, those men will pay handsomely --
whether $700 for a ringside seat in Las Vegas or $39.95 to tune in from
their couches -- to watch his fists fly.
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