The relatively minor back and forth between former UFC light heavyweight champions Chuck Liddell and Jon Jones picked back up on Friday.

In February, Liddell appeared on “The Fighter and The Kid” podcast and said if he was matched up against Jones (21-1 MMA, 15-1 UFC) in his prime, he’d have won the fight – and still might be able to go toe-to-toe with the current No. 1 fighter in the world in the USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA pound-for-pound rankings.

Jones responded on Twitter and said Liddell “should’ve fought smarter and saved some chin.” Liddell, who hasn’t fought in nearly six years after retiring on a 1-5 slide that included four knockout losses in a career that saw him go 15-8 in the UFC and 21-8 overall, told MMAjunkie earlier this month in Las Vegas that Jones might need to figure out how to use Twitter a little better and tag him so he could respond.

And this past Friday on “Inside MMA” on AXS TV, he told hosts Mauro Ranallo and Bas Rutten the same – and joked that if Jones keeps up his talk, he might have to come out of retirement to fight him at the UFC’s expected debut in New York at Madison Square Garden later this year.

“If he keeps lipping off, maybe,” Liddell told Ranallo. “It’s funny: Somebody asked me a question, ‘Would you beat him in your prime?’ Shoot, of course I’d beat him in my prime. What am I supposed to say? In my prime? I’ll beat you right now. We’ve got a problem? Let’s go. I mean (expletive) … it’s one of those things, I’m not going to get mad at him if says he can beat me in my prime. He should say that. If I’m your coach, you better say that.”

Liddell said Jones approached him in Las Vegas the weekend of UFC 196 earlier this month and was upset about the comments the 46-year-old “Iceman” had made.

“We were at the UFC, and he came up and he was all hurt,” Liddell said. “And I said, ‘Look, man, if you want to talk trash about me on the Internet, you might want to tag me so I can respond instead of just talking trash behind my back.’ Not that I really care, because it’s the Internet. People trash talk all over the place. But, ‘If you want me to know about it, I don’t follow you, so you’re going to have to send it to me.’

“Then I was like, ‘Dude, you have my phone number. If you ever see me doing an interview and you’re worried about it, call me and we’ll talk it out.’ Trust me: If I have a problem with you, you won’t have to look for me. I will show up.”

Liddell hasn’t been shy about saying he’s not a fan of Jones’ fighting style. But he made clear that doesn’t mean he thinks he’s not a good fighter.

“(Floyd) Mayweather is one of the best (boxers) of all time,” Liddell said. “I don’t like his fighting style. I’m not saying he’s a bad fighter. He makes some really great fighters look stupid. (Jones) has made entertaining fights (because of) the other guys (he’s fighting). I think he can do more, that’s all. I think he has more potential.”

Jones returns in a month in a rematch with Daniel Cormier (17-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC), who won the light heavyweight title after Jones was stripped of the belt following a hit-and-run arrest in April 2015. After being reinstated from a suspension by the UFC, he goes after the belt he had taken from him against Cormier in the UFC 197 main event April 23 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on pay-per-view.

Maybe after that, he’ll revisit the mild beef with Liddell. Until then, check out the video above for more from “The Iceman” in his interview with Ranallo and Rutten, including any advice he’d have for Paige VanZant on “Dancing with the Stars.”

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