Upon reentering the Octagon after a brief stint away, light heavyweight Chuck Liddell would contend for the title in 2005 in a …
for the winner and still the USA [Music] heavyweight champion of the world [Applause] these are real Warriors I mean they want to they want a definitive ending this battle Randy might be hurt yeah Randy might be hurt Randy tried to close in though now he’s down unbelievable Randy was hurt there with that left hook just wild swings here he tagged him that’s where he tagged him with the right Joe right on the button here’s another look at it again boom bang that was the shot I mean you’re talking about a guy who’s taking the best from Pedro Izzo big heavyweight Striker he can shot some more he Smith World Heavyweight kickboxing champion and Chuck Liddell puts him away [Applause] oh he got nailed that’s why he got hurt Jeremy’s hurt Jeremy down again Chuck wants nothing to do with the ground wizard sometime Jeremy said he’s done he can’t see I don’t know what happened the Iceman Chuck Liddell his mouth is open you see his mouth open like that oh a big one [Applause] and it’s all over Chuck Liddell Remains the light heavyweight champion of the world wow wow exploding upon the future Hall of Famer Randy the natural Couture quick Hands by Baba new early litel Retreats Liddell with an [Applause] uppercuts to be okay though [Applause] trying to finish it quickly survive McCartney on top of the action but wow Babalu is in big trouble he’s surviving but barely [Applause] McCarthy he doesn’t even realize the fight’s been stopped Chucky’s little long jab trying to get a reaction nice uppercut lead right hand to answer Chuck comes around the top Trump looking to close it out Tito back down Tito gonna cover still a minute to go lots of time here Tito survived in a similar position in round one here he’s hitting his arms mostly he’s not hurting him but Tito has to win [Applause] firing back throwing some punches but that could have been his downfall because in those exchanges [Applause] that’s where Chuck landed that uppercut hurt him badly another uppercut there it is again from another angle it’s the exchanges that that vicious power that Chuck has and the confidence he has to throw it just overcame Tito