I like him,” Jackson said about Liddell in the pre-fight package, “but now he’s coming to my neck of the woods.” “I’d love to fight Wanderlei in the Finals,” Liddell said about the tournament. Although this fight was much longer than their rematch four years later, Jackson was the superior striker that night, and systematically wore Liddell down before finishing him in the second round. Unfortunately for Liddell, the loss to Jackson began a career downward spiral, as he went on to lose four of his next five bouts, three of them by knockout.Long before their met for the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship in May of 2007, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson and Chuck “The Iceman” Liddell, two of the most iconic fighters in the sport’s history, met in the semifinals of the 2003 Pride Middleweight Tournament. He defended his title against Dan Henderson later that year, before losing it to Forrest Griffin in July of 2008. Yeah, he was out.”įor Jackson, his UFC career took off to new heights following the win. After agreeing that it was an early stoppage at first, Rampage changed his mind when he saw the replay. Jackson was ecstatic following his title win. After a feeling-out period of over a minute to start the first round, Jackson ducked under a straight left hand by Liddell and came up with a hard right hook to the chin, sending Liddell to the canvas where he was finished with strikes at the 1:53 mark.
Goldberg: “He’s at the top of his game, and he has no plans of giving away his light heavyweight belt tonight.” Couture: “One of the amazing things we learned about Chuck about that first loss to Quinton, we’re just finding out now that he had an injury and wasn’t 100%.” He was nervous in his Octagon debut against Marvin Eastman, and if he was nervous then he’s really going to be nervous tonight.” Liddell entered next to a loud ovation from the crowd in attendance. Rogan: “This is a big, big moment for Quinton Jackson. “Chuck ain’t going past the third round.” Rampage entered the cage first, wearing his larger-than-life chain around his neck. “I’m going to knock him out in the third round,” he said. “That’s my last loss,” he said, “and now I get to avenge it.” Rampage was unperturbed. In the pre-fight lead-ins, Liddell was firmly focused on avenging his loss to Rampage. Unfortunately for Liddell, Rampage duplicated his knockout when he challenged for “The Iceman’s” UFC belt in the main event of UFC 71, only this time he did it in the first round instead of the second. Even after Quinton Jackson defeated UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Chuck Liddell at Pride Final Conflict 2003 with a knockout, few felt that he would repeat the feat in a rematch four years later.
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