Filed under: Featured Videos , News , UFC , Videos MMA in 1998 was a far different animal from the sport in 2015, but MMA in Brazil was a different beast entirely. The bouts were bare-knuckle and with an extremely limited set of rules. But UFC Hall of Famer Chuck Liddell faced a completely different hurdle when he traveled to Brazil for the first time to face Jose Landi-Jons at IVC 6. “That was an interesting trip,” Liddell recently told longtime broadcaster Joe Buck on Buck’s show “Undeniable with Joe Buck.” “Back then everyone was talking about the crowd and it being dangerous fighting down there because there were riots in the crowd and all that stuff.
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Chuck Liddell talks Brazilian bare-knuckle fighting with opponent’s manager as ref – MMA Junkie