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Do you think Liddell is done? I don't think so. Chuck is still dangerous to anybody. Anybody that thinks that if Chuck Liddell hits them they won't go down is wrong. Chuck is a threat to anybody. As a friend I hope he doesn't leave the sport for two reasons: No. 1, I like him and I like watching him. No. 2, I still think he's good enough to do some serious damage to people.
I know you were critical on your web site of the main event at UFC 98. You weren't too impressed with Anderson Silva? Well, I think Anderson has all the tools to be one of the most exciting fighters out there. Maybe he's just cautious or doesn't care what he looks like out there, I don't know, but he looked like he doesn't have that drive to finish people. I definitely think Anderson could have given it a little effort to try to finish the fight. I've never been one of those fighters who just tries to win a decision.
You've talked about maybe moving up to middleweight. Do you think there's any chance we'll see you fight Anderson Silva? I don't know. Right now fighting Serra is all that's on my mind. I'm not even thinking about fighting Anderson Silva. He's not who I'm thinking about. As of right now, no thoughts of moving up to face Anderson.
If you beat Serra, how close do you think you are to a shot at the welterweight title against the winner of the Georges St. Pierre-Thiago Alves fight at UFC 100? Well, if I beat Serra -- and I obviously think I will -- and Thiago wins I'd love to get a rematch with Thiago. I think that fight could have gone differently if my knee hadn't gone out, so I'd love to rematch Thiago. To be honest, I didn't like the way the last GSP fight went either, so I'd love to rematch GSP. But all I'm worrying about right now is Matt Serra. So where ever winning that fight puts me is fine, but I've just got Matt Serra on my mind right now.
Having fought both Thiago and Georges, what's your opinion of their upcoming fight? Who has the advantage? I think GSP has the advantage. I think the striking will be pretty competitive, maybe Thiago will have an edge there, I don't know. The wrestling I think goes to GSP. I think he'll be able to take Thiago down, and I think the ground work will go to GSP as well. I think it could be a close fight or it could be someone getting knocked out in the first round. The fight could go either way. Sometimes two guys like that could have a great fight or sometimes it could be a stalemate. Let's hope it's not like that and let's hope both guys try to finish, and it's an exciting fight.
How much longer do you want to fight? I've got a two-and-a-half-year-old girl and seven- and nine-year-old boys. I don't want to be fighting forever. I want to make sure my little girl knows who her dad is growing up. So my fights are numbered, but I could not tell you how many fights I'm going to have left.
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