Ahora que parece que la retirada de Chuck es algo casi oficial, Jordan Breen argumenta que Liddell deja las mma habiendo sido el mejor semipesado de la historia.
http://www.fightopinion.com/2010/06/...ddell-history/
"At this moment in time, I would still call him the best Light Heavyweight ever."
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"He has the greatest bulk of Top 10 wins and impressive performances against notable guys from his era that weo39;ve seen. I do think that will change, I mean the UFC just has so many top Light Heavyweights at this point in time that if we get a guy now, if you know Shogun put together a reign like Liddell his resume would just look insane so I mean thato39;s another argument."
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"He has the greatest bulk of Top 10 wins and impressive performances against notable guys from his era that weo39;ve seen. I do think that will change, I mean the UFC just has so many top Light Heavyweights at this point in time that if we get a guy now, if you know Shogun put together a reign like Liddell his resume would just look insane so I mean thato39;s another argument."
Comparándolo con otros semipesados susceptibles de la misma distinción tenemos, bajo el mismo argumento:
Wanderlei Silva (5) -> Guy Mezger, Dan Henderson, Kazushi Sakuraba, Quinton Jackson y Ricardo Arona
Mauricio "Shogun" Rua (4) -> Quinton Jackson, Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, Ricardo Arona, y Lyoto Machida (Randleman no estaba en ningún top-10 cuando Shogun le ganó)
Tito Ortiz (5) -> Jerry Bohlander, Guy Mezger, Wanderlei Silva, Evan Tanner, and Vladimir Matyushenko
Quinton Jackson (5) -> Kevin Randleman, Murilo Bustamante, Chuck Liddell, Ricardo Arona, Matt Lindland y Dan Henderson
Randy Couture (3) -> Chuck Liddell, Tito Ortiz, y Vitor Belfort (solo cuentan los semipesados aqui)
Hablamos de la historia, supongo que no incluyen a Lyoto Machida (3 victorias sobre top-10, léase Rashad Evans, Shogun, y Thiago Silva) o Rashad Evans (4 victorias sobre top-10, las de Chuck Liddell, Forrest Griffin, Quinton Jackson, y Thiago Silva), porque a estos les queda más camino para ser "leyendas".
En fin, que a ver qué pensáis.
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