The UFC today announced that middleweight Chris Leben has been suspended by the UFC after testing positive for the steroid stanazolol following his unanimous decision loss to Michael Bisping last month at UFC 89 in Birmingham, England.
The UFC handed down a nine month suspension for the violation and also fined him one-third of his purse.
Middleweight contender Michael Bisping extended his 185-pound win streak to three-straight on Saturday night, defeating challenger Chris Leben via unanimous decision in the main event of UFC 89 “Bisping vs. Leben” in front of a sold out crowd at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, England.
Despite entering the bout in his best physical and mental shape of his career, Leben pressed forward but was unable to connect with his knockout power, while Bisping employed a perfect strategy to top Leben on the judge’s scorecards, avoiding Leben’s power while countering with precision strikes.
UFC 89 “Bisping vs. Leben” took place on Saturday, October 18th, at the NIA in Birmingham, England in front of a sellout crowd of over 10,000.
England’s own Michael Bisping topped fellow middleweight contender Chris Leben via unanimous decision to headline the the eleven-bout UFC 89 card.
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Today’s event, which will air for free tonight on Spike TV, takes place at The NIA in Birmingham, England and features a middleweight main event clash between former “Ultimate Fighter” cast members Michael Bisping and Chris Leben. The UFC 89 main card also includes Brandon Vera vs. Keith Jardine, Luiz Cane vs. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou, Chris Lytle vs. Paul Taylor, and Marcus Davis vs. Paul Kelly.
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Spike TV and the UFC have reunited top members of the original cast of “The Ultimate Fighter” for a marathon of the inaugural season of the UFC reality series.
A series of clips featuring TUF 1 cast members UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Forrest Griffin, Chris Leben, Stephan Bonnar, Josh Koscheck, Nate Quarry, Kenny Florian, Diego Sanchez, [...]
The UFC will return to the UK on October 18th for UFC 89 featuring Michael Bisping versus Chris Leben, the promotion has announced. The event will take place at The NIA in Birmingham, England.
Broadcast details for UFC 89 have not yet been announced.
Tickets for the event will go on sale on to UFC Fight Club [...]
The UFC is set to invade English soil with native Michael Bisping in tow yet again, according to a report from Setanta Sports:
“Michael Bisping will get his fight with Chris Leben, it will happen in England, and it will be spectacular. That was the message of UK UFC president Marshall Zelaznik on Setanta Sports’ “Ultimate [...]
UFC Middleweight Chris “The Crippler†Leben, who recently finished up an 11 day stint in a Portland, Oregon jail for parole violation, divulged to MMAWeekly.com how his incarcerated experience has helped him to see things more clearly, and evolve into a more mature individual. Personally, I found his anecdote about an inmate choking to [...]
UFC middleweight Chris Leben, who was sentenced to 35 days in jail earlier this month stemming from a probation violation, has been released early from jail according to a blog post on his official MySpace page by his account administrator:
Chris has been released from jail over the weekend. This is all the information I have [...]
The UFC has announced that Jason Day will replace Chris Leben against Michael Bisping at UFC 85.
From the announcement:
With legal issues preventing middleweight contender Chris Leben from being able to prepare sufficiently for a June 7th bout with Michael Bisping in London, England, Canada’s Jason ‘Dooms’ Day has stepped in to face ‘The Count’ in [...]
