A personal story. It was the late 2000s. The UFC was still fighting for legitimacy. And I got a call. Chuck Liddell would be in New York. Did I want to meet him for a drink/interview? Sure. We headed to my watering hole of choice—RIP to The Half King—and talked shop.
I had returned from a visit to the Miletich camp in Iowa, and we gossiped about the stable of fighters there. The name “Lee Murray” surfaced. I asked what had happened to him. Liddell laughed, and said words to the effect of, Look that one up when you go home. I don’t want to spoil it.
What happened to Lightning Lee Murray, a British fighter built like a greyhound, best known for starching Tito Ortiz in a legendary London back alley brawl? He was living large. But it wasn’t on account of fighting. The source of his wealth: He had merely helped orchestrate the largest heist in the history of Europe. More rollicking still: He had escaped to Morocco, which had no extradition policy with the U.K.
