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Liddell and Ortiz face off on TUF11

January 26th, 2010 by Colin

Chuck ‘The Iceman’ Liddell and Tito ‘The Huntington Beach Bad Boy’ are set to face off against each other on the next season of The Ultimate Fighter.  Liddell has defeated Ortiz twice in the past, both times by TKO. Ortiz pledges things will be different this time around. In addition to claiming that he will be in better shape, Ortiz took some shots (no pun intented) at Liddell.

“I think [Liddell] had a problem,” Ortiz said, according to MMAjunkie.com. “A lot of people go through addiction. I think his deal was he was an alcoholic. He loved to party. When you have all the money in the world and you can do what you want, no one tells you, ‘No.’ You’re one of the baddest men on the Earth; no one tells you, ‘No.’ You can do what you want. Thank God that (UFC president) Dana (White) gave [Liddell] an intervention, and he’s sober now,” Ortiz said. “He’s been sober since November, and he looks like a different person. It’s awesome. I’m proud of him – really proud of him. A lot of people can’t do that. I kind of went through that myself, but I looked in the mirror and I realized that wasn’t the life I wanted to lead.”

Whether Oritz assertions are apt or not, round three is coming up with both fighters looking to recapture the spotlight.

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