Kelly – He’ll continue to fight, but he should change training camps. Liddell was born to scrap. He loves it, he lives it, he won’t stop no matter how many times he gets KO’d, which could be a lot with the talent level out there. So if he’s going to continue to fight, he should train somewhere that’s going to develop him as a fighter, which is clearly not happening in John Hackelman’s Pit anymore. Greg Jackson has figured Liddell out and beaten him twice, so it’s only a matter of time before everyone else does so too. He has to change up his game and evolve or he’ll end up like Ken Shamrock. Of course it’s not easy to pull up stakes and move away from the people who made him who he is, but the alternative is a bunch of up-and-comers adding him to their highlight reels and none of us wants to see that. Where should he go? To the man who figured him out-Greg Jackson in Albuquerque.

Mark-I think he’ll be in Matt Hughes range sooner rather than later. It would suck to see Liddell become a gatekeeper at 205 and he’s not there yet but after losing three of the last four fights, he could be headed that way before we know it. He can fight as long as he wants to. He’s clearly lost a step but he’s still a top 10 light heavyweight and he’s still a huge draw. There are plenty of big-money fights he can still put together so while he may not consistently fare well with the elite of the class, he still can stick around as long as he wants. I think another run as a champ is out of the question. He may win a title fight down the road, but he’s not defending it, especially not for any length of time.

Now that the light heavyweight division has a former “Ultimate Fighter” as its champion, how long before another one nabs a belt?

Kelly – That depends on how brutal the GSP-BJ Penn fight is. Kenny Florian is the most serious contender to Penn’s title in the lightweight division and has earned the right to take on BJ after his superbrawl with GSP. However, that fight has the potential to end someone’s career! If BJ loses again it will create a mental obstacle that he may never overcome because he’s OBSESSED with beating GSP. A loss could open the door for the red hot Florian and waiting in the wings are Joe Stevenson and Mac Danzig. I think a more likely scenario is Josh Koshchek or Diego Sanchez grabbing the welterweight crown. Both are fierce competitors for GSP and will force him to bring his A game or get KO’d like Serra did to him.

Mark- I think it will be much sooner rather than later. Unfortunately, I think it will be in the same weight class. I think Rashad Evans can take down Griffin and he will be the first one to get a title shot so I don’t see anyone else filling that void. Although I really do like Florian and before Evans took down Liddell I would’ve picked Ken-Flo for this. I could see Penn losing interest in the lightweight division, leaving the door open for Florian to have a title reign.