10 MMA stars who ruined their careers with drugs and alcohol

5. Chuck Liddell

At the height of his career, the UFC Hall of Famer Chuck Liddell was partying like a rockstar, with bars and clubs being his second home, and at the same time he was romantically linked with actresses and pornstars.

UFC President Dana White said on Joe Rogan’s podcast, “The night before your fight with Couture (at UFC 43), it was like 2:30 am at Hard Rock, I’m walking through Hard Rock and I see it there. I said, ‘What the fuck are you doing !?’

‘The Iceman’ lost that fight, but even though he did not change his lifestyle, he managed to accumulate a large number of victories and became an even bigger star.

However, it was only a matter of time before the excesses passed on to him.

Prior to his rematch with Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson at UFC 71, Liddell was seen at parties in several clubs in Las Vegas just the week before the match, ‘Rampage’ was imposed by the TKO and from there, Liddell he would lose 4 of his last 5 fights.

“Parties kill fighters,” said Joe Rogan. “I saw it happen with Chuck. That makes me wonder, for how much longer could he have stayed if he had not gone partying? “