Liddell vs. Wandi Cancelled - Dana is Pissed
In extremely disappointing news, it appears that the long anticipated fight between former Pride and UFC champions is NOT going to happen. In an interview with Yahoo Sports yesterday, Dana White said that the forecasted Silva vs. Liddell match has been called off, leaving him scrambling for a main event for UFC 76.
Here’s what Dana had to say after being told by a member of Silva’s Chute Box team that Silva did not want to fight Liddell:
“This is the worst news I could have possibly gotten,” White said. “It’s horrendous. I have been trying to make this fight for six years. I have done everything in my power I could do over the last six years to make this fight and it’s still not happening. I just don’t see it happening now.”
“This just happened (Wednesday afternoon) and I’m not sure what we’re going to do. We’re trying to figure it out. It’s not a fun time right now.”
“Look what I’ve done to get that fight made, I took Chuck over and had him fight in the (Pride) Grand Prix so he could fight Wanderlei. They (Pride officials) wouldn’t do the fight unless we put Chuck in the Grand Prix, but then Chuck ran into Rampage Jackson and he (lost) and the fight with Wanderlei didn’t happen.
“And then I bring him into the ring at one of our biggest pay-per-views, at a time when they were really in a lot of trouble, because I wanted to make that fight. It shows you how incredibly stupid those people were, because they took what could have been the biggest fight in this sport’s history and blew it up.”
