Chuck Liddell vs. Murilo Bustamante
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Chuck Liddell
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 16 | 7 |
| Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) | 1 | 0 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 4 | 2 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.23 · 17 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 30 documented bouts
In the UFC: 12-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.7 wins over .500
Murilo Bustamante
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 3 | 1 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 12 | 7 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 0.55 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 24 documented bouts
In the UFC: 2-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +2.0 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Chuck Liddell
Distance 81.2% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 8.2% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 10.6% (norm 10.4%)
Murilo Bustamante
Distance 41.7% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 12.6% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 45.6% (norm 10.3%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Chuck Liddell
Head 84.5% (norm 79.2%) · Body 4.0% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 11.6% (norm 9.7%)
Murilo Bustamante
Head 94.2% (norm 78.0%) · Body 4.9% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 1.0% (norm 8.4%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Liddell L/A | Acc | Light Heavyweight med | Bustamante L/A | Acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 430 / 1329 | 32.4% | 41.4% | 24 / 43 | 55.8% | 40.5% |
| In the clinch | 83 / 134 | 61.9% | 70.9% | 6 / 13 | too few to rate | 70.3% |
| On the ground | 98 / 173 | 56.6% | 72.3% | 22 / 47 | 46.8% | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 417 / 1382 | 30.2% | 38.9% | 46 / 97 | 47.4% | 38.9% |
| To the body | 45 / 65 | 69.2% | 71.9% | 5 / 5 | too few to rate | 71.7% |
| To the legs | 149 / 189 | 78.8% | 81.8% | 1 / 1 | too few to rate | 83.3% |
Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Light Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Middleweight: 174 fighters).
What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man
Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.
| Zone | vs Liddell L/A | Opp acc | Light Heavyweight med | vs Bustamante L/A | Opp acc | Middleweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 367 / 977 | 37.6% | 40.4% | 30 / 123 | 24.4% | 39.5% |
| In the clinch | 41 / 72 | 56.9% | 68.7% | 34 / 43 | 79.1% | 70.9% |
| On the ground | 26 / 42 | 61.9% | 70.4% | 12 / 17 | too few to rate | 69.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 262 / 886 | 29.6% | 37.5% | 24 / 123 | 19.5% | 37.9% |
| To the body | 51 / 63 | 81.0% | 72.3% | 15 / 18 | too few to rate | 71.3% |
| To the legs | 121 / 142 | 85.2% | 83.0% | 37 / 42 | 88.1% | 82.1% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Liddell has more cage time on record.