Chuck vs Rich scheduled, Tito out of fight/filming of TUF.

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Chuck Liddell will be fighting Rich Franklin in his next bout and not rival TUF 11 coach Tito Ortiz, Fighters Only has heard from a reliable source.

Rumour has it that the event will be staged in Nashville and be broadcast for free on the Spike TV network.

The Tennessee State Athletic Commission has not yet received an application from the UFC to stage an event in Nashville but the organisation has until Thursday to do so.

Ortiz is out of the fight but not because of injury; he is healthy and is not suffering back problems as some rumours claim. The reason for his withdrawal is known to Fighters Only is something that may significantly impact his future as a fighter, but we cannot report the details at this point.

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MMAjunkie.com has learned from sources close to the promotion that the two have verbally agreed to face each other in June at
UFC 115, though contracts have yet to be finalized.

The Franklin vs. Liddell matchup was first reported by Fighters Only magazine, though the U.K.-based publication pinned the fight to a rumored April 17 UFC Fight Night card that now seems increasingly unlikely to occur.

Those same sources suggested that Franklin was possibly brought in as a replacement coach to finish out the season's filming, and "Ace" now meets Liddell as an opposing "TUF" coach..

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2010/3/13/1371237/rich-franklin-vs-chuck-liddell

Couldn't get the link to work but if thats true, ouch. The fight Chuck vs Rich doesn't interest me at all but all the sheeple will eat it up. SF should think about canceling if this is true, wait for this Fedor shit to fix itself and put the card together later.

Gay

ohiovol62 wrote:

Couldn't get the link to work but if thats true, ouch. The fight Chuck vs Rich doesn't interest me at all but all the sheeple will eat it up. SF should think about canceling if this is true, wait for this Fedor shit to fix itself and put the card together later.

Nevermind, it works now. Damn.

Naw, recent data shows that sheeple don't care about washed up legends. If this was ppv 300k buys would be the max this could hope to do.

This fight really interests me. Rich and Chuck are 2 of my favorite all time and both love to strike.

I thought Rich was going to fight Randy next? Does that mean Randy will be fighting someone new to the UFC instead?

I can't wait for this fight by the way. Chuck is a legend and Rich is a semi-one.

I will look forward to seeing this fight but I hope they show the replay of the UFC card later in the night so I can watch the SF card live and replay of Chuck vs Ace later.

Ludo, I love your sig man, that made me laugh.

Made overeem laugh too

boomer sooner wrote:

I thought Rich was going to fight Randy next? Does that mean Randy will be fighting someone new to the UFC instead?

I can't wait for this fight by the way. Chuck is a legend and Rich is a semi-one.

Randy vs Toney. I called it before. It is going to happen.

This is stupid. What's the point of having Chuck and Tito coach the next TUF ??

I would much rather see Franklin vs Couture.

Ali_1748 wrote:

This is stupid. What's the point of having Chuck and Tito coach the next TUF ??

I would much rather see Franklin vs Couture.

The reason for his withdrawal is known to Fighters Only is something that may significantly impact his future as a fighter, but we cannot report the details at this point.

This has come out as false. The UFC has not announced any event on Apr. 17th they are all rumors.

Farmer1906 wrote:

Ali_1748 wrote:

This is stupid. What's the point of having Chuck and Tito coach the next TUF ??

I would much rather see Franklin vs Couture.

The reason for his withdrawal is known to Fighters Only is something that may significantly impact his future as a fighter, but we cannot report the details at this point.

I hope Jenna didn't have anything to do with that 'something significant'.

http://mmajunkie.com/news/18299/rich-franklin-vs-chuck-liddell-in-the-works-for-ufc-115-not-rumored-april-show.mma

Chuck vs Rich being scheduled for 115, not this April show

oh thanks I didn't see that. I wonder what happened to tito.

Chuck vs. Rich is a better fight IMO, Tito would have been beaten down again, but this is a much tougher fight for Chuck in terms of matchups at the same time.

This is gonna be FOTN book it

Possibly. Or someone is too slow and eats a heavy hand early and doesn't recover in time.

Would much rather see this than Chuck-Tito so not bad

So I take it Tito is out during an episode of the TUF11 season and Rich will be a coach for some of the show or is Rich just fighting Chuck?

wonder wtf happened to Tito? This is a better fight though.

Chuck is done he'll lose a decision to Franklin.

I wonder if this has anything to do with Tito trash talking Coleman at 109.

I like this fight way more. Who really wanted Chuck vs Tito 3? I woud rather see Rich fight Chuck and see Randy rape Toney.

Ali_1748 wrote:

Chuck is done he'll lose a decision to Franklin.

I wonder if this has anything to do with Tito trash talking Coleman at 109.

I dont think this fight has any shot of seeing a decision lol. Another point is I wonder on TUF will they reveal what happened to Tito when ace comes into the house? They might show it on the show.