Black Widow
03-20-2008, 09:21 PM
Chuck Liddell warned former Olympic champion Kurt Angle in an exclusive interview with Setanta Sports News that he is living in a dream world if he thinks he can make any impact in The UFC with wrestling alone.
Angle, who is a former Olympic and world wrestling champion, has previously made several grandiose claims about what he would do if he ever stepped inside The Octagon.
UFC president Dana White offered the WWE star a year-long contract to train in Mixed Martial Arts, in a similar route taken by fellow wrestler Brock Lesnar.
However, Angle never took up the offer - preferring instead to let his words do the talking, and Liddell did not mince his words in belittling his claims.
Liddell and the rest of The UFC world witnessed Lesnar’s promising debut, which ultimately highlighted his lack of Mixed Martial Arts as Frank Mir submitted him, and the former two-time UFC light-heavyweight champion is adamant Angle would face the same fate.
“He talks about it all the time, but he hasn’t made any movements towards doing it, to my knowledge he hasn’t done any training or cross-training,” Liddell told Setanta Sports News.
“If he’s just gonna come in and wrestle, he’s going to get beat, you can’t just be a one-dimensional fighter in The UFC.
“I don’t care how good you are, it’s not gonna work.”
setantasports.com
Angle, who is a former Olympic and world wrestling champion, has previously made several grandiose claims about what he would do if he ever stepped inside The Octagon.
UFC president Dana White offered the WWE star a year-long contract to train in Mixed Martial Arts, in a similar route taken by fellow wrestler Brock Lesnar.
However, Angle never took up the offer - preferring instead to let his words do the talking, and Liddell did not mince his words in belittling his claims.
Liddell and the rest of The UFC world witnessed Lesnar’s promising debut, which ultimately highlighted his lack of Mixed Martial Arts as Frank Mir submitted him, and the former two-time UFC light-heavyweight champion is adamant Angle would face the same fate.
“He talks about it all the time, but he hasn’t made any movements towards doing it, to my knowledge he hasn’t done any training or cross-training,” Liddell told Setanta Sports News.
“If he’s just gonna come in and wrestle, he’s going to get beat, you can’t just be a one-dimensional fighter in The UFC.
“I don’t care how good you are, it’s not gonna work.”
setantasports.com