There were no camera crews following him, no flock of reporters jotting down his every word – he was just another fighter in a room full of them, competing in a sport that wasn’t even back on pay-per-view yet. The first time I ran into Chuck Liddell, it was at the then-customary rules meeting before his May 2001 bout with Kevin Randleman. Thankfully, Liddell will still remain in the UFC as the organization’s Executive Vice President of Business Development, but for the moment, it’s time to reflect back on the fighting career of “The Iceman” with a host of his defining moments and what he meant to the sport he helped build into the juggernaut it is today. Fittingly, the end came in Las Vegas, where he had made his name as a fighting icon, a mohawked bearer of destruction who terrorized the 205-pound weight class for years.
Wednesday afternoon marked the end of an era in UFC and mixed martial arts history, as Hall of Famer and former light heavyweight champion Chuck “The Iceman” Liddell announced his retirement from the sport at the age of 41.
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