Tag: promos

For a very long time, this was perhaps the most significant battle that might be made in all of blended martial arts. Chuck Liddell and Wanderlei Silva had for several years controlled their particular weight classifications in the UFC and PRIDE however were kept apart from one another by virtue of being contracted to various promos, and all the legal luggage that features it. Following the UFC's purchase of Japanese organisation PRIDE in 20o7, much of those challenges cleared-- and 6 or so months after the offer was formalised, the much awaited Liddell vs. Silva bout was made authorities. While a few of the shine was eliminated from the battle due to both fighters losing their last 2 contests (Liddell to 'Rampage' Jackson and Keith Jardine and Silva to Dan Henderson and Mirko Cro Cop), wh...