Comments on: Rashad Evans and Chuck Liddell At UFC 88 Press Conference

By: steve

steve — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 03:39:24 +0000

Dont thknk so Chuck is just too confident and thought hey im gonna counter him and knock him out with an uppercut like I hit Babalu with. Well guess what he got beat to the punch and I guess his chin couldnt take the hit. Big KO to his ego if u ask me. Maybe it is good for him and he will comeback and change his style like Randy did or maybe he will still be bullheaded and think he can go in with the same gameplan as always and get out gamplnned and tko or KO’d. Personally I think the UFC does better in sales and makes the 205 division better when he is kicking ass. Now I dont like him at all but I like seeing a guy I dont like win and then having him fight a guy I like. It gets me more into the fight. You either liked chuck win he was champ or u didnt. Just like Tito. One thing is for sure though whether he comes back or not and thats HE GOT KTFO’d lol and that he cant win just standing anymore.

By: krage

krage — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:26:46 +0000

I think the problem was chuck showed up to fight, but the iceman was no where to be seen. chuck lost his cool and got mad. same thing happend to hatton when he boxed mayweather. you can not fight mad. you lose focus and get caught. It comes down to, rashad got in his head.

By: Ryan S

Ryan S — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:22:07 +0000

This is true. Whenever he hits the ground, his top priority is getting back to his feet. What did they say before the fight, his average amount of time on the ground is like 14 seconds?

By: whodini

whodini — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:20:23 +0000

yeah.. Chuck is starting to look like Rich Franklin … good stand up .. no ground game at all …by that i mean take em down and g and p .. and his defense …that was a lazy right hook or what ever .. never was a real die hard Chuck fan .. and Rich Frankiln might as well take his black eye and go back to teaching ..but then again money talks

By: steve

steve — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:05:09 +0000

I am sick of people saying that Chuck has great wrstling skills and a decent ground game. If he did he would use it but he doesnt. He is good at knocking people out and now that he isnt doing that you will see him kep getting beat. He dont use the ground game not b/c he has been so successful standing but I feel its b/c he is lacking in that department. College wrslting dont make u a solid ground fighter. GSP is the best wrestler in the game and he didnt wrestle at the lvl half the wreslters in MMA but he is the best in the sport right now. Dominating top wrestlers. Point being Chuck is hyped up saying he has a god ground game. He uses his skills to stop takedowns and avoid the ground. If he wasnt one dimesional he would show us not just talk about it.

By: roy

roy — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 20:33:05 +0000

thats my point tim the lhw devision is so deep i don’t see franklin cleaning it out or anyone, it will be hard for any lhw to hold that belt if there fighting the top guys and i just don’t see rich winning that belt at all, but i never thought rashad would beat chuck so who knows.

By: T.R.

T.R. — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 20:11:27 +0000

excuse me, chuck, not church. crap!

By: T.R.

T.R. — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 20:10:38 +0000

It would be nice for church to get some different trainers and coaches around him. Rashad knew exactly how to train for chuck because chuck is not evolving. If he would use more of his skills then fighters like rashad and jardine would not know how to train for him. I know that chuck is loyal to the Pit but come on, follow randy’s example and evolve your fighting style. We’ll see if chuck can swallow his pride and change.

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:14:18 +0000

We will have to wait and see with that…Rashad wasnt a Favorite as well and look what he is doing. 205 is a tough division to be in alot to deal with its certainly not short on talent.

By: roy

roy — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:56:08 +0000

i don’t think rich is going to beat any of the top guys but he could do alright, hamill is tough but not even close to being ranked i see rich in the top 10 but never the top 5.