The final two fights of the UFC PPV Saturday night in Vancouver put the show over the top for me. Bottom line, good investment. Nice, solid show. I thought the crowd would be hotter and perhaps they were but it did not seem that way to me at home. Nonetheless I'm happy I invested in the show.

With a broken left arm, southpaw Rich Franklin knocked out Iceman Chuck Liddell with a right hand on what will likely be looked back upon as one of the more emotional nights in UFC history. Most insiders are vocal of their hope that Chuck will call it a day and I totally agree with them.

Watching Liddell, who quite likely was winning round one, get clipped on the chin by the right hand of a left handed fighter with five seconds remaining in the first round gave me all the info that I needed to know that Iceman's time has come to hang up his four ounce gloves.

Watching Chuck, a man I have never met but feel like I know, get KO'ed was like watching my boyhood hero Mickey Mantle not be able to beat out a routine infield hit during the later days of the career of the fabled New York Yankee and #7. It was sad. That was not the memory that I wanted to remember my fellow Oklahoman. I wanted to remember the magnificent switch hitter hitting towering home runs just like I want to remember Chuck Liddell knocking people out with Government Mule toughness and tenacity.

Liddell should have a job for life in UFC as he laid many blocks in the foundation of the fastest growing sports entity in the world.

Your work is done Chuck. Thank you so much for all the memories. Now take your passion, charisma and knowledge and help UFC grow even bigger by focusing outside the Octagon.

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