{"id":69263,"date":"2023-11-16T16:51:46","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T16:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celeband.com\/?p=69263"},"modified":"2023-11-16T16:51:46","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T16:51:46","slug":"chuck-liddell-says-hes-more-excited-for-ufc-294-w-kamaru-vs-khamzat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celeband.com\/celebrities\/chuck-liddell-says-hes-more-excited-for-ufc-294-w-kamaru-vs-khamzat\/","title":{"rendered":"Chuck Liddell Says He&#039;s More Excited For UFC 294 W\/ Kamaru vs. Khamzat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/b6\/16by9\/2023\/10\/19\/b6a1a07940a94ca1a063af6e00e2a1d0_md.jpg\"            loading=\"lazy\"          ><\/p>\n<p>Bummed <strong>Khamzat Chimaev<\/strong><strong> <\/strong>vs.<strong> Paulo Costa<\/strong> ain&#8217;t happening on Saturday?! Don&#8217;t be &#8230; &#8217;cause UFC legend <strong>Chuck Liddell<\/strong> says he&#8217;s actually more pumped for the fight vs. <strong>Kamaru Usman<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m excited about it. That card fell apart, and I&#8217;m actually more excited about the card now [with Usman fighting Chimaev] than I was before [when Costa was fighting Khamzat],&#8221; the UFC legend told <strong>TMZ Sports<\/strong> this week at LAX.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/60\/4by3\/2023\/10\/19\/60954e7bc22f4b1aaef4509ad97cb748_md.png\"          loading=\"lazy\"          alt=\"Kamaru Usman of Nigeria and Khamzat Chimaev\"        ><\/p>\n<p>Of course, both the main and co-main events of UFC 294 were lost last week &#8230; when <strong>Charles Oliveira<\/strong> &#8212; scheduled to fight <strong>Islam Makhachev<\/strong> &#8212; and Paulo Costa were both forced out with injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, <strong>Alex Volkanovski<\/strong><strong> <\/strong>and Kamaru are bonafide badasses &#8230; and both guys agreed to travel thousands of miles and fight on less than two weeks&#8217; notice.<\/p>\n<p>(We also talked to Liddell about &#8220;Dad Bods&#8221; &#8230; hence this \u2b07)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/09\/4by3\/2023\/06\/13\/09e4d59847c848baa5fa65f371111cdf_md.jpg\"            alt=\"Hot Celebrity Dad Bods -- Guess Who!\"            loading=\"lazy\"          ><\/p>\n<p>We followed up with The Iceman, asking him about the wisdom of stepping in the Octagon with an undefeated fighter on 10 days&#8217; notice.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Kamaru Usman is always ready. He trains all the time. He stays in shape. He&#8217;s a good guy. I&#8217;m excited about this fight. If he took it on 10 days&#8217; notice he thinks he&#8217;s going to win.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/ec\/16by9\/2023\/10\/13\/ecf8aabf4d344d1e954ca979ab466c2e_md.jpg\"            loading=\"lazy\"          ><\/p>\n<p>And, like Liddell said, Usman, despite being a sizeable underdog, thinks he&#8217;s going to <strong>emerge victorious<\/strong> &#8230; and he told us as much late last week!<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2023\/10\/21\/chuck-liddell-more-excited-kamaru-usman-khamzat-chimaev-ufc-mma\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bummed Khamzat Chimaev vs. Paulo Costa ain&#8217;t happening on Saturday?! Don&#8217;t be &#8230; &#8217;cause UFC legend Chuck Liddell says he&#8217;s actually more pumped for the fight vs. Kamaru Usman! &#8220;I&#8217;m excited about it. That card fell apart, and I&#8217;m actually more excited about the card now [with Usman fighting Chimaev] than I was before [when Costa was fighting Khamzat],&#8221; the [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":69262,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Chuck Liddell Says He&#039;s More Excited For UFC 294 W\/ Kamaru vs. Khamzat - CELEBAND<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/celeband.com\/celebrities\/chuck-liddell-says-hes-more-excited-for-ufc-294-w-kamaru-vs-khamzat\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chuck Liddell Says He&#039;s More Excited For UFC 294 W\/ Kamaru vs. Khamzat - CELEBAND\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bummed Khamzat Chimaev vs. Paulo Costa ain&#8217;t happening on Saturday?! 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