Found September 23, 2009 on
Bleacher Report:
MMA clones are everywhere.
Go to your nearest fight club and you'll see them. Guys with Chuck Liddellesque mohawks, Chuck-bellies, and a reckless sprawl-and-brawl style were a the big thing a few years ago.
Following Chuck's recent defeats, some of the imitation and emulation of Chuck Liddell has stopped, but that hasn't stopped some of Chuck's nuthuggers from telling me that they still believe that Chuck Liddell is still the best fighter in the world, but just needs to make a few small adjustments.
Yes...sure guys, whatever you say.
Anyway, nobody can be truly authentic. We all take bits and pieces of what we are exposed to, integrating some of those things into ourselves. But some fighters take this a bit too far, and actually try to be another fighter. I'm sure that you'll be seeing the GSP and Anderson Silva clones coming out soon enough.
And if you're going to emulate someone, you couldn't pick much better examples than those two. I did not...
Original Story:
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