At that time Liddell had great hands, how he mentions him before saying he sees no one with good hands is beyond me. Liddell also had a reach advantage that was double the size of Chuck, in all fairness. Liddell often gets less respect than he deserves from strikers outside of mma, but one can see how good his pure striking was when he went to Pride in one of those exchange fights with UFC. He beat a young, prime form Overeem that was in perfect striking form with a perfect build and structure before he started getting real muscle mass from AAS