Chuck Liddell wouldn't even rank today

[Rockapotomuses]

Hard to admit because I loved watching Chuck fight, but really he was just a tough bro who banged. Striking has evolved now to the point where every ranked fighter would watch tape on him, pick and angle to step away from the overhand right and then take out Chuck's chin, even in Chuck's prime.

Watching Firas's video of how Rory picked apart Woodley demonstrated how far striking in this sport has come. It's almost on par with boxing now.

 

[jeff7b9]

Yeah dude, he is old as fuck.






* Chuck is SOOOOO lucky that they hadn't invented video recording yet when he was fighting.

Solid thread TS.

 

[lsa]

yeah its not like he had a wrestling back ground and a brown belt in BJJ.
All Chuck could was bang bro....

 

[Ted Bundy]

Chuck is so underrated around here it's embarrassing.

 

[surgeyou1]

Prime Chuck wouldnt even be ranked? Fucking LOL

 

[CarloSpcyWeiner]

This is fucking hilarious. Has the game evolved? Sure. Would guys be able to knock him silly just by watching some tape? Fuck no.

 

[TheLuckiest]

I want to believe you are trolling, but I fear you honestly believe what you posted...

 

[Kelman]

Hard to admit because I loved watching Chuck fight, but really he was just a tough bro who banged. Striking has evolved now to the point where every ranked fighter would watch tape on him, pick and angle to step away from the overhand right and then take out Chuck's chin, even in Chuck's prime.

Watching Firas's video of how Rory picked apart Woodley demonstrated how far striking in this sport has come. It's almost on par with boxing now.

Yeah there's no way Chuck could compete with super well-rounded and highly skilled killers like Phil Davis, Glover Teixeira and Ryan Bader.

PS: You do know that Hendo and Shogun are still in the lhw top 10, right? And Feijao and L'il Nog in the top 15?

 

[B-DAWG]

BS. If Glover is top 5, prime Chuck would have been to.

 

[Kwic]

Sorry man but you couldn't just take away Chuck's prime chin. That's the problem

 

[Fantastic_Man]

Chuck is so underrated around here it's embarrassing.

Fucking this!.. Its because they didnt see him when he was layin suckers out is all!

 

[lsa]

Chuck is so underrated around here it's embarrassing.

Duude all he did was bang bro.
And you can watch tape of him and then just side step his over hand right.
Ts told me

 

[ArlovskiFang]

You can't just take away from physical gifts.

They matter a lot.

Chuck had crazy power, great chin, fast hands and could sprawl like no one's business.

It's not like video footage only came to be now...

 

[tasticles]

Hard to admit because I loved watching Chuck fight, but really he was just a tough bro who banged. Striking has evolved now to the point where every ranked fighter would watch tape on him, pick and angle to step away from the overhand right and then take out Chuck's chin, even in Chuck's prime.

Watching Firas's video of how Rory picked apart Woodley demonstrated how far striking in this sport has come. It's almost on par with boxing now.

No not even close to boxing. And a younger chuck would run through most of the LHW division today. Only jones, rampage, and maybe machida would give him problems.

 

[DCarf]

Not a Chuck fan and I have always believed he was overrated, but before the Shad fight Chuck had a great chin, and as others have pointed out he would beat Fejao or Lil Nog, or Bader who are ranked LHWs.

 

[jeff7b9]

yeah its not like he had a wrestling back ground and a brown belt in BJJ.
All Chuck could was bang bro....

Also his striking = just winging haymaker overhand rights... not counter striking, jabbing, excellent use of distance, clean straight right (which probably got more oh his KOs than his signature overhand) left hooks, uppercuts, occasional kicks, one of the best sprawls of all time.... nope, none of that, just the overhand right.


TS has gone full retard.

 

[Truebeliever]

Chuck in his hay day was a hell of a fighter. Iron chin, and big power, his ability to sprawl was revolutionary. Imo he would be a top 5 in todays landscape.

Remember chuck was 20-2 as a kick boxer, he was no joke

 

[Erwin]

This is why I hate MMA fans(well there are many other reasons but this is one). The sport has evolved SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much that Mark Hunt is top 10 at 40 years of age. It's evolved so much that Robbie Lawler is fighting for a title again. People act like guys from some 10 years ago were all bar brawlers or just knew BJJ.

 

[Scythe]

Chuck is pretty comparable to Glover, a top 5er, for a multitude of reasons.

They obviously aren't the exact same fighter, but it's absurd to think Chuck couldn't compete when a former training partner from the same team has done very well for himself in the division.

 

[JonesBones]

You can't just take away from physical gifts.

They matter a lot.

Chuck had crazy power, great chin, fast hands and could sprawl like no one's business.

It's not like video footage only came to be now...

Yeah, but who did he beat? Rampage and Randy got him down. Beating Jeremy Horn, Babalu, and Vernon White is impressive and all, but I would put him as an underdog against anyone in the top 10.

Chuck doesn't actually have many physical gifts, and guys like him are being phased out of the sport. Glover would actually brutalize him for example. Maul him. Choke him unconscious.