who is greater chuck liddell or matt hughes

Liddell.

 

I think Chuck IMO he dominated a tougher divison. Hughes record is great but you can screw with Liddells hes defeated Wanderlei,Randy 2x,Tito 2x,Babalu 2x,Horn,Mezger,Overeem,Belfort,Bustamante,Randleman thats a lot of Champions right there.

 

Neither is great. They were good in zuffa when zuffa only had 4 or 5 quality fighters.

 

Liddell.
Matt Hughes is a dick.

 

Wentz actually has a point. Although Liddell has a GREAT record on paper how far would he really have gone if he was in PRIDE? He was getting owned by Overeem until Overeem did his usual trick and gas. And vs Rampage he was severely owned. Back then the PRIDE 205 division was stacked and far better than anything the UFC had. That being said he has an awesome list of names on his resume.

 

Matt Hughes looses 30 pounds and lies on top of his opponents, he has a game plan and it works for him. Chuck Liddel had a decent chin, good power in his punches and his stand up was decent and ground fighting was good, in a time where people were only good in one dicipline.

Liddel takes it.

 

I don't really agree that he was getting owned by Overeem. Sure he seemed to not have answer for Overeem's knee in the beggining but he survived, and even Liddell seemed gassed when he threw that monster right hand on Overeem's forehead, then he finished him. Chuck showed a great chin in that fight.

 

Chuck, but it's very close. His fights on the whole are more entertaining, but the level of competition for both is comprable imo

 

the iceman for me hes beaten more champions than hughes

 

i had a real hard time with this.. i ended up going with liddell

 

Liddell -better competition at 205 than 170.

 

Both were great cash cow for UFC.

As fighters, the'll both be remembered like Royce Gracie, great for the sport but not the greatest MMA fighters.

Ali/Tyson in their primes can beat the top heavyweights now but Liddell will never beat a Machida ever.

 

The Iceman.

 

Curious what you mean by this?

Hughes has won 9 title fights -- Liddell 5.

They have both beat 1 reigning title holder in their division in a title fight.

Hughes has beat 6 opponents who were former/future/reigning UFC champs, 1 former WFA champ and 1 former Shooto champ --- Liddell beat 6 former/future/reigning UFC champs if you count Mezeger's tournament wins, 1 former Pride champ and 1 future Strikeforce champ.

So I would say Huges has beaten, at worse, as many champs, but more championship fights.

I would have to vote Hughes, he dominated his division much longer than Chuck. Both have great legacies though.

Sorry to bump this, missed it originally.