Chuck Liddell's appearance on David Letterman was more than a year ago, shortly after Liddell's second loss to Rampage Jackson, but I just came across it and thought it was worth posting:
"I watch the Ultimate Fighting and it frightens me," Letterman said, "because I think of all the time I'm in traffic and I say something unpleasant to somebody in the car next to me and it might be a guy like you. But if I were to mouth off to you, you would know better than to kill me, right?"
Liddell assured Letterman that he didn't need to worry.
Overall, I think that appearance is the kind of thing that MMA needs more of. Liddell makes the point that MMA is safer than boxing and that he was hurt more as a college wrestler than he was as a pro MMA fighter, and he comes across like a nice, easygoing guy who can laugh when Letterman (and Amy Sedaris) pokes fun at him.
At that point, even coming off a loss, Liddell was the face of UFC. I think UFC is in better shape now than it was then, even though it no longer has any one fighter who promotes the sport the way Liddell does.
"I watch the Ultimate Fighting and it frightens me," Letterman said, "because I think of all the time I'm in traffic and I say something unpleasant to somebody in the car next to me and it might be a guy like you. But if I were to mouth off to you, you would know better than to kill me, right?"
Liddell assured Letterman that he didn't need to worry.
Overall, I think that appearance is the kind of thing that MMA needs more of. Liddell makes the point that MMA is safer than boxing and that he was hurt more as a college wrestler than he was as a pro MMA fighter, and he comes across like a nice, easygoing guy who can laugh when Letterman (and Amy Sedaris) pokes fun at him.
At that point, even coming off a loss, Liddell was the face of UFC. I think UFC is in better shape now than it was then, even though it no longer has any one fighter who promotes the sport the way Liddell does.
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