 Chuck
Liddell in Rehab Prior to UFC 71
He was a small
favorite to win UFC 71, but in the end,
Chuck Liddell lost to Quinton
Jackson again and now, with UFC 72
approaching this Saturday, comes word that Chuck
Liddell may have been in rehab just prior to the
fight.
SPORTSbyBROOKS.com is reporting UFC fighter
Vernon White twice claims that Chuck Liddell was in
rehab for a substance abuse issue just before his
embarrassing defeat at the hands of Quentin Jackson
on May 23.
"I'd heard he'd
been in drug rehab for an addiction, and got back in
the cage too soon," White said. "He shouldn't
of taken a fight with Jackson so lightly."
Clarifying whether
he knew this first hand, White responded:
"I heard it from a
close friend, so maybe I shouldn't have commented on
it. After seeing him nod off on that talk show it
seems very reliable. His publicist should be shot
for letting him in public in that condition."
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