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Liddell sitting out until 2010

By Jake Rossen/Sherdog.com

Monday, July 6, 2009

After making a vague reference to a possible fight between Chuck Liddell and Rich Franklin to combat the Floyd Mayweather-Juan Marquez bout on Sept. 19, Dana White will have to look for another headliner. Liddell told Josh Gross of SportsIllustrated.com that he's taking a one-year layoff from competition. "Hopefully my brain can heal over time," he told Gross. "The shot last fight [versus Mauricio Rua] is something that normally wouldn't hurt me." It's an attractive theory, but the problem ...

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