Key Highlights
- 30, 2006, 19 years ago, Liddell retained the light heavyweight title with a third-round knockout of arch rival Tito Ortiz.
- Their fight headlined UFC 66 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, and at the time was the highest gate in MMA history. Liddell's win over Ortiz was his second.
- Ortiz also is a former UFC light heavyweight champion – as well as arguably the most made-fun-of fighter in UFC history thanks to his oft-quoted moments displaying the presumed utter dimness of the proverbial lights in the temporal cortex region. Liddell's wins over Ortiz bookended a seven-fight winning streak, all knockouts, that helped the UFC's rise in popularity.
- But after the one at UFC 66, he closed his time in the UFC with a 1-5 run.
- Five months after he gave the world a belated holiday gift with his beatdown of Ortiz, Liddell lost his title to "Rampage" Jackson.
