Sedan förra veckan har man spekulerat i en möjlig comeback för den forne UFC-mästaren och legenden Chuck Liddell, som sedan inte helt förnekat att det finns tankar på att komma tillbaka.
Nu har Bellators VD Scott Coker planer på att diskutera en comeback med ’The Iceman’ och även pensionerade UFC-fightern Matt Hughes.
Det här berättade Coker under en presskonferens inför Bellator 179:
At some point, I’m sure we’ll talk, and we’ll just hear each other out and see if there’s anything to be done.
Rory McDonald och Paul Daley som går huvudmatch under London-galan uttryckte också sitt intresse för att se de Liddell och Hughes tillbaka i ringen.
Det här hade Daley att säga:
Chuck’s a legendary fighter. [He] produced some highlight-reel knockouts – a great character for the sport. And Matt Hughes was a consistently dominant champion. So, yeah, it would be great to have two legends back in the sport, in particular Matt Hughes. He’s in my division, and it would be great to get in there and fight against a legend. So it would be great to have them both back, and even better if they come to Bellator.
Det här berättade MacDonald:
I think Bellator’s done a fantastic job of bringing these legendary fighters and matching them up against each other. It’s good for those legendary fighters to come in and stay busy and do what they love without having to go against the young and dangerous guys. So I like it, the fans like it, and it really works. I would always like to see more of the old-school guys coming back to Bellator for good fights.
