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Chuck Liddell "The Iceman"

Inactive · age 56 · Orthodox · 6'2" 188 cm · 205 lb 93 kg · reach 76" 193 cm
At a glance
  • 4 successful title defenses
  • 3-fight losing streak — needs a turnaround
  • 63% of wins by KO/TKO
  • 38% of wins finished in round 1
Elo rating
1548
Global Elo 1606 ±45
Rank
—
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UFC record
16-7-0
KO 10 · Sub 0 · Dec 6
Streak
-3
Δ90d -24 · Δ1y -24
Last fight
Jun 12, 2010
Loss by KO · R1

Division-adjusted profile

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The size-fair view: each fighter is measured against his own division, so a heavyweight's lower raw pace isn't punished. Toughness inverts strikes absorbed. Raw career numbers are in Performance above.

Honest Elo history

23 fights · tap & drag
May 15, 1998 — W vs Noe Hernandez Δ+29Mar 5, 1999 — L vs Jeremy Horn Δ-41Sep 24, 1999 — W vs Paul Jones Δ+33Dec 16, 2000 — W vs Jeff Monson Δ+29May 4, 2001 — W vs Kevin Randleman Δ+33Sep 28, 2001 — W vs Murilo Bustamante Δ+14Jan 11, 2002 — W vs Amar Suloev Δ+12Jun 22, 2002 — W vs Vitor Belfort Δ+16Nov 22, 2002 — W vs Renato Sobral Δ+14Jun 6, 2003 — L vs Randy Couture Δ-22Apr 2, 2004 — W vs Tito Ortiz Δ+20Aug 21, 2004 — W vs Vernon White Δ+12Apr 16, 2005 — W vs Randy Couture Δ+26Aug 20, 2005 — W vs Jeremy Horn Δ+15Feb 4, 2006 — W vs Randy Couture Δ+22Aug 26, 2006 — W vs Renato Sobral Δ+14Dec 30, 2006 — W vs Tito Ortiz Δ+21May 26, 2007 — L vs Quinton Jackson Δ-36Sep 22, 2007 — L vs Keith Jardine Δ-22Dec 29, 2007 — W vs Wanderlei Silva Δ+7Sep 6, 2008 — L vs Rashad Evans Δ-20Apr 18, 2009 — L vs Mauricio Rua Δ-26Jun 12, 2010 — L vs Rich Franklin Δ-18 13501400145015001550160016501700 200020022004200620082010 [{"i":0,"x":90,"y":321,"elo":1447,"date":"1998-05-15","opp":"Noe Hernandez","result":"W","delta":29},{"i":1,"x":138,"y":359,"elo":1406,"date":"1999-03-05","opp":"Jeremy Horn","result":"L","delta":-41},{"i":2,"x":171.1,"y":329.3,"elo":1438,"date":"1999-09-24","opp":"Paul Jones","result":"W","delta":33},{"i":3,"x":244.4,"y":302.4,"elo":1468,"date":"2000-12-16","opp":"Jeff Monson","result":"W","delta":29},{"i":4,"x":267.1,"y":271.9,"elo":1501,"date":"2001-05-04","opp":"Kevin Randleman","result":"W","delta":33},{"i":5,"x":291.1,"y":259.4,"elo":1515,"date":"2001-09-28","opp":"Murilo Bustamante","result":"W","delta":14},{"i":6,"x":308.2,"y":248.8,"elo":1526,"date":"2002-01-11","opp":"Amar Suloev","result":"W","delta":12},{"i":7,"x":334.7,"y":234.5,"elo":1542,"date":"2002-06-22","opp":"Vitor Belfort","result":"W","delta":16},{"i":8,"x":359.7,"y":221.9,"elo":1556,"date":"2002-11-22","opp":"Renato Sobral","result":"W","delta":14},{"i":9,"x":391.6,"y":242.1,"elo":1534,"date":"2003-06-06","opp":"Randy Couture","result":"L","delta":-22},{"i":10,"x":440.8,"y":223.9,"elo":1554,"date":"2004-04-02","opp":"Tito Ortiz","result":"W","delta":20},{"i":11,"x":463.8,"y":213.2,"elo":1565,"date":"2004-08-21","opp":"Vernon White","result":"W","delta":12},{"i":12,"x":502.6,"y":189.9,"elo":1591,"date":"2005-04-16","opp":"Randy Couture","result":"W","delta":26},{"i":13,"x":523.2,"y":176.6,"elo":1605,"date":"2005-08-20","opp":"Jeremy Horn","result":"W","delta":15},{"i":14,"x":550.6,"y":156.4,"elo":1627,"date":"2006-02-04","opp":"Randy Couture","result":"W","delta":22},{"i":15,"x":583.8,"y":143.3,"elo":1642,"date":"2006-08-26","opp":"Renato Sobral","result":"W","delta":14},{"i":16,"x":604.3,"y":124.3,"elo":1663,"date":"2006-12-30","opp":"Tito Ortiz","result":"W","delta":21},{"i":17,"x":628.3,"y":156.9,"elo":1627,"date":"2007-05-26","opp":"Quinton Jackson","result":"L","delta":-36},{"i":18,"x":647.8,"y":177.1,"elo":1605,"date":"2007-09-22","opp":"Keith Jardine","result":"L","delta":-22},{"i":19,"x":663.7,"y":170.4,"elo":1612,"date":"2007-12-29","opp":"Wanderlei Silva","result":"W","delta":7},{"i":20,"x":704.9,"y":188.7,"elo":1592,"date":"2008-09-06","opp":"Rashad Evans","result":"L","delta":-20},{"i":21,"x":741.4,"y":212.5,"elo":1566,"date":"2009-04-18","opp":"Mauricio Rua","result":"L","delta":-26},{"i":22,"x":810,"y":228.9,"elo":1548,"date":"2010-06-12","opp":"Rich Franklin","result":"L","delta":-18}]

Last fights

Elo-based expectation · not betting advice
Date Opponent Result Δ Elo
Jun 12, 2010 Rich Franklin L -18
Apr 18, 2009 Mauricio Rua L -26
Sep 6, 2008 Rashad Evans L -20
Dec 29, 2007 Wanderlei Silva W +7
Sep 22, 2007 Keith Jardine L -22
3 post-fight bonuses
  • Fight of the Night ×2
  • Knockout of the Night ×1

UFC awards a discretionary bonus for the night's best fight and finishes. Chuck Liddell has earned 3.

Performance

SLpM Significant Strikes Landed per Minute. Higher = busier striker.
Strikes Landed
L1L3L5
Str Acc Striking accuracy: significant strikes landed / attempted. Higher = more efficient striker.
Strike Accuracy
L1L3L5
SApM Significant Strikes Absorbed per Minute. How often opponents land on this fighter. Lower is better.
Strikes Absorbed
L1L3L5
Str Def Share of opponent’s significant strike attempts that miss or are blocked. Higher is better.
Striking Defense
L1L3L5
TD / 15 min Takedowns landed per 15 minutes (one full 3-round fight). Measures wrestling output.
Takedowns
L1L3L5
TD Acc Takedowns landed / attempted. Higher = cleaner entries.
Takedown Accuracy
L1L3L5
TD Def Share of opponent takedown attempts stuffed. Higher = harder to put on the mat.
Takedown Defense
L1L3L5
Sub / 15 min Submission attempts per 15 minutes. Counts attempts, not just finishes — a proxy for grappling aggression.
Submission Attempts
L1L3L5
Ctrl / 15 min Control time in seconds per 15 minutes. Time in dominant grappling positions. 240 = 4 min, the realistic high-end across divisions.
Control Time (sec)
L1L3L5
KD / 15 min Knockdowns landed per 15 minutes. Counts every flash KD even if the fight continued — measures stopping power across all rounds, not just finishes.
Knockdowns
L1L3L5
Above division avg (intensity ∝ how far)
Near avg (±10%)
Below division avg

Finishes

How wins come Finish rate = (KO + Submission wins) / total UFC wins. Measures how often this fighter closes the show before the scorecards.
63%
10 / 16
Finish rate
KO
10
63% of wins
SUB
0
0% of wins
DEC
6
38% of wins
KO: 10 (63%) 10 Sub: 0 (0%) Dec: 6 (38%) 6
Finishes by round
10 total
R1
6 60%
R2
2 20%
R3
1 10%
R4
1 10%
R5

Striking profile

Where significant strikes land — by target zone and by position. 611 landed total · career

Targets head · body · leg
68% Head
  • Head 68%
  • Body 7%
  • Leg 24%
Positions distance · clinch · ground
70% Distance
  • Distance 70%
  • Clinch 14%
  • Ground 16%

Durability

How they're beaten How fights end AGAINST this fighter. Finished-against rate = (times KO'd + submitted) / total UFC losses. A low rate means they rarely get stopped.
86%
of losses by finish
6 of 7 · usually R1
5 KO/TKO 1 Sub 1 Dec

Strength of schedule in UFC

Avg opp Elo (last 5) Average Elo rating of the last 5 opponents this fighter faced. A proxy for schedule difficulty — 1700+ is elite-level competition, 1500 is a UFC average opponent.
1577
UFC level
Quality wins (1600+) Wins over opponents rated 1600+ Elo at the time of the fight — clearly above the ~1500 UFC average, contender tier. A count of genuine quality results, not record-padding.
4
of 16 UFC wins
Toughest win The highest-rated opponent this fighter has a win over, by that opponent's Elo at fight time.
Tito Ortiz
Elo 1690 at fight time
Expected wins How many wins an average fighter would be expected to have against this exact schedule, based on pre-fight Elo win probabilities. The line below shows whether this fighter is over- or under-performing their matchups.
13.4
+2.6 wins above what this schedule implies
Opponent Elo over career · 23 UFC fights, oldest → newest
1500
1657
Notable wins
Tito Ortiz ×2 1690 Randy Couture ×2 1685
Career at a glance
Octagon time
3h 24m
Avg fight time
8:53
Fights per year
1.9
Since last fight
16y 2mo
Title fights
5-2
Bonuses
3
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Top light heavyweight

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#1 · Elo 1670
Magomed Ankalaev
#2 · Elo 1670
Robert Whittaker
#3 · Elo 1633
Navajo Stirling
#4 · Elo 1622
Azamat Murzakanov
#5 · Elo 1611
Source Raw fight data and per-bout statistics come from Chuck Liddell on UFCStats →. Elo rating, uncertainty bands, and division-relative analytics computed by HonestElo — not affiliated with or endorsed by the Ultimate Fighting Championship.