Chuck Liddell

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Chuck Liddell
Statistics
Nickname	Iceman
Height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight	204 lb (93 kg)
Born	December 17, 1969
Fighting out of	San Luis Obispo, California
Town of birth	Santa Barbara, California
Fighting style	Kickboxing
Mixed martial arts record
Wins	18
By knockout	11
By submission	1
Losses	3
Draws	0
No contests

Charles David Liddell (born December 17 1969 in Santa Barbara, California), popularly referred to as Chuck Liddell, and also known as "The Iceman," is a mixed martial artist with a background in kickboxing. He currently fights in the Ultimate Fighting Championship and is the Light-Heavyweight Champion. Primarily a striker, Liddell prides himself on his wrestling skills which he learned during his years at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, where he also earned a degree in business and accounting. He is a fearsome opponent both standing up and on the ground, and has endeared himself as a fan favorite. Liddell is associated with the Pitfight team and often enters the ring to the music of Minnesota rock band American Head Charge. Liddell was even featured in the bands music video for the song "Cowards".

1 Biography
2 MMA Record
3 Career
4 Film Career
5 See also
6 External links

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Biography

Liddell's mixed martial arts journey began in 1998, when he earned a decision victory over a boxer named Noe Hernandez at UFC 17. From there, he went on to vanquish such opponents as Jose Landi-Jons, Guy Mezger and Kevin Randleman. Liddell was also matched against the skilled Middleweight champion, Murilo Bustamante; although Liddell received the judges' decision, many dispute the victory. Despite his winning streak and strong performances, it wasn't until he beat "The Phenom" Vitor Belfort at UFC 37.5 that he was considered to be among the top echelon within the light heavyweight division of Ultimate Fighting Championship.

Immediately following a loss to Randy Couture at UFC 43, Liddell prepared himself for a match against his controversial rival, Tito Ortiz. Both men had trained at the Pitfight Club and experienced a fall-out that would escalate as Ortiz taunted Liddell. On April 2nd, 2004 in Las Vegas, Nevada, Liddell defeated Ortiz at UFC 47. Since then, the tension between both fighters has been documented throughout the MMA world.

Recently, Liddell was seen on the inaugural season of The Ultimate Fighter, Spike TV's breakthrough reality show featuring fighters new to the UFC competing for a UFC contract. Liddell served as coach of Team Liddell, while fellow fighter and concurrent UFC Light Heavyweight champ Randy Couture coached Team Couture. The series was a success for both Spike TV and the UFC. Both of the winners of TUF, Diego Sanchez and Forrest Griffin, were members of Team Liddell, and they have gone onto wide-spread notoriety.

Liddell's highly anticipated rematch with Couture on April 16, 2005 at UFC 52 - a championship bout - ended in victory for Liddell via first-round knockout. The fight was almost stopped at one point after Liddell's finger had made contact with Couture's eye, but the doctors permitted the fight to continue. This victory set the tone for a future rematch between Couture and Liddell.

Before that rematch would occur, however, Chuck was scheduled to defend his new title belt against a fellow UFC veteran Jeremy Horn, at UFC 54. All throughout the bout, Liddell dominated Horn with aggressive punches, causing knockdowns in multiple rounds. Liddell's defensive wrestling ability stifled the bulk of Horn's offense, which was centered around grappling and submission wrestling. Liddell eventually won the fight via TKO in 2:46 minutes of the fourth round, avenging a previous career loss and defending the championship.

On February 4th, 2006 at UFC 57, Liddell won, for a second time, a fight against Randy Couture via knockout in Las Vegas, Nevada to retain the Light Heavyweight championship belt. After the fight, Couture announced his retirement from the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

Liddell was once romantically linked to one-time UFC host, multi-platinum pop artist, and Playboy model Willa Ford. He claims they currently are "just friends." [1] There were also rumors in 2004 he was dating actress Juliette Lewis.

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MMA Record

18 wins (11 KO's, 1 submission, 3 decisions), 3 losses (2 KO's, 1 submission), 0 draw.

02/04/2006	Win	Randy Couture	UFC 57	TKO (Punches)	Round 2, 1:38
08/20/2005	Win	Jeremy Horn	UFC 54	TKO (Punches)	Round 4, 2:46
04/16/2005	Win	Randy Couture	UFC 52	KO (Punches)	Round 1, 2:06
08/21/2004	Win	Vernon White	UFC 49	KO (Punch)	Round 1, 4:05
04/02/2004	Win	Tito Ortiz	UFC 47	KO (Punches)	Round 2, 0:38
11/09/2003	Loss	Quinton Jackson	Pride Final Conflict 2003	TKO (Strikes)	Round 2, 3:10
08/10/2003	Win	Alistair Overeem	Pride Total Elimination 2003	KO (Strikes)	Round 1, 3:09
06/06/2003	Loss	Randy Couture	UFC 43	TKO (Punches)	Round 3, 2:39
11/22/2002	Win	Renato "Babalu" Sobral	UFC 40	KO (Head Kick)	Round 1, 2:55
06/22/2002	Win	Vitor Belfort	UFC 37.5	Win Decision (Unanimous)	Round 3, 5:00
01/11/2002	Win	Amar Suloev	UFC 35	Decision (Unanimous)	Round 3, 5:00
09/28/2001	Win	Murilo Bustamante	UFC 33	Decision (Unanimous)	Round 3, 5:00
05/27/2001	Win	Guy Mezger	Pride 14	KO (Punch)	Round 2, 2:21
05/04/2001	Win	Kevin Randleman	UFC 31	KO (Punch)	Round 1, 1:18
12/16/2000	Win	Jeff Monson	UFC 29	Decision (Unanimous)	Round 3, 5:00
07/18/2000	Win	Steve Heath	IFC WC 9	KO (Kick to the Head)	Round 2, 5:39
09/24/1999	Win	Paul Jones	UFC 22	TKO (Strikes)	Round 1, 3:53
03/31/1999	Win	Kenneth Williams	NG 11	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	Round 2, 3:10
03/05/1999	Loss	Jeremy Horn	UFC 19	TKO (Arm Triangle)	Round 1, 12:00
08/23/1998	Win	Jose Landi-Jons	IVC 6	Decision (Unanimous)	Round 1, 30:00
05/15/1998	Win	Noe Hernandez	UFC 17	Decision (Unanimous)	Round 1, 12:00

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Career

Liddell is the current UFC Light Heavyweight champion, capturing the title from Randy Couture in April, 2005. He has since defended the title bout twice - once against Jeremy Horn at UFC 54, and once against Couture at UFC 57. According to MMA Weekly, he will be fighting Renato "Babalu" Sobral at UFC 62.[2]

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