Posts Tagged ‘Chris Leben’

UFC 132 set to take place on July 2nd will see Wanderlei ‘The Axe Murderer’ Silva take on Chris ‘The Crippler’ Leben in a bout many MMA fans have been calling for. Leben, who requested the bout, will take on Silva in the Brazilians first fight since winning a controversial decision victory over Michael Bisping. [...]

UFC 125 is headlined by Lightweight title fight between current Champion Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard. The event will be co-headlined by Shane Carwin and TUF 10 winner Roy Nelson. Current Confirmed Fights for the event: Frankie Edgar vs Gray Maynard    (UFC Lightweight Title bout) Shane Carwin vs Roy Nelson     (Co-Main Event) [...]

At the UFC 117 post fight press conference, Anderson Silva had mentioned how he had injured his ribs whilst grappling with Japanese Olympic Judo Gold Medallist Ishii. It has now been confirmed by several sources that Anderson has a cracked rib and will be unavailable until at least February or March 2011. Ramon Lemos confirmed [...]

Video highlights of UFC Middleweight fighter Wanderlei ‘The Axe Murderer’ Silva’s Birthday celebration weekend. The video features MMA stars Fabricio Werdum, King Mo & Chris Leben.

Plans to put on a middleweight bout between Wolfslair MMA Academy star, Michael Bisping and former light heavyweight champion, Vitor Belfort have become a real possibility to headline UFC 120 on October 16th following results in Las Vegas this weekend. The promotion had been in favour of a fight between the Brit and Japanese superstar, [...]

MMAFriedRice.com presents you knockout of the week. This week we look at the fight between Chris Leben and Terry Martin way back in 2007 at UFC Fight Night Thomas vs Florian.

MMAFriedRice.com UFC 116 Breakdown & Picks Brock Lesnar vs Shane Carwin – UFC Heavyweight Title Bout The bout labeled as “The biggest fight in UFC History” is one which is sure to turn heads, the 4-1 UFC Heavyweight Champion & Former WWE superstar turned MMA Fighter, Brock Lesnar, takes on UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion Shane [...]

A handfull of fighters weigh in with their opinions on the Brock Lesnar vs. Shane Carwin fight. To see the real outcome, watch UFC 116 on Pay-Per-View at 7pm PT/ 10pm ET on Saturday, July 3rd. Visit http://116.ufc.com for more info.

UFC 116′s co-main event is now set. Ultimate Fighting Championship officials today confirmed that middleweight Yoshihiro ‘Sexyama’ Akiyama (13-1-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC) will meet Chris ‘The Crippler’ Leben (20-6 MMA, 10-5 UFC) at the July 3 event, which takes place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Although the Japanese fighter’s reported discontent [...]

Sources close to MMAFriedRice have confirmed that Chris Leben has stepped in for injured Wanderlei Silva at UFC 116. Leben is fresh of a TKO victory over Aaron Simpson. Leben will be facing Yoshiro Akiyama in the Co-Main event of the event which is headlined by the Heavyweight Championship blockbuster between Brock Lesnar and Shane [...]