Filed under: Featured Videos , News , UFC , Videos UFC Hall of Famer Chuck Liddell likens Latin America’s MMA scene to Europe a decade ago. It’s a little underdeveloped. “You’ve got some great striking, good jiu-jitsu, but they’re missing the rest of the lot, and they’re missing how to connect all three of them together,” Liddell said backstage at this past Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 98 in Mexico City. “I think they’re a few years behind.” Apart from some notable exceptions, Liddell indicated it will take time before native Mexican fighters compete at the level of their American counterparts and others around the world. But with the country’s love of combat sports, and increased exposure from added UFC events, he said it’s just a matter of time before they catch up. “You start picking up a couple of them, and now we’ve got a European champion,” said Liddell, referring to current middleweight titleholder Michael Bisping.
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Chuck Liddell: Latin American MMA scene ‘a few years behind,’ like Europe a decade ago – MMA Junkie