Chuck Liddell Wants Fight With Fedor Emelianenko

Chuck "The Iceman" Liddell wants Fedor Emelianenko. (AP Images)

UFC heavyweight champion Randy "The Natural" Couture (16-8-0) isn't the only one who wants a piece of Fedor Emelianenko (27-1-0).

Now, hearing the news that Emelianenko might soon be a free agent, former UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck "The Iceman" Liddell (21-5-0) is getting in line for his shot at the top-ranked Russian fighter.

"Fedor’s someone I want to fight because he’s someone I match up well with," he tells The Sun. "He’s a ground and pound guy that doesn’t have a great shot. He doesn’t have a great game plan. I think I could take him. I think I match up well with him. As far as I know he’s never knocked anyone out from his feet and I think he’d have a hard time taking me down.”

If Liddell hopes to fight Fedor, he'll have to make the move up to heavyweight but "The Iceman" says that isn't a problem. "A move to heavyweight is a possibility for me," he says.

"If I’m done with everything at light heavyweight I might move up. The top guys up there aren’t all that big heavyweights. Randy was but I knocked him out twice."

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