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The Iceman v. Hendo

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#1 · (Edited)
Who do you think would win a fight if Chuck Liddell fought Dan Henderson with both of the being in their primes?

On paper it looks like a pretty good fight

Both have great wrestling, Chuck with his sprawl vs Hendo and his takedowns.

Chuck has the better striking but Hendo has the H-Bomb.

Both have Iron Jaws, Hendo has never been KOed, and outside of the first Randy fight I can't remember anyone stopping Chuck with strikes before his rapid decline.

I would have to give Hendo the edge in cardio just because he is so accustomed to going the distance.



So how do you think a fight between these two would go?

EDIT: Sorry I forgot to mention it would be a five round fight.
 
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#2 ·
Chuck was no stranger going through wars back in the day like with Belfort and Bustamante. Hendo would have a hell of a time taking him down and even if he did, he wouldn't be able to keep him there.

I don't see Chuck being able to KO Dan, but he definitely would have landed a lot more. Chuck by decision probably all three rounds.
 
#4 ·
Chuck would have turned Dan's lights out. Dan throws bombs but they are sloppy punches that he throws with his head down. A great counter puncher like Chuck was would just have flipped Hendo's switch.
 
#6 ·
Chuck never fought an elite striker during his reign, he fought Vitor but that was a little before his time as Champ, Dan also fought and beat Vitor.

Dan's always had the better chin, Chuck was getting stopped well before he was out of his prime by Couture and Rampage, Dan would have done the same thing.

Hendo by TKO Round 2.
 
#15 ·
Never fought an elite striker? What does that have anything to do with Dan? Hendo was never a good striker, hes a brawl and bomb fighter. Chuck was great at tearing people like that apart. Chuck's weakness were guys like Rampage who had tight boxing with wicked power. But someone as sloppy as Dan is going to get drilled in the face all night.
 
#7 ·
Chuck by decision, being the better technical striker. Both fighters like to bang and use their wrestling mostly to counter takdowns, so it would be a standup fight I'm pretty sure. If hendo got lucky he might land a bomb and KO Chuck, but I think 8/10 Chuck would take it.
 
#10 · (Edited)
I originally thought Hendo but Chuck would have fucked Hendo up.

I always have wanted to know the back-story behind this pic.


And yeah Hendo has a great chin but it also has to do with developing better defense, he used to hit the deck every time someone touched him. still one of the best in MMA though.

Also like Osmium was saying, Hendo was pretty small until he started the Testosterone Therapy



So "Prime"(i think he is better now then he ever was back then)Hendo would have gotten demolished.
 
#12 ·
Depends really cause I think Hendo has been better in the past couple of yearss than he was back when Chuck was in his prime. One thing I definitely have to look at is that Henderson was able to go a hard 5 rounds with Rampage and Rampage walked through Chuck (twice). I know MMA math doesn't work but Rampage clocked Hendo with his biggest shots and it didn't really phase him - those same shots dropped Liddell (even back in his prime).

I think takedowns don't really come into the equation much because if you'll stand and bang with Henderson he's content to keep it standing. Plus, I don't think his takedowns are good enough to takedown Liddell or keep him on the ground. I think Liddell had the better overall standup but I'm not convinced he could hurt Henderson. I see it going to a decision and they don't call him Decision Dan for nothing.

Tough fight to call though as like I said I think Henderson is better now and Liddell was obviously better then. Same with Couture though - I think Couture is better these days than he was back before his first retirement.
 
#13 ·
Iceman without a doubt. He excelled are destroying brawlers like Hendo. Though it would be a good fight, I think if they ever fought Hendo would have suffered his first KO. Anderson Silva rocked Hendo and I have no doubt in my mind Iceman would have done the same. Besides as good of a Greco roman wrestler as Hendo was, Iceman's TDD in his prime was lengendary, so in my eyes it would have been a standup war.
 
#14 ·
Gotta give this one to Liddell. Size advanatge, legendary counter-wrestling, one punch KO power, superior stand up technique, and about even cardio.

I don't know if Liddell could finish Henderson, but I know he'd outland him and outwork him. Liddell would've taken this by KO or UD, depending on whether he landed "the big one" or not.
 
#17 ·
I think Dan was good enough to take Chuck down a few times and win the fight in a brawl, even in their primes. I wouldn't argue that scenario though because of how dangerous Chuck is remembered to have been.

However, if they would have fought anytime in the last 2-3 years, I think it would have been a really, really bad night for Chuck.
 
#20 ·
In thier primes i think Chuck would beat him from pillar to post, i dunno if he could KO him because Hendo has the best chin in all MMA by far but it is a prime Liddell we are talking about here so i dunno. All i know is that Liddell would out strike him all night long and had good enough TDD to keep it standing.
 
#21 ·
Tt

Almost forgot to answer my own question.

I could see Chuck coming out early and getting some decent shots in and stuffing Hendos takedowns. As the fight would progress however I imagine Chuck would tire himself out by going for the kill at the end of some vicoius exchages and having to deal with Hendos relentless takedown attempts. The fifth round would be all Hendo as that is when he would score his only takedown of the fight on a completely gassed but still winging Chuck and ground and pound him till the buzzer a 10-8 round.

Iceman by UD 48-46

Both men looking as bad as they ever have.
 
#33 ·
Yet he's never been KO'd while Chuck has been KO'd/TKO'd 5 times.

This is the same guy who lost to Rampage and lost to Anderson Silva. Its also the same guy who was gifted a decision against Franklin.
Yes, but...

Rampage whooped Chuck's ass twice including a KO, Hendo hung with him. Franklin KO'd Chuck, Hendo beat him. Anderson is a monster :thumb02:

Not saying Chuck wouldn't beat Hendo, Chuck is a better striker and has more range. He's also a bigger guy than Hendo which says a lot about Dan that he's even mentioned. Though, all Dan has to do is land 1 right.
 
#26 ·
Just a quick thought has there ever been a fight where people were questioning, even doubting whether Chuck could finish a fight?
 
#28 ·
Now hendo would kill him.

In chucks prime, chuck would beat hendo. I have my doubts about KO in 3 rounder, in a 5 maybe.. Hendo likes to get hit on the chin and chuck is quite a better striker.
 
#35 ·
Probably Liddell because in his prime he handled wrestlers pretty well bar Couture and Dan isnt the type of fighter to relentlessly push a fighter to the cage/ropes and go for the takedown so i think Liddell takes it.
 
#38 ·
Chuck has spent less than two minutes on the ground in his entire career, IMO that's one hell of a stat for a striker with all the wrestlers at LW then and now. I dont see Dan taking down Chuck in his prime not even once. I do see a HLK that would possibly pop Dans head off, back in the day Chuck had more tools than just a overhand right.
 
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