Chuck Liddell Loses to Quinton Jackson Again
Another favorite goes down in what is becoming an increasingly routine trend as Chuck Liddell loses to Quinton Jackson in UFC 71.
Quinton Ramone "Rampage" Jackson had beaten Liddell in a prior matchup.
Liddell is among the most popular UFC fighters. The referee stopped the fight less than two minutes into the first round, as Jackson knocked Liddell to the ground flat on his back and drilled him in the face.
The fight had an uneventful first minute, and then Jackson landed one punch, knocked Liddell to the ground and knocked him out, as we described in our live blog. Liddell was classy in defeat, first telling his family that he's OK and then saying Jackson beat him fair and square.
UFC annoucned that Jackson's first title defense will be against Dan Henderson, whose contract UFC recently acquired from Pride.
Earlier in the evening, huge underdog Houston Alexander beat Keith Jardine who was favored at -550.