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Chris Leben waxed some dude in 25 seconds last night
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Bellator or Rizin need to sign him and put him up vs Manhoef, French Machida, etc.
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Hopefully he doesnt blow it all at the liqour store
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Leben also landed one nasty eye poke but I don't think it really mattered.
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That was the other promotion Bas Rutten was part of. We went to that event in Casper. Leben smoked Phil Baroni. This promotion has had 5 shows now so it seems like it may be gaining some traction.
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Yes thats the second dodgy promotion Bas has been involved with. Hes a bit sus.
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Look at the veteran work.
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Justin baesman is a known mma fighter lol fought for KOTC and Bellator not super successful recently on an 11 fight skid but he is definetly known .
Catch weight fight hence the size difference.
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Just pointing out theres a difference between an older journeyman and a can.
A can is like that 44yr old gypsy looking fuck who fought on the prelims lol Justin is in fact a professional fighter that has fought for multiple orgs and deserves atleast a bit of love.
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Leben going to be a force in bareknuckle boxing. Granite chin, hits pretty hard and in that small ass ring.
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38 now
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Yeah but he also was explosive as fck. Haven't seen him swinging like this in ages.
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Like that bighead mode in Goldeneye N64?
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Baesman was a good fighter in his Bellator tournament days. He might've had some injuries and lost that fire to train as hard as possible for an extra 1k every couple months and a chance to make it into a bigger show again one day.
And beating Baesman quicker than anyone else in Baesman's career is a good accomplishment.
I've also always wondered how Leben would do if he worked on his boxing more... although he was such a sloppy brawler for so many of his fights (I think his addiction problems might have had something to do with that, poor in-fight decisions and lackluster training and whatnot), he had a real good sense of timing with his counter-left. Despite, at 5'11, being a shorter middleweight with a lackluster reach, and eschewing head-movement. He rocked Sexyama with it, and it produced the Terry Martin KO.
Leben's clinch-wrestling skill was probably the most underrated aspect of his entire game; he might've gotten taken down from there a number of times, but you can count on one hand the number of fights he was outmuscled in the clinch. And, along with his giant back, his sophomore bareknuckle fight shows why. It was his #1 aim in most of his fights; get into clinch/apply collar tie/hooks+uppercuts.
He also looked a lot sharper in a lot of his old sparring footage with the Team Quest guys; a lot more crisp than you'd expect given his biggest UFC fights. And he was never the fastest guy, so slowing down as he gets older shouldn't be a problem as long as he's still got power. If he's able to keep up the hard training camps, Leben's handwrap boxing-- I mean bareknuckle boxing career could take a really impressive, unique turn.
And beating Baesman quicker than anyone else in Baesman's career is a good accomplishment.
I've also always wondered how Leben would do if he worked on his boxing more... although he was such a sloppy brawler for so many of his fights (I think his addiction problems might have had something to do with that, poor in-fight decisions and lackluster training and whatnot), he had a real good sense of timing with his counter-left. Despite, at 5'11, being a shorter middleweight with a lackluster reach, and eschewing head-movement. He rocked Sexyama with it, and it produced the Terry Martin KO.
Leben's clinch-wrestling skill was probably the most underrated aspect of his entire game; he might've gotten taken down from there a number of times, but you can count on one hand the number of fights he was outmuscled in the clinch. And, along with his giant back, his sophomore bareknuckle fight shows why. It was his #1 aim in most of his fights; get into clinch/apply collar tie/hooks+uppercuts.
He also looked a lot sharper in a lot of his old sparring footage with the Team Quest guys; a lot more crisp than you'd expect given his biggest UFC fights. And he was never the fastest guy, so slowing down as he gets older shouldn't be a problem as long as he's still got power. If he's able to keep up the hard training camps, Leben's handwrap boxing-- I mean bareknuckle boxing career could take a really impressive, unique turn.
