Chuck Reacts on Jones's tweet: if you're going to go back at me, tag me

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A mythical fight between a “prime” Chuck Liddell and the current version of Jon Jones has led to a war of words that just won’t die down.

After Liddell appeared on “The Fighter and The Kid” podcast and claimed that he’d have beat Jones (21-1 MMA, 15-1 UFC) in his prime, and could still give the former UFC light heavyweight champion a run for his money, Jones took to Twitter to respond. Among other things, Jones claimed that Liddell “should’ve fought smarter and saved some chin.”

Liddell spoke to MMAjunkie at the EA Sports UFC 2 launch party and was quick to point out Jones’ failure to tag him in the tweets.

“Funny thing about that; somebody showed me the other day but he forgot to tag me,” Liddell said. “I don’t follow him, so I didn’t see it. I don’t know – the interview, if he listened to it, I didn’t say anything bad about him. I wouldn’t be mad at him if he said he could beat me in a fictional fight in my prime. Is that going to bother me? No. But if you ask me, in my prime, I knock him out. Styles make fights. I wouldn’t have a problem hitting him. Sooner or later, he’d go down. He doesn’t hit hard enough to stop me and he’s not going to outwrestle me. Sorry.


“If you’re going to go back at me, tag me. Let me know you’re going back at me so I can respond. I just thought it was kind of weird.”


Jones returns to action at UFC 197 against champion Daniel Cormier after a suspension for his role in an April hit-and-run incident. The event takes place April 23 from MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.


Jones previously claimed he’d “never been anything but nice” to the UFC Hall of Famer. Liddell shared that general sentiment, claiming nothing he said was personal.


Instead, Liddell said, he simply doesn’t enjoy watching the No. 1 ranked fighter in the USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA pound for pound rankings fight in the octagon.


“I don’t have anything against the kid,” Liddell said.

“He’s had some problems and he’s had out of the cage problems. I don’t know what’s going on in his head with that. He’s a great fighter. It’s like Mayweather. Mayweather is a phenomenal fighter, I don’t like watching him. I don’t want to watch a guy outpoint a guy, do just enough to win and cruise. I don’t want a guy to pull guard in a fight with 20 seconds left that he’s won every round in because he’s worried about getting knocked out in the last 20 seconds. That’s not my idea of a champion.”

 

[suffersystem]

Meh, I understand completely the point Chuck is making. May not agree with him, but as with most fighters they feel confident in their skills. Nothing personal, he feels in his prime he could have beaten him. IMO just much ado about nothing really.

 

[gimp0]

I hope Chuck goes to Bellator. I'd love to see him take some fights.

 

[My Spot]

Jones would destroy any version of Chuck.

 

[McGangsta]

"prime" chuck got beat so bad by Rampage that he was literally whimpering next to the ropes

Jones would destroy him. But I respect what he said

 

[Your Account]

Chuck trying to be considered for UFC 200

 

[IndyCovaHart]

"Tag" him?

A fucking Twitter war?

Come on, Chuck... Leave that shit for the kiddies and take the high road.

 

[OliverAtom]

I like Chuck way more than Jones but he's always been kinda salty towards Jones. And Jones is way more entertaining than Mayweather, he actually does damage and finished most of his fights.

 

[SpaceCommissar]

Liddell could've knocked a lot of guys out in his prime. Had he tagged Jones I think he could've won.

That being said, I'd put my money on Jones winning that fight. Too many stars have to align for Liddell to use that one weapon of his, even though it was "deadly".

 

[Credo]

Wait a minute, is there any chance in hell JBJ wouldn´t kill Liddell??

 

[TheNinja]

Prime Chuck would have KO'd Jones. Chuck is right. Jones couldn't have KO'd Chuck, he wouldn't have been able to wrestle him and keep him down. Chuck had great TDD and the ability to get up quickly. Eventually Chuck would have found Jon's chin and put him out.

 

[Buff]

I hope Chuck goes to Bellator. I'd love to see him take some fights.

Chuck would get knocked out putting his mouthguard in...

Plus every ufc event I see him at he's sitting next to a new hot blonde explaining shit to her with his arm round her shoulders...

 

[BRASIL WAND]

Jones would destroy any version of Chuck.

I like Jones but he hasn't "destroyed" anything but old folks and MWs.


When's the last time he's actually finished a true LHW?


Gus slapped Jones around at will... I think Prime Chuck lays him out with the overhand right if he connects which is highly likely.

 

[snw10mm]

I feel for Chuck because I dont think there was that kind of money in the UFC back then. Tops guys now are getting big money and I'm not sure he was getting anything near that amount but I could be wrong.

 

[Macalpinerules]

LMAO at Chuck talking about his prime as if he were some great fighter. Look closely and youll see that he lost whenever he fought a good well rounded fighter. In today's game he would be lucky to be top 20 and would likely not be good enough to climb the ranks to even get fights against guys like Jones, DC, Gus, Rumble, and Bader.

Honestly this is why I hate hearing old school fighters talk. They never want to admit that the game is significantly more advanced than when they were around. It probably kills Chuck inside that he would get destroyed by a jobber like Emmanuel Newton let alone what the top guys would do to him. So instead he resorts to hypothetical scenarios in which he is magically better than he ever was.....

 

[ShoopNazi]

I don’t want a guy to pull guard in a fight with 20 seconds left that he’s won every round in because he’s worried about getting knocked out in the last 20 seconds. That’s not my idea of a champion.”

I could almost swear that's the very reason he took Wandy down in their fight.

 

[phatron]

"prime" chuck got beat so bad by Rampage that he was literally whimpering next to the ropes

Jones would destroy him. But I respect what he said

Because Jones hits just like rampage?

 

[Just Creed]

Oooh little burn right there at the pulling guard comment

 

[rurouni]

"prime" chuck got beat so bad by Rampage that he was literally whimpering next to the ropes

Jones would destroy him. But I respect what he said

Nah thats post prime. Prime is when he took out vernon white and jeremy horne

 

[Macalpinerules]

Another thing: why the fuck is Chuck asking anyone to tag him when he got KTFO whenever he got tagged in his last few fights?