Chuck Liddell

Chuck Liddell, "The Iceman," is one of those fighters who basically defined an era. I grew up watching him in the mid-2000s when the UFC was exploding into mainstream consciousness, and his aggressive, brawling style — that wide karate stance, the looping overhand right that put so many light heavyweights to sleep — was genuinely thrilling in a way that feels hard to recreate now. The fact that he went to Cal Poly and competed in wrestling before layering in karate and kickboxing says something about the guy: he wasn't just a natural brute, he was a craftsman who built a fighting style from the ground up. Alongside Randy Couture, he's legitimately responsible for dragging MMA out of the underground and onto prime time TV. The UFC Light Heavyweight title he held from 2005 to 2007 came at the sport's most pivotal moment, and he carried it with real charisma. Iconic run.

Name (English)

Chuck Liddell

Name (Japanese)

チャック・リデル

Reading

ちゃっく・りでる

Born

December 17, 1969 (age 56)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Rooster

Origin

Santa Barbara, California, United States

Height

188 cm

Occupation

mixed martial arts fighter / kickboxer / karateka / amateur wrestler / actor

High school

San Marcos High School

University

California Polytechnic State University

• Official sitehttps://www.iceman.tv
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/chuckliddell/
• Xhttps://x.com/chuckliddell
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck%20Liddell
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%87%E3%83%AB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q380050

Tags

• California
• mixed martial arts fighter
• kickboxer
• karateka

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.