Media The Crippler Makes UFC Judging Debut This Weekend

[ejazahmednit]

Is chuck Leben coherent enough?

 

[usernamee]

everybody seems to love the idea that pro fighters would make for great judges..

and yes they have ten times the knowledge any of the regular schmucks that judge has

but they have formed relationships with countless of ufc fighters throughout the years and since they are human and not robots that will make it hard to remain objective

 

[Jitter]

I thin it will be tough if you have a friend / teammate fighting. You would know things like his dog died and his wife wants a divorce so you would be more inclined to throw rounds his way. Also since we can see scorecards going to the gym after judging could get a little dicey. I do hope it works out though

 

[chimpoehurricane]

I hope we see more ex Pro MMA fighters become judges in the future.

That's the crippler man. Horrible choice of words.

 

[chinarice]

Forgot that was Leben's nickname and my mind immediately went to

 

[HI SCOTT NEWMAN]

Nice to see some ex fighters given judges roles, will be interesting to see how he does

 

[warriorfan808]

Gotta get a fight with Frank Trigg as the ref and Leben as a judge. Great seeing fighters finding lives inside the business.

 

[Benoitthegr8]

I remember watching TUF live, I thought Leben was a clown with a chip on his shoulder, It wasn’t that I didn’t like him (that was Koscheck), however I never expected him to develop into the fighter he did… kudos to him for being persistent and having a successful career in the UFC, especially when being UFC level when that actually met you were on of the best in the world, IIRC his highest world MW ranking was top 15 (before UFC rankings), not bad.

I remember hearing that Chris was struggling with addiction after retirement and he reached out to DW for help to get his life in order. Good Samaritan Dana…lol, but in hindsight Dana was obviously empathetic and influential enough to have a positive impact on Leben. I’m happy Leben made the transition from savage fighter to normal working leigh-man in a respectable manner.

War Crippler

 

[m249viking]

As a TUF 1 viewer, it's funny to see Chris Leben described as a competent person. Whether this says more about Leben as a man or MMA judging as an enterprise, I don't know, but good for Leben and I hope that this is the start of positive changes in judging.

Official Leben FTW.

You can’t keep fatherless bastards down

 

[JoeganMoldberg]

He became a trucker a few years ago. Thought he sticked with it.

Yeah, I thoughted he sticked withed it'ed too

 

[m249viking]

everybody seems to love the idea that pro fighters would make for great judges..

and yes they have ten times the knowledge any of the regular schmucks that judge has

but they have formed relationships with countless of ufc fighters throughout the years and since they are human and not robots that will make it hard to remain objective

Very true. But many of the current judges have the same relationships with fighters, trainers, camps, gyms, managers and promoters

 

[JoeganMoldberg]

Chris Benoit has been resurrected?

That's the crippler man. Horrible choice of words.

Well if you want to take it there we might as well pay tribute to the actual original Crippler, Ray Stevens

 

[Vulve]

He'll be as bad as the rest.

 

[BEATDOWNS]

Awesome he should be reffing soon too.

 

[BEATDOWNS]

I can get behind that.

meet me behind the barn

 

[Fergelmince]

Obligatory Leben zombie mode post

longer clip

 

[P4p Islam]

Chris Benoit has been resurrected?

He was framed

 

[BEATDOWNS]

Cat Smasher still puttin the stamp on kids!

Likely still peeing on people beds too!

 

[D 1 Wrestler]

Glad to see he is still working!

He's pretty active on Instagram with fighting tips. They seem to be clips of him coaching , not sure if he runs/owns the gym

 

[IDGETKTFO]

That is an issue with humans as a whole, so unless you're advocating for AI judging (SMART CAGE) I dunno how we fix that, fella.

I think its worse if the judge might know a particular fighter, maybe even been teamates or training partners.