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you will find anything to give chuck a bad rep eh? everyone knows he likes to drink look at that gut, but hes still gonna KO silva
He was on "Good Morning Texas"...Oh man...
http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/Vi...5084&catId=104
Tommy Morrison? Huh?
Not good for Chuck or the UFC...
It was so bad, the interviewer had to put up a video for HIS reaction...
http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/Vi...5114&catId=347
He dosed off on LIVE TV!
On radio later in the day he said he was out all night drinking...
Last edited by LEONARD; 03-01-2007 at 03:07 PM.
you will find anything to give chuck a bad rep eh? everyone knows he likes to drink look at that gut, but hes still gonna KO silva
noone gives a about dallas t.v is why
http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dw...l.c123c6e.html
By GARY COGILL / WFAA-TV
DALLAS — Today was a first for me.
After more than 7,000 interviews with actors, directors, political candidates, book authors, chefs, any and all types of celebrities—this morning, in the middle of "Good Morning Texas," a guest actually fell asleep "live" on the air during an interview.
Am I that bad?
Chuck Liddell, current Ultimate Fighting Championship light heavyweight le holder, was in Dallas on behalf of Warner Bros. pictures to help promote the release of "300," the new "Spartan" combat movie.
Liddell is not in the film (nor is he even associated with the film), so it was more than a stretch to even have Liddell on the show. But as a film critic, I'm more than curious, and had seen the film the day before. (For the record, it's ultra-violent and interesting.)
Liddell showed up in our green room a few minutes before the interview around 9:30 a.m. I was immediately informed that he was mumbling and not terribly coherent.
Welcome to live television.
Still, I'm confident in my ability to make a difficult conversation work.
I was wrong this time. Here's exactly what happened:
The Warner Bros. representative brought Liddell in with one of our producers. He needed a little help getting to the couch to settle in.
We were in the middle of a two-minute commercial break. I looked at him, and found he could barely communicate. Liddell looked shaky (at best) and could barely open his eyes.
"Is he ill? Does he need medicine?" I wondered.
With all these things are going through my head, I turned around and looked at co-host Brenda Teele about 20 seconds before we went live on the air and rolled my eyes, meaning: "Oh, my God; this could be difficult."
Three. Two. One.
"Welcome back everyone, he is the current UFC..."
As I introduced Chuck Liddell and asked the first question, his answers were almost too distorted to understand. I needed an interpreter.
More importantly, I'm starting to panic. "How can I end this one-way conversation?"
And then it happened.
In the middle of another question, Chuck Liddell fell asleep on the air. He closed his eyes, breathed a little sigh, and I asked him if he was OK.
He woke up quickly, and started mumbling some more answers—most of them not making any sense.
I'm no doctor, and I have certainly stayed out much too late on occasion before going to work, but this was different—and odd—and I felt a bit sorry for good ol' Chuck Liddell.
Listen: I'm not interested in beating him up over this, knowing full well he could certainly beat me up any time he likes.
It happened. It didn't make much sense. And he didn't make much sense during our sleepy little chat.
Chuck, here's an open invitation to return to "Good Morning Texas" at your earliest convenience for Round Two.
I'm interested in "300," and I'm interested in your fighting career.
Next time, get some sleep before the show.
WTF?? How am I ripping on him? Did I set him up somehow?
This is being talked about on EVERY MMA board around...
It's not good for the sport...PERIOD.
(PS...he's not fighting Silva...Silva just lost to Dan Henderson)
Another solid point
that was freakin hilarious. He wants to fight Tommy Morrison lol.
Chuck gets drunk. Everybody who follows mma knows the guy likes to party. It sucks that he had to make an arse of himself on tv though. The tides have been turning as of late and MMA has actually been getting good press. Hopefully this will go under the radar and get most of its attention on the mma boards, not on national tv. I could almost imagine ESPN or Fox News jumping on this though.
he acted more than drunk. he looked liked he was on pills or something.
Yep...ESPN is covering UFC 68 this weekend...first time they'll be at an event, so they're in the mix now. The UFC can't afford to have their #1 guy doing $hit like this. It wouldn't hurt the NFL, NBA, etc if one of their top guys screwed up like this, but people look for any reason they can find to bash MMA...
It wouldn't be the first time that there was speculation about Chuck and drugs...
Pulled this from another forum...
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I professionally examine people who are intoxicated and determine which classification of drug they are currently under the influence of.
Without a personal examination, I obviously cannot give a truly equitable evaluation of Chuck. However I can offer my opinion based upon his appearance. This is quite far from anything which should be accepted as fact. Take it for what its worth.
In my opinion, Chuck does not appear to simply be hung over or drunk. An earlier member mentioned oxycodone or pain killers. I believe painkillers or other narcotics are much more likely in Chuck's case.
Chucks entire body, including his mannerisms, speech, and muscle control, appear to be severely depressed. He has trouble simply forming his words correctly or keeping his eyes open. He cannot keep his head up, a symptom so common among heroin users that it is referred to as being, "on the nod." All the physical signs he exhibits correspond to narcotic influence. Alcohol influence is quite different.
As someone else stated, he obviously needs help if his habits are bleeding over into his professional life. Too bad, I really like Chuck. I hope he overcomes this.
Last edited by LEONARD; 03-01-2007 at 05:12 PM.
That was painful to watch.
Dana probably wants to kick his ass. I don't blame him when your #1 spokesman makes a dumbass out of himself.
Why in the world would LEO, who is the greatest and most knowledgeable MMA fan in the world () do that???
2 pride paper champs go down and the chicks are out to try and save the great pride reputation" as the best MMA org. in the world.
pride, going down like the sun in the far east......................
It wouldn't be the first time that there was speculation about Chuck and drugs...
Yeah, and all the rumors you've ever posted/started are true for sure because you're never wrong!
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I professionally examine people who are intoxicated and determine which classification of drug they are currently under the influence of.
Without a personal examination, I obviously cannot give a truly equitable evaluation of Chuck. However I can offer my opinion based upon his appearance. This is quite far from anything which should be accepted as fact. Take it for what its worth.
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Chucks entire body, including his mannerisms, speech, and muscle control, appear to be severely depressed. He has trouble simply forming his words correctly or keeping his eyes open. He cannot keep his head up, a symptom so common among heroin users that it is referred to as being, "on the nod." All the physical signs he exhibits correspond to narcotic influence. Alcohol influence is quite different.
Yeah, you can be drunk as and keep your head up perfectly straight.
And!, you can stay awake naturally for years and never get sleepy or get the nods!
I put the kids to bed again.................Daddy is home B!+CHES!!
The famous "Chuck on coke" gif.
More Chuck stuff...
Gary Cogill, the interviewer, on the air with ESPN Radio in Austin after the Chuck interview...
Part 1
http://www.mediafire.com/?emmc3nwwwif
Part 2
http://www.mediafire.com/?coyuwwmuljw
Gary was pretty cool about it...
and at 8:35 (in about 10 minutes) this morning, the local sports station (not UFC fans) is going to play the audio and discuss the interview. You can stream it here:
http://theticket.com/listen.htm
That is no doubt, no question, 100% a coke-head zinging.
The famous "Chuck on coke" gif.
I always thought Lidel reminded me of a a local tough guy I grew up with. After that, the parallels are eerily similar.
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