lol nick j, honestly I didn’t know who wrote rubber match, but the fact that you defended it, or think the UFC would market it like that shows your stupidity! They marketed it last time as “Chuck avenging his last loss,” but now they’ll forget about that? Most of my post was about Nick Diaz, but you only comment on your own stupidity. I’ve never claimed to know it all, and read all these posts with an open mind, and learn something every day. The fact that I have time during the day while you’re at work is irrelevant, I was commenting on the week end posts, 90% of which come (admittedly) from teenage kids that couldn’t pick Fedor out of a lineup! Sorry you took it so personally, and sorry you’re having a bad day! I truly hope it gets better, and look forward to reading more of what you think about a sport we both obviously love!
Chris Leben does not have the greatest UFC record, but good luck trying to find a boring fight that he was involved in? There aren’t any. Love him or hate him, he always comes to fight. He isnt scared to bang it out with anyone, and Its ALWAYS highly entertaining.
Leben wont be cut from the UFC no matter how many losses he suffers because he is a crowd pleaser! He is one of the guys that would rather loose an exciting War, then win a boring fight, and that counts for something. I appreciate all the exciting matches that Leben has provided us since joining the UFC, and I find people who hate on him extremely ignorant!
AS for Bisping vs. Leben? I have no idea. Leben is a Big PUNCHER! Bisping has a very underated chin. He spent the majority of his career fighting bigger and more powerful guys at light heavyweight and he WAS NEVER finished by anyone. He beat the “Beast” Epstein in Cage Rage (twice I believe), and that guy hits about as hard as any man can possibly hit…..Bisping took a few Big shots from him and fought through it for the win.
Leben, its no secret that he has a Cabbage-like-chin, and Bricks for hands. Bisping will have to use the fact that Leben is wild and often swings for the fences to his advantage. He needs to use his supperior speed to tag Leben up and stay away from te Big Bomb!
Leben has been on fire lately, Bisping has looked out of this world since making the move to middleweight although he hasnt really been tested against any top middleweighths. If Bisping can win this fight, against a very game Leben, then I think he will become a serious problem for the middleweight division!
I love Leben, but WAR COUNT BISPING!!!
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Comment by PJJ
2008-07-01 17:51:11
I will have to give you one as far as a boring Leben fight….versus Kalib Starnes. Oh wait, we know what happens in Starnes matches. The exception to the rule. I am also very excited for this fight but hope they don’t settle as having it for the main event.
I just want to see good old solid fights and Leben vs Bisping is SOLID! Not very cool to be bringing up the fact that Leben had to go to jail… people make mistakes. I guess you are Mr. Perfect with no flaws?
Vitor Belfort is training for his 185 bs. debut against Terry Martin at Extreme Couture! He spent some time traning for the fight at chute box, and now he wants to spend the last 2 weeks at Extreme Couture. If his mind is right, he can be devestating!
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Comment by john
2008-07-01 09:23:16
I didnt use any bad words, so please get my post out of mmamania purgatory! thanks!
Comment by Nokimono
2008-07-01 14:35:34
Vitor is hands-down my favorite fighter ever. I have been waiting for the “second coming” for so long and have actually been depressed over his decline. He is still quite young, and if he can get that fire back he could be unstoppable.
Comment by john
2008-07-01 15:31:49
He has all the talent in the world but He is a mental vernon troyer….YOu will be waiting for the second coming for a long time, because all his physical talent means nothing, he destroys himself mentally.
Its hard to win fights when u r your own worst enemy! Still he should have no problem destroying Terry Martin, similar to how he split Marvin Eastmans head open!
Definitely the fight of his life. If he loses hes done with a gatekeeper from now no matter what he does. Bisping GOGOGOGOGOGOGO hopefully he has more power in his punch then Sakara cause if Leben can just walk through his punches shit will go real bad for Bisping.
Sooooo wtf was the point of this video btw? I didnt see any evolution there.
you gotta admit that he’s got some pretty impressive win’s. Not to mention he’s been in the ufc for half his career, so it’s not like he’s fighting no body’s.
i think it’s a mix of fight promotion and promotion for his school. or just cause he wants to rub in my face that he lives in hawai.but what ev utah issss umm cool so f word him.
thats got to be some fence for the london fans to see him as they’re in birmingham. Apologies, its not until uni that americans are taught that there is more than one city in england.
bisping will play ping pong with lebens head for 15 minutes. bisping by decision
to be fair to diamette: the video flashed a frame sayin “UFC 89 London”, so thats prolly why he made that comment. sorry dia, didnt mean to jump all over your nuts in the previous post (im just a bit peeved at fellow yanks makin the rest of us yanks look bad). apologies.
haha cmon dude bisping is too much fighter for u yeah is the fight of your life i just hope u can handle a litle more with mike than his las two opponnents after bisping beat u i dont know who is next for bisping…. any sugestion for the fans??
After Bisping loses by a devastating KO he will be right back to doing what he’s been doing the last couple of years. Fighting against complete can’s that don’t even deserve to be in the UFC.
IF Leben can prepar himself mentally (which I think he has), work on his CARDIO, and work on his clinch game a little since that looks to be Bisping’s new “bread and butter”, or should I say his “tea and crumppets”.
Really can’t wait for this fight. It is really going to show where these two charismatic fighters stack up in the 185 lb division.
Wow, im glad I watched that!! Must have changed the event location in the past 24 hrs to UFC 89 LONDON. Great research!!
Cant wait for Bisping to beat this fool.
I never liked Bisping at all, but he has looked impressive in his last 2 fights and he really brings it in the cage. I am earning respect for him, but Leben will KO him if he is not catious. I expect Bisping to throw vation in the wind on this fight and I think he will rush Leben and try to put him away with kness early. I suspect Bisping will be in better shape as well. He just has to avoid Lebens KO power and he should do fine. This fight has the potential for some really good action.
Bisping should have the reach, (anyone know exactly what their reach is?) I know he’s got 3″ in height at least. He should just throw straight punch’s right down the pipe and circle just out of range to pick him off, then when Leben gets frustrated/desperate he’ll come in wild at which point I see Bisping going for the clinch and kneeing the living shit out of Lebens face followed by viscious GnP for the TKO. Honestly I know Leben has a great chin, but if this makes it out of round 2 I’ll be surprised.
Can we stop with the “WAR” shit already? I’m sure many of the posters on our forum are high school kids, but this “WAR” garbage is ridiculous. I’d like to shoot the bastard who coined that irritating puke.
Sooper, the fighter you’re posting “WAR” for will never see your post, it certainly won’t help him win (especially Forrest), and it annoys the hell out of us. Do you need another reason?
Bodog’s right down the hall, kid. Maybe you’s find more in common next door.
its crazy to think that chris almost left the ufc to go to icon sport a year or so ago. it’s awesome that hes back on track now. if he wins this hes back at the top in that position he was in when he first fought anderson.
uuuummmmmmm ok i ummmm well i have nothing to umm leben by tko round 2 i guess? and good luck with your gym. THE JAIL HOUSE ICON!
lol nick j, honestly I didn’t know who wrote rubber match, but the fact that you defended it, or think the UFC would market it like that shows your stupidity! They marketed it last time as “Chuck avenging his last loss,” but now they’ll forget about that? Most of my post was about Nick Diaz, but you only comment on your own stupidity. I’ve never claimed to know it all, and read all these posts with an open mind, and learn something every day. The fact that I have time during the day while you’re at work is irrelevant, I was commenting on the week end posts, 90% of which come (admittedly) from teenage kids that couldn’t pick Fedor out of a lineup! Sorry you took it so personally, and sorry you’re having a bad day! I truly hope it gets better, and look forward to reading more of what you think about a sport we both obviously love!
Chris Leben does not have the greatest UFC record, but good luck trying to find a boring fight that he was involved in? There aren’t any. Love him or hate him, he always comes to fight. He isnt scared to bang it out with anyone, and Its ALWAYS highly entertaining.
Leben wont be cut from the UFC no matter how many losses he suffers because he is a crowd pleaser! He is one of the guys that would rather loose an exciting War, then win a boring fight, and that counts for something. I appreciate all the exciting matches that Leben has provided us since joining the UFC, and I find people who hate on him extremely ignorant!
AS for Bisping vs. Leben? I have no idea. Leben is a Big PUNCHER! Bisping has a very underated chin. He spent the majority of his career fighting bigger and more powerful guys at light heavyweight and he WAS NEVER finished by anyone. He beat the “Beast” Epstein in Cage Rage (twice I believe), and that guy hits about as hard as any man can possibly hit…..Bisping took a few Big shots from him and fought through it for the win.
Leben, its no secret that he has a Cabbage-like-chin, and Bricks for hands. Bisping will have to use the fact that Leben is wild and often swings for the fences to his advantage. He needs to use his supperior speed to tag Leben up and stay away from te Big Bomb!
Leben has been on fire lately, Bisping has looked out of this world since making the move to middleweight although he hasnt really been tested against any top middleweighths. If Bisping can win this fight, against a very game Leben, then I think he will become a serious problem for the middleweight division!
I love Leben, but WAR COUNT BISPING!!!
I will have to give you one as far as a boring Leben fight….versus Kalib Starnes. Oh wait, we know what happens in Starnes matches. The exception to the rule. I am also very excited for this fight but hope they don’t settle as having it for the main event.
I just want to see good old solid fights and Leben vs Bisping is SOLID! Not very cool to be bringing up the fact that Leben had to go to jail… people make mistakes. I guess you are Mr. Perfect with no flaws?
Vitor Belfort is training for his 185 bs. debut against Terry Martin at Extreme Couture! He spent some time traning for the fight at chute box, and now he wants to spend the last 2 weeks at Extreme Couture. If his mind is right, he can be devestating!
I didnt use any bad words, so please get my post out of mmamania purgatory! thanks!
Vitor is hands-down my favorite fighter ever. I have been waiting for the “second coming” for so long and have actually been depressed over his decline. He is still quite young, and if he can get that fire back he could be unstoppable.
He has all the talent in the world but He is a mental vernon troyer….YOu will be waiting for the second coming for a long time, because all his physical talent means nothing, he destroys himself mentally.
Its hard to win fights when u r your own worst enemy! Still he should have no problem destroying Terry Martin, similar to how he split Marvin Eastmans head open!
UFC 89 Birmingham!
Definitely the fight of his life. If he loses hes done with a gatekeeper from now no matter what he does. Bisping GOGOGOGOGOGOGO hopefully he has more power in his punch then Sakara cause if Leben can just walk through his punches shit will go real bad for Bisping.
Sooooo wtf was the point of this video btw? I didnt see any evolution there.
Not only did you not see an evolution, but you certainly did not see an icon.
you gotta admit that he’s got some pretty impressive win’s. Not to mention he’s been in the ufc for half his career, so it’s not like he’s fighting no body’s.
lol, yea, Chris Leben: Evolution of a dueche bag
HAHAHAHAA
Chris Leben is the head instructor at Icon Sports Gym in Hawaii, hence the term “ICON”
i think it’s a mix of fight promotion and promotion for his school. or just cause he wants to rub in my face that he lives in hawai.but what ev utah issss umm cool so f word him.
No . . . I’ve been to Utah. I did get to peep some sweet Mormon ankle, so that was OK I guess.
haha. Sweet Mormon ankle. That is pretty good.
nah he won’t walk through Bisping, his striking is much more technical, and I have a feeling Leben is going to block a few knee’s with his face.
i truly hope that leben pounds the snot outta bisping come ufc 89.
That was the gayest thing I’ve ever seen.
It was a cool video but ‘WRONG FNN” TITLE”…. Some fans may be able to take the video… until he loses again!
I hope leban knocks bisping out cold then jumps on top of the fence as the londron crowd is in shock that would make alot of peoples night
98 % of bispings fans are in the UK and im not part of the 2 %
thats got to be some fence for the london fans to see him as they’re in birmingham. Apologies, its not until uni that americans are taught that there is more than one city in england.
bisping will play ping pong with lebens head for 15 minutes. bisping by decision
to be fair to diamette: the video flashed a frame sayin “UFC 89 London”, so thats prolly why he made that comment. sorry dia, didnt mean to jump all over your nuts in the previous post (im just a bit peeved at fellow yanks makin the rest of us yanks look bad). apologies.
Lol you stuck it to em’ proper!
haha cmon dude bisping is too much fighter for u yeah is the fight of your life i just hope u can handle a litle more with mike than his las two opponnents after bisping beat u i dont know who is next for bisping…. any sugestion for the fans??
After Bisping loses by a devastating KO he will be right back to doing what he’s been doing the last couple of years. Fighting against complete can’s that don’t even deserve to be in the UFC.
IF Leben can prepar himself mentally (which I think he has), work on his CARDIO, and work on his clinch game a little since that looks to be Bisping’s new “bread and butter”, or should I say his “tea and crumppets”.
Really can’t wait for this fight. It is really going to show where these two charismatic fighters stack up in the 185 lb division.
An Icon?
I’d hardly call Leban an Icon.
Leben by beatdown. TKO in the 2nd
Leben probably thinks the fight is in birmingham alabama
boooo!
Now thats everyones seen a video! now jump upon the bandwagon
R.I.P LEBEN! My first UFC this will be fun cosidering ive been called the president of Bispings fan club.
when are the tickets on sale ????
Pre sale for fight club member is tomorrow
Wow, im glad I watched that!! Must have changed the event location in the past 24 hrs to UFC 89 LONDON. Great research!!
Cant wait for Bisping to beat this fool.
UFC 89 London? What the fuck! guess thats what livin in a hick town does to a man!
braveheart how do you become a fight club member? and when do ticket sales go on sale for none members?
http://www.ufcfightclub.com/login
Next week general sale
This has to be one of the Lamest videos of all time. Honestly, anyone get the urge to join after watching that?
Why does that remind me of the Dirk Diggler docu from Boogie Nights?
Esactly. Nice goddamn music too. Ecch.
Looks more like Chris “The Belly Flop” Leben…
I could only stomach a few seconds before the giggles got to me
I never liked Bisping at all, but he has looked impressive in his last 2 fights and he really brings it in the cage. I am earning respect for him, but Leben will KO him if he is not catious. I expect Bisping to throw vation in the wind on this fight and I think he will rush Leben and try to put him away with kness early. I suspect Bisping will be in better shape as well. He just has to avoid Lebens KO power and he should do fine. This fight has the potential for some really good action.
Bisping should have the reach, (anyone know exactly what their reach is?) I know he’s got 3″ in height at least. He should just throw straight punch’s right down the pipe and circle just out of range to pick him off, then when Leben gets frustrated/desperate he’ll come in wild at which point I see Bisping going for the clinch and kneeing the living shit out of Lebens face followed by viscious GnP for the TKO. Honestly I know Leben has a great chin, but if this makes it out of round 2 I’ll be surprised.
I think that “Icon” is referring to the new gym where Leben is a trainer.
Ah thanks for the info, if i’m ever in hawaii I’ll def avoid that one..
Is it in london now?
NO!
but london’s the only city in England… ha, j/k j/k, don’t flay me.. = /
ur askin for it lolol
WAR GRIFFIN!!!
You have typed this in every single thread. Why?
And who the F are you reffering to??? There are multiple Griffin’s on this card.
Go suck on Jim Rome’s nuts until you have something 1/8th intelligent to say.
Forrest is going to get his head knocked square off of his shoulders regardless of how many times you type “War Griffin”.
Gwar riffin!
No doubt. Rampage by brutal TKO.
Can we stop with the “WAR” shit already? I’m sure many of the posters on our forum are high school kids, but this “WAR” garbage is ridiculous. I’d like to shoot the bastard who coined that irritating puke.
Sooper, the fighter you’re posting “WAR” for will never see your post, it certainly won’t help him win (especially Forrest), and it annoys the hell out of us. Do you need another reason?
Bodog’s right down the hall, kid. Maybe you’s find more in common next door.
leben is lookin good. looks like he’s focused on another silva fight.
its crazy to think that chris almost left the ufc to go to icon sport a year or so ago. it’s awesome that hes back on track now. if he wins this hes back at the top in that position he was in when he first fought anderson.