Comments on: White accuses Liddell of going to rehab http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2007/06/10/white-accuses-liddell-of-going-to-rehab/ Your Destination for Insider MMA News and Opinion Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:49:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: <![CDATA[Sam Caplan]]> http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2007/06/10/white-accuses-liddell-of-going-to-rehab/comment-page-1/#comment-166 Mon, 11 Jun 2007 23:38:05 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/?p=124#comment-166 Luke: I respect your opinion and your work at BloodyElbow.com. I guess we'll just agree to disagree. But I never called him a scrub as you basically insinuated in your blog post about my comments. I said he's far from a top-level fighter and I'm sure most would agree with that assessment, just as you stated. You don't find it the least bit comical that during an interview where he's asked who he'd like to fight next that Chuck Liddell mumbles the name of Vernon White? A guy that he beat about 4-5 years ago and hasn't been a major player on the scene in quite some time when he could have called out guys like Silva or Shogun? Hell, call out Rashad Evans and Keith Jardine before you call out Vernon White. Luke:
I respect your opinion and your work at BloodyElbow.com. I guess we’ll just agree to disagree. But I never called him a scrub as you basically insinuated in your blog post about my comments. I said he’s far from a top-level fighter and I’m sure most would agree with that assessment, just as you stated.

You don’t find it the least bit comical that during an interview where he’s asked who he’d like to fight next that Chuck Liddell mumbles the name of Vernon White? A guy that he beat about 4-5 years ago and hasn’t been a major player on the scene in quite some time when he could have called out guys like Silva or Shogun? Hell, call out Rashad Evans and Keith Jardine before you call out Vernon White.

]]> By: <![CDATA[Luke]]> http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2007/06/10/white-accuses-liddell-of-going-to-rehab/comment-page-1/#comment-165 Mon, 11 Jun 2007 14:25:08 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/?p=124#comment-165 "I swear he also said Vernon White, which had me in stitches because White is so far from being a top-level fighter that it’s ridiculous." Eh, it's not that ridiculous. White is not a top-tier fighter, but he's also not a pushover. He's lost more than he's won, but he's also continually fought the best without hesitation. Doing that would tarnish anyone's record. Many of White's losses were very close. Go back and watch his fight with Horn at KOTC. He had Horn in trouble in almost every round. Not to mention he just rattled off a very nice submission victory of TUF 1 alumnus Sam Hoger. Again, White is not a top-tier fighter. I agree with that assessment. But White is also not a joke, either. “I swear he also said Vernon White, which had me in stitches because White is so far from being a top-level fighter that it’s ridiculous.”

Eh, it’s not that ridiculous. White is not a top-tier fighter, but he’s also not a pushover. He’s lost more than he’s won, but he’s also continually fought the best without hesitation. Doing that would tarnish anyone’s record.

Many of White’s losses were very close. Go back and watch his fight with Horn at KOTC. He had Horn in trouble in almost every round. Not to mention he just rattled off a very nice submission victory of TUF 1 alumnus Sam Hoger.

Again, White is not a top-tier fighter. I agree with that assessment. But White is also not a joke, either.

]]> By: <![CDATA[MoreThanUFC]]> http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2007/06/10/white-accuses-liddell-of-going-to-rehab/comment-page-1/#comment-164 Sun, 10 Jun 2007 17:05:46 +0000 http://fiveouncesofpain.com/?p=124#comment-164 This is just me talking, and I totally agree with your assessment of VW's charater, but the Liddell in rehab rumor has been around longer than Vernon coming out and saying it. I've never been to substantiate it though. This is just me talking, and I totally agree with your assessment of VW’s charater, but the Liddell in rehab rumor has been around longer than Vernon coming out and saying it. I’ve never been to substantiate it though.

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