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Iceman vs. Ortiz II Confirmed for December |
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Written by MMA Weekly
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Sunday, 24 September 2006 |
During a meet-and-greet autograph session prior to the
UFC 63 weigh-ins on Friday afternoon in Anaheim, California, Tito Ortiz
made an appearance in front of everyone in attendance and had an
announcement to make.
Ortiz said that he had just been
approached by someone from the UFC and had been told, "We know you have
a fight coming up in a couple of weeks [against Ken Shamrock on October
10th], but I wanted to give you this now." Ortiz said that he was given
a contract to fight Chuck Liddell on December 30th at UFC 66.
At
that point, Ortiz flashed the contract to the crowd, with his signature
already on it. The rematch between Liddell and Ortiz is now officially
signed for December 30th, apparently regardless of the outcome of
Ortiz' upcoming fight against Ken Shamrock on Spike TV on October 10th.
Though
the December 30th date for Liddell-Ortiz II has been posted in
MMAWeekly's Rumors section for several weeks, it is now official.
Barring any major unforeseen injuries to Liddell or Ortiz between now
and the end of December, the two fighters will compete for the UFC
Light Heavyweight Title on December 30th.
This news also puts to
rest any remaining rumors that Chuck Liddell might be fighting
Wanderlei Silva, Mirko Cro Cop, or anyone else from Pride at UFC 65 in
November.
Though it was announced during the UFC 61
pay-per-view on July 8th that Liddell would be fighting Silva in the
UFC in November, there were no contracts signed between the UFC and
Pride at that time. Negotiations between the two sides broke down
shortly thereafter, and any potential Liddell-Silva match was off even
before Liddell fought Renato "Babalu" Sobral on August 26th. |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 28 September 2006 )
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