Chuck Liddell

Charles David Chuck Liddell is a retired American mixed martial artist and former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion. He has an extensive striking background in Kempo, KoeiKan Karate, and Kickboxing, as well as a grappling background in collegiate wrestling and Brazilian JiuJitsu. He holds the record with the most knockouts in UFC history at 13. He hadfights in the UFC along with Randy Couture, he is widely credited for bringing MMA into the mainstream of American sports and entertainment. On July 10, 2009, he was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame.

Liddell was born in Santa Barbara, California. He was raised by his single mother and maternal grandfather, who taught Liddell and his siblings boxing techniques from a very young age. Liddell began studying KoeiKan karate at the age ofthe tattoo seen on his scalp reads KoeiKan. Liddell was a fouryear starter on the football team at San Marcos High School, playing center and linebacker while also excelling at wrestling. While growing up in Santa Barbara, he often frequented the infamous Del Playa Drive, the middle of the party scene of the college town of Isla Vista, where he often found himself in fights with drunk college students. He became a Division I wrestler at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in BusinessAccounting in 1995. He holds an amateur kickboxing record ofwins andlosses, withof his wins coming by way of knockout. When Liddell started his mixed martial arts career, he began to train in Brazilian

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