He’s back with a little bruising on his face but nothing as bad as what Jardine had walking away,” Hackleman said.

There was some speculation last week, fueled by comments made by Hackleman, that Liddell would fight Mauricio "Shogun" Rua. That fight appears unlikely now however, due to Rua's upcoming knee surgury.

“We though it was going to be ‘Shogun,’” Hackleman said, “but now instead of saying ‘no’ to Wanderlei [Silva], they’re saying maybe.”

“We’ve wanted Wanderlei all along,” Hackleman said. “When I told Chuck [it was still a possibility], he was almost as excited about it as when he found out he was fighting Tito [Ortiz].”