News Chris Leben is now officially a boxing ref

[Deleted member 609094]

Given the dramatic and negative fallouts from a lot of careers of men who didn't invest wisely after taking punishment, I often worried about Leben.

But how he overcame and fought even harder post U.F.C is such a shining story.

Let's go Leben!

 

[tasticles]

Will he still do MMA bouts?

I'm afraid not. The brain damage really caught up with him from all the wars.

 

[MidgardSerpent]

Dude could scrap in his day . Kudos to him . He had a lot of demons and has come a long way.

Would be nice to know if he ever reached out to that guy he bullied on TUF. Then again though he got as good as he gave from the others.

They did a 'where are they now' about UFC/TUF fighters. Jason Thacker was not doing well, and seemed to live a very lonely, poor, and decrepit life.

 

[Clark Rogers]

Leben was always tough. Glad he's moved beyond some of his troubles and he's flourishing. Good for him.

 

[RichardHarrow]

They did a 'where are they now' about UFC/TUF fighters. Jason Thacker was not doing well, and seemed to live a very lonely, poor, and decrepit life.

Yea a long article on him here. It could be worse.

In Search of Strange Brew...

Ten years after the original Ultimate Fighter television show put the UFC on the map, one of its cast members fell off. Whatever happened to Jason Thacker?

www.mmafighting.com

 

[LostMyBlackBelt]

"Are you ready?
Are you ready?

SPRITZ !!!"

 

[86'd]

My favorite Chris Leben moment was when he KO’d Aaron Simpson at a fight night and collected a bonus only to then sign and fight again a couple of weeks later and submitted Sexyama picking up yet another win bonus.

 

[Spam On Rye]

Please come ref all UFC fights please I wanna see death.

 

[fedorthegoat777]

Maybe after a few years, he can get picked up by the UFC.

 

[SuperNerd]

I doubt the pay will keep him interested.

I also assume getting premier gigs is like working in the post office. You'll have to put in 200 years before you get the good routes.

 

[Number 8]

Looks 65

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

He reffed a few BKFC fights and did a good job, IIRC

 

[tasticles]

I doubt the pay will keep him interested.

I also assume getting premier gigs is like working in the post office. You'll have to put in 200 years before you get the good routes.

He has enough name value to get fast tracked and it's supposed to be more of a hobby than a career.

 

[pv3Hpv3p]

Looks healthy(if a little on the red side) and happy... good for him, I wish him all the best

 

[WoozyFailGuy]

My favorite Chris Leben moment was when he KO’d Aaron Simpson at a fight night and collected a bonus only to then sign and fight again a couple of weeks later and submitted Sexyama picking up yet another win bonus.

Man me and my buddies were SCREAMING when he slapped the triangle on. Leben by triangle in the waning seconds of the last round was never expected!

 

[TheNinja]

I’m guessing there is a bad filter or weird light making his skin look that way.

 

[VAfan]

good on him. i know he was having trouble for a while, very cool to see him doing something productive and making some dough and all that.