VS
UFC
76 Knock Out
Chuck Liddell vs. Keith Jardine
Saturday September 22, 2007 10PM EST
Jardine +280
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You
are going to think I’m crazy but Keith Jardine the Dean
of Mean (12-3-1) is going to beat Chuck the Iceman Liddell (20-4)
and beat him badly. I have always said that Chuck Liddell is
a one dimensional fighter. He is a very heavy puncher, has great
take down defense and he will beat people that do not throw
as hard as him but when facing an equally heavy puncher he loses.
Chuck
Liddell is not a good fighter, he is not even a good kick boxer,
he sucks at wrestling and he has no ground skills. Why do people
like him? Well he knocks people out and for fans that’s
all they want. Well guess what, the UFC is bringing straight
up killers that will just dummy Chuck Liddell if he steps in
the ring with them. He will not beat Shogun, he will not beat
Quinton
Rampage Jackson, he will not beat Dan Hollywood Henderson,
he will not beat Wanderlei the Axe Murderer Silva and he will
not even beat Houston Alexander. Why? The reason is that Chuck
will not beat any of these MMA fighters because they are more
powerful strikers that he is. Keith Jardine is a heavyweight
that cuts weight down to light heavyweight and he is a far better
striker than Liddell.
Liddell has faced a lot of weaker strikers in the Octagon have
been like Randy
Couture (Old version of Randy years ago), Titio
Ortiz, Vitor
Belfour, Guy
Mezger, Jeremy
Horn, Bablau
Sobral, Vernon White and the list goes on. Chuck
has had trouble with well rounded fighters like Amar
Suloev, and Murilo
Bustamante who in my opinion if they were heavy punchers
would have killed Chuck. The new light heavyweight crop coming
into the UFC is skilled and can throw punches that will overwhelm
Liddell.
Keith Jardine has the striking ability and power to KO Chuck
and he will use his size and underestimated grappling ability
to impose his will on the Iceman. After UFC 76, the Iceman will
be exposed for his inability to adapt to fighters (unlike how
Couture has) and he will show that wild punches only get you
so far without improving your other fighting skills. Jardine
has hard kicks and punches and has the grappling background
from the Greg Jackson camp to throw Chuck off his game.
Bottom Line: Chuck does not have the tools
to compete in the UFC. He is only a heavy puncher but when facing
other heavy punchers he loses and loses bad. Liddell is on the
tale end of his career and all the partying (do I have to include
that video clip of Chuck all high again) and fame has diminished
his fighting abilities. He says he wants to fight Silvia or
Shogun; well good luck getting past Jardine as he will KO Liddell
in UFC 76. High leg kick to the head by Jardine, he will knock
Liddell’s Mohawk to thte other side of his head after
this fight.
There
is not one area that Liddell has over Jardine on paper so lay
your UFC 76 bets on Jardine for a good payout.
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