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Christian Cyrus Leben is an American

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Mixed martial arts

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currently signed to the Ultimate Fighting Championship

Ultimate Fighting Championship

The Ultimate Fighting Championship is the largest mixed martial arts promotion company in the world that hosts most of the top-ranked fighters in the sport...

where he fights as a middleweight.
Leben first attained notoriety for his appearance on the inaugural season of The Ultimate Fighter
The Ultimate Fighter
The Ultimate Fighter is an American reality television series and mixed martial arts competition produced by Spike TV and the Ultimate Fighting Championship , and soon to be shown on FX. The show features unknown, professional MMA fighters living together in Las Vegas, Nevada, and follows them as...

reality series. He began his UFC career with five victories in a row before suffering a knockout loss to current champion Anderson Silva

Anderson Silva

Anderson da Silva is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. He is the current UFC Middleweight Champion and the promotion's longest reigning champion. With 14 consecutive wins, Silva holds the longest winning streak and title defense streak in UFC history...

. He holds notable victories over Wanderlei Silva

Wanderlei Silva

Wanderlei César da Silva , nicknamed "The Axe Murderer", is a Brazilian mixed martial artist, who has competed in Japan's Pride Fighting Championships and the American based Ultimate Fighting Championship . Silva is known for his aggressive fighting style with the majority of his fights ending in...

, Yoshihiro Akiyama

Yoshihiro Akiyama

, born Choo Sung-hoon , is a Japanese mixed martial artist and judoka. He is a fourth-generation Japanese of Korean descent and acquired Japanese nationality in 2001....

, Jorge Santiago

Jorge Santiago

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, Mike Swick

Mike Swick

Mike Swick is an American mixed martial artist currently competing in the Ultimate Fighting Championship as a welterweight....

, Jorge Rivera

Jorge Rivera (fighter)

Jorge Luis Rivera is an American mixed martial artist who was featured on The Ultimate Fighter 4. He holds victories over five former or future UFC title contenders; Travis Lutter, David Loiseau, Kendall Grove, Dennis Hallman and Nate Quarry.-Military career:19k Tank with A/1-70 Armor at Fort...

, Patrick Côté

Patrick Côté (fighter)

Patrick Côté is a French-Canadian mixed martial artist. He currently fights as a middleweight, most recently in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, and was the TKO Major League MMA middleweight champion...

, and Alessio Sakara

Alessio Sakara

Alessio Sakara is an Italian mixed martial artist and boxer, who currently competes in the Ultimate Fighting Championship's Middleweight Division. Sakara is also a Former World Junior Boxing Contender. He holds notable wins over Elvis Sinosic, Thales Leites, James Irvin.-Background:Sakara was born...

. Leben is currently ranked as the #10 middleweight fighter in the world by MMAWeekly.

Early MMA career

Once, visiting his brother at work, Leben noticed an MMA gym located across the street, home to 'Team Quest

Team Quest

Team Quest is a mixed martial arts training camp founded by Randy Couture, Matt "The Law" Lindland, and Dan Henderson with six facilities located in Gresham, Oregon, Tualatin, Oregon, Murrieta, California, West Linn, Oregon, Oceanside, California, Redding, California and Chiang Mai, Thailand...

'. Trainer Robert Follis accepted Leben into the team, and soon Leben began improving his skills by training with team members such as Randy Couture

Randy Couture

Randy Duane Couture is a retired American mixed martial artist, Greco-Roman wrestler, actor, a three-time former heavyweight champion, two-time former light-heavyweight champion, former interim light heavyweight champion and UFC 13 tournament winner of the Ultimate Fighting Championship...

, Matt Lindland

Matt Lindland

Matthew James Lindland is an American mixed martial artist, Olympic wrestler and politician. He won the Oregon Republican Party's nomination for the Oregon House of Representatives, District 52 seat on May 20, 2008....

, Nate Quarry

Nate Quarry

Nathan Parker Quarry is an American mixed martial arts fighter who is most notable for his appearance in The Ultimate Fighter, a reality show from the Ultimate Fighting Championship.-Early life:...

, and Ed Herman. After refining his talent, Leben began fighting as an amateur, achieving a record of 5–0, and capturing the FCFF and UFCF middleweight titles.

After his success in the amateur ranks, Leben turned professional. He won his first five fights, three victories of which arrived via knockout, in the process capturing the Gladiator Challenge, Sportfight, and WEC middleweight titles. Leben achieved wins against Benji Radach

Benji Radach

Benji Russell Radach is an American mixed martial arts fighter. He is a former member of the Los Angeles Anacondas of the International Fight League.-Biography:...

, Mike Swick

Mike Swick

Mike Swick is an American mixed martial artist currently competing in the Ultimate Fighting Championship as a welterweight....

, Jorge Rivera

Jorge Rivera (fighter)

, Edwin Dewees

Edwin Dewees

Edwin Stanton Dewees is an American mixed martial artist. He was featured on The Ultimate Fighter 4...

and Patrick Cote

Patrick Côté (fighter)

, an otherwise perfect record blemished only by a decision loss to Joe Doerksen

Joe Doerksen

Joseph Daniel Doerksen is a Canadian mixed martial artist from New Bothwell, Manitoba. He is a former middleweight contender of the Ultimate Fighting Championship and a veteran of the International Fight League...

The Ultimate Fighter

Leben was one of the most controversial and outspoken fighters on The Ultimate Fighter 1
The Ultimate Fighter 1
The debut season of The Ultimate Fighter premiered on January 17, 2005. Sixteen mixed martial arts fighters were invited to participate in the show where they would reside together and train in two separate teams...

due to his variously abrasive and melancholy personality. In the first episode, while intoxicated, he urinated on future teammate Jason Thacker's bed, and stole his pillow. One night when everyone in the household was drinking, Bobby Southworth

Bobby Southworth

Bobby Southworth is an American mixed martial arts fighter. He fights as a light heavyweight. He has also fought in PRIDE FC and appeared on Season 1 of The Ultimate Fighter...

called Leben a "fatherless bastard" on account of Leben's father being absent during his childhood, requiring Leben being physically restrained from accosting Southworth. Leben then began sobbing and needed to be comforted by another contestant. After a heated confrontation precipitated by Josh Koscheck

Josh Koscheck

Josh D. Koscheck is an American mixed martial artist from Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, a former collegiate wrestling champion and is currently fighting at welterweight for the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He made his debut with the organization on the first season of the reality television show,...

and Southworth spraying a sleeping Leben with a hose, Leben broke a window with his fist. After the confrontation, UFC president Dana White

Dana White

Dana White is the current President of the Ultimate Fighting Championship , a mixed martial arts organization based in the United States.- Biography :...

set up a match between Leben and Koscheck, which Leben lost by unanimous decision due to Koscheck's ability to score points by controlling Leben on the ground. Leben was visibly upset.

Later in the show, teammate Nate Quarry was eliminated from the competition due to an ankle injury and was able to choose a previously eliminated fighter to replace him. He chose Leben, who was later defeated by Kenny Florian

Kenny Florian

Kenneth Alan Florian is a Peruvian-American mixed martial artist who competes as a featherweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He has a background in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Muay Thai, and is known for his cerebral approach to the sport based on his meticulous game plans and...

due to doctor stoppage in the first semi-final match after Florian opened a cut above Leben's eye with an elbow strike. His losses on the taped show are not on his professional record, as the fights were classified by Nevada as exhibition bouts.

Ultimate Fighting Championship

On April 9, 2005, Leben fought Jason Thacker on the undercard of The Ultimate Fighter's live finale. Thacker was not amused when he watched the show and found out Leben had used his bed as a urinal. Speaking with Dana White, Thacker demanded a match against Leben at the finale. The match was set up, and Leben won 95 seconds into the first round after referee stoppage due to strikes. Afterward, Leben apologized to Thacker for urinating on his bed, saying he had since given up drinking because of that sort of incident.

After the show, Leben moved to Seattle, Washington to train with the mixed martial arts team AMC Pankration. Prior to the show, he had trained with Gresham, Oregon

Gresham, Oregon

- Demographics :As of the census of 2000, there were 90,205 people, 33,327 households, and 22,695 families residing in the city. The population density was 4,071.6 people per square mile . There were 35,309 housing units at an average density of 1,593.8 per square mile...

-based Team Quest

Team Quest

. He has competed in several UFC events since the show and is the only person to have fought in the first six Ultimate Fight Night events, during which he earned a string of victories; a split decision win over TUF finalist Patrick Côté

Patrick Côté (fighter)

, an armbar submission against Edwin Dewees

Edwin Dewees

Edwin Stanton Dewees is an American mixed martial artist. He was featured on The Ultimate Fighter 4...

, a first-round TKO over Jorge Rivera

Jorge Rivera (fighter)

, and a unanimous decision over Luigi Fioravanti

Luigi Fioravanti

Luigi Fioravanti is an American mixed martial artist who fights out of Orlando, Florida with American Top Team. He was released by the UFC shortly after his first round TKO defeat to Anthony Johnson at UFC Fight Night 17...

.

Leben was defeated by Anderson Silva

Anderson Silva

at UFC Ultimate Fight Night 5

UFC Ultimate Fight Night 5

Ultimate Fight Night 5 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on June 28, 2006. The event took place at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada and was broadcast live on Spike TV in the United States and Canada....

on June 28, 2006, by knockout

Knockout

A knockout is a fight-ending, winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, mixed martial arts, Karate and others sports involving striking...

49 seconds into the first round. However he returned at UFC Fight Night 6

UFC Fight Night 6

UFC Fight Night 6 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on August 17, 2006. The event took place at the Red Rock Resort Spa and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, and was broadcast live on Spike TV in the United States and Canada. It acted as a lead-in to the season...

on August 17, 2006. He defeated Jorge Santiago

Jorge Santiago

by knockout 35 seconds into the second round.

Leben then lost at UFC 66

UFC 66

UFC 66: Liddell vs. Ortiz was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on December 30, 2006 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada .-Background:...

to Canadian fighter Jason MacDonald

Jason MacDonald

Jason Anthony MacDonald is a Canadian mixed martial artist who is currently fighting with the Ultimate Fighting Championship as a middleweight. He is also a veteran of the Maximum Fighting Championship and TKO Major League MMA in his native country of Canada...

by modified guillotine choke

Guillotine choke

The guillotine choke is a chokehold in martial arts and wrestling applied from in front of the opponent. The choke involves using the arms to encircle the opponent's neck in a fashion similar to a guillotine. The technique is either a type of tracheal compression restraint that prevents air flow...

with less than a minute remaining in the second round. Leben then lost to Canadian Kalib Starnes

Kalib Starnes

Kalib Axel Starnes is a retired Canadian mixed martial artist of Metis descent. He was featured in the third season of the reality TV series, The Ultimate Fighter...

by a very close decision at UFC 71
UFC 71
UFC 71: Liddell vs. Jackson was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship. The event took place on Saturday, May 26, 2007 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.-Background:...

on May 26, 2007.

It was reported that Leben was offered a main event fight against Mike Swick

Mike Swick

Mike Swick is an American mixed martial artist currently competing in the Ultimate Fighting Championship as a welterweight....

at UFC Fight Night 11

UFC Fight Night 11

UFC Fight Night: Thomas vs Florian referred to by the media as UFC Fight Night 11 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on Wednesday, September 19, 2007 at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada...

, but turned down the fight for unknown reasons; it was later revealed on the Ultimate Fighter Season 1 reunion show by UFC President Dana White's call to matchmaker Joe Silva that Leben's camp turned down the fight and that Leben himself had no prior knowledge of the fight offer.
Leben instead took on Terry Martin

Terry Martin (fighter)

Terry Martin is an American mixed martial artist from Chicago, Illinois.Martin made his professional boxing debut on April 12, 2008, and defeated Ricardo Upchurch by knockout in 40 seconds. Martin won his next three bouts via knockout or technical knockout.- Early life :Martin grew up on the west...

on the same UFC Fight Night 11 card. Even after being rocked with multiple punches by Martin, a half-dazed Leben defeated Martin by knockout at 3:56 of the third round. Later, at UFC 82

UFC 82

UFC 82: Pride of a Champion was a mixed martial arts event that took place on 1st March, 2008 at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio....

, he knocked out Alessio Sakara

Alessio Sakara

, winning the "Knockout of the Night" award.

On April 30, 2008, Leben was arrested in Oregon

Oregon

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by Clackamas County Sheriffs for a DUI

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stemming from an earlier date. He was kept in jail and temporarily held without bond for allegedly violating his probation. Leben was then sentenced to 35 days in jail, causing his match against Michael Bisping

Michael Bisping

Michael Gavin Joseph Bisping is an English mixed martial artist born in Cyprus but living in Clitheroe, Lancashire. He currently fights as a middleweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship and is the former Cage Warriors Fighting Championship light heavyweight champion, former Cage Rage light...

at UFC 85

UFC 85

UFC 85: Bedlam was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship , on June 7, 2008 at The O2 arena in London, England.-Background:...

to be rescheduled for UFC 89

UFC 89

UFC 89: Bisping vs. Leben was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on October 18, 2008 at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, England. The event was headlined by a middleweight bout between Michael Bisping and Chris Leben...

.

His next fight was against Michael Bisping

Michael Bisping

at UFC 89

UFC 89

, which he lost by a unanimous decision after a full three rounds. Leben taunted Bisping throughout the last two rounds by dropping his arms and raising his chin. The judges scored the fight 30–27 (twice) and 29–28 for Bisping. Bisping used effective counter punching in the fight to keep the aggressive Leben at bay. Both fighters showed sportsmanship by congratulating one another and raising each others arm after the fight.

After the fight with Bisping, Leben tested positive for Stanozolol

Stanozolol

Stanozolol, commonly sold under the name Winstrol , Tenabol and Winstrol Depot , was developed by Winthrop Laboratories in 1962...

and was suspended for nine months and fined a third of his fight purse. He was eligible to return in July 2009. Leben admitted he had used the substance several months prior to the fight, but stated he had assumed it would have been out of his system by then.

Leben then fought Jake Rosholt

Jake Rosholt

Jake Rosholt is an American mixed martial artist and former collegiate amateur wrestler. Rosholt formerly competed for the Ultimate Fighting Championship .-Early life:...

at UFC 102

UFC 102

UFC 102: Couture vs. Nogueira was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on August 29, 2009 at the Rose Garden in Portland, Oregon...

in Portland, Oregon. In the third round, he was rendered unconscious via an arm triangle choke, losing the fight by submission. Leben then faced Jay Silva

Jay Silva

Jay Silva is a Brazilian-Angolan mixed martial artist, who has competed for the UFC and more recently Bellator. He regularly fights at middleweight.-MMA career:...

on January 11, 2010, at UFC Fight Night 20, winning via unanimous decision.

Leben was expected to face Aaron Simpson

Aaron Simpson (fighter)

Aaron Michael Simpson is an American mixed martial artist who competes as a middleweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Before starting his mixed martial arts career, Simpson was a standout wrestler. In high school, Simpson compiled a 142–1 record wrestling for Antelope Union High School...

at UFC 114

UFC 114

UFC 114: Rampage vs. Evans was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on May 29, 2010 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. The UFC Fan Expo took place at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center....

, but the bout took place on June 19, 2010, at The Ultimate Fighter: Team Liddell vs. Team Ortiz Finale

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Liddell vs. Team Ortiz Finale

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Liddell vs. Team Ortiz Finale, also referred to as The Ultimate Fighter 11 Finale was a mixed martial arts event that was held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States on June 19, 2010. Featured were the...

. After a rough first round where Simpson slammed Leben a couple of times, Leben eventually connected consecutive punches on Simpson in the second that sent him stumbling across the octagon, collapsing face first at the other side of the octagon, prompting referee Josh Rosenthal

Josh Rosenthal

-Early life:Josh Rosenthal was born in Melbourne, Australia.Rosenthal's early years were surrounded by his parents' significant Australian art collection which included such artists as John Perceval, Charles Blackman, Fred Williams, Brett Whiteley, Norman Lindsay, and Roy DeMaistre, all of whom...

to end the fight via TKO at 4:17 of the second round.

After Wanderlei Silva

Wanderlei Silva

was forced out of his UFC 116

UFC 116

UFC 116: Lesnar vs. Carwin was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on July 3, 2010 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States...

bout with Yoshihiro Akiyama

Yoshihiro Akiyama

, born Choo Sung-hoon , is a Japanese mixed martial artist and judoka. He is a fourth-generation Japanese of Korean descent and acquired Japanese nationality in 2001....

due to broken ribs, Leben agreed to fill in for Silva in the bout against Akiyama, and faced him two weeks after defeating Simpson. Although he was outstruck and outwrestled for most of the first round, Leben managed to stay competitive and keep a fast paced fight with the rapidly tiring Akiyama in the second round. In the third and final round, Leben capitalized and sunk in a triangle choke with just twenty seconds left in the fight, forcing Akiyama to submit. It was considered the best performance of Leben's career and one of the best fights of the year. After the fight, Leben called for a fight with Silva, saying "come on Wanderlei, I'll take you out, too!", though UFC president Dana White

Dana White

Dana White is the current President of the Ultimate Fighting Championship , a mixed martial arts organization based in the United States.- Biography :...

said in the post-fight press conference that a Leben-Silva affair is not under consideration. Leben won Sherdog

Sherdog

Sherdog is an American website devoted to the sport of mixed martial arts . The site is a member of the Crave Online network and provides MMA related content for ESPN.com.- History :...

.com's Comeback Fighter of the Year for 2010.

On October 20, 2010, Leben was arrested in Honolulu for suspicion of driving under the influence

Driving under the influence

Driving under the influence is the act of driving a motor vehicle with blood levels of alcohol in excess of a legal limit...

after crashing his truck into a wall off of Kapiolani Boulevard. He was released from custody after posting bail.

Leben faced Brian Stann

Brian Stann

Brian Michael Stann is an American mixed martial artist and former US Marine who competes as a middleweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is a former WEC Light Heavyweight champion...

on January 1, 2011, at UFC 125

UFC 125

UFC 125: Resolution was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on January 1, 2011 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.-Background:...

He lost the fight via TKO in the first round. After the fight between Leben and Stann, Leben's coach Burton Richardson

Burton Richardson (martial artist)

Burton "Lucky Dog" Richardson is an American martial artist, author, instructor, and fight choreographer. Richardson focuses primarily on functional street self-defense, but also coaches MMA to some of the top UFC fighters in the industry, including UFC middleweight contender Chris Leben...

says Leben's poor performance may have been caused by a sickness before the bout: "First, great job by Brian Stann

Brian Stann

Brian Michael Stann is an American mixed martial artist and former US Marine who competes as a middleweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is a former WEC Light Heavyweight champion...

. He never looked better. Many have commented that Chris was very slow and looked off last night. The truth is that Chris was sick. He had a fever and chills when he stepped into the cage. He was vomiting in the locker room before the fight, and after a hard warm up he didn't have a drop of sweat. Big heart to fight like that, but he was moving slow motion. He was very sharp in training. He will be back."

On April 4, 2011, the UFC announced that Leben's next opponent would be Wanderlei Silva

Wanderlei Silva

with the two scheduled to meet at UFC 132

UFC 132

UFC 132: Cruz vs. Faber was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on July 2, 2011 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.-Background:UFC 132 was originally set to feature a rematch between B.J...

. Leben knocked out Silva with consecutive uppercuts from the clinch, 27 seconds into the fight, resulting in the fastest KO win in Leben's career.

Leben faced Mark Muñoz

Mark Munoz

Mark Muñoz is an American mixed martial artist of Filipino descent currently fighting in the middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.Muñoz is known for his wrestling ability and his relentless ground-and-pound...

on November 5, 2011 at UFC 138

UFC 138

UFC 138: Leben vs. Muñoz was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on November 5, 2011 at LG Arena in Birmingham, England. The event aired on the same day, via tape delay, on Spike TV in the U.S. and live on Sportsnet in Canada...

, losing by TKO at the 5:00 mark of the 2nd round due to a cut on his left eye brow and left him unable to see and forced a corner stoppage. On November 28, 2011, Zuffa LLC, owner of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, released information stating that Leben tested positive for oxycodone

Oxycodone

Oxycodone is an opioid analgesic medication synthesized from opium-derived thebaine. It was developed in 1916 in Germany, as one of several new semi-synthetic opioids in an attempt to improve on the existing opioids: morphine, diacetylmorphine , and codeine.Oxycodone oral medications are generally...

and oxymorphone

Oxymorphone

Oxymorphone or 14-Hydroxydihydromorphinone is a powerful semi-synthetic opioid analgesic first developed in Germany circa 1914, patented in the USA by Endo Pharmaceuticals in 1955 and introduced to the United States market in January 1959 and other countries around the same time...

following his loss to Munoz at UFC 138

UFC 138

. As a result of the positive test, Leben will be suspended from fighting for 1 year.

Personal life

Since May 2007, Leben has moved to East Oahu

Oahu

Oahu or Oahu , known as "The Gathering Place", is the third largest of the Hawaiian Islands and most populous of the islands in the U.S. state of Hawaii. The state capital Honolulu is located on the southeast coast...

, Hawaii

Hawaii

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to accept the main coaching job at Icon Fitness MMA Gym. ICON Sport promoter T. Jay Thompson has commented, saying, "I am very excited to have Chris at our new facility. His energy and overall enthusiasm for the sport will add tremendously to our gym. I am very impressed with the family friendly 'outside of the cage' personality of Chris and what that will mean to our members." In addition to training at ICON, Leben and fighter Steven "The Soul Samurai" Saito opened Ultimate Fight School gym in Oahu in January, located two blocks from the University of Hawaii campus.
Leben is a playable fighter in the UFC Undisputed video games.

Mixed Martial Arts
Mixed martial arts
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- Comeback Fighter of the Year 2010

Sherdog
Sherdog
Sherdog is an American website devoted to the sport of mixed martial arts . The site is a member of the Crave Online network and provides MMA related content for ESPN.com.- History :...
- 2010 Comeback Fighter of the Year

Ultimate Fighting Championship
Ultimate Fighting Championship
The Ultimate Fighting Championship is the largest mixed martial arts promotion company in the world that hosts most of the top-ranked fighters in the sport...
- Knockout of the Night
  Bonus Awards
  -Background:UFC Bonus Awards are three different kinds of awards usually given to four fighters after a UFC event.Fight of the Night - Award given to the two fighters that fought each other and delivered the "most impressive" fight on the card....
  
  (3 times)
- Fight of the Night
  Bonus Awards
  -Background:UFC Bonus Awards are three different kinds of awards usually given to four fighters after a UFC event.Fight of the Night - Award given to the two fighters that fought each other and delivered the "most impressive" fight on the card....
  
  (2 times)
- All time leader in UFC middleweight fights (19)
- All time leader in UFC middleweight knockouts (7)

World Extreme Cagefighting
World Extreme Cagefighting
World Extreme Cagefighting was an American mixed martial arts promotion. It was purchased by Zuffa, LLC, the parent company of Ultimate Fighting Championship , in 2006. In its final incarnation, it was made up of 3 weight classes: 135, 145 and 155 lbs. To accommodate the smaller...
- WEC Middleweight Championship (1 time, first)

Other titles

- FCFF Middleweight Championship (1 time)
- UFCF Middleweight Championship (1 time)

Mixed martial arts record

Mark Munoz

| TKO (corner stoppage)
| UFC 138

UFC 138

Birmingham

Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...

, England
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| Win
|align=center| 22–7
| Wanderlei Silva

Wanderlei Silva

| KO (punches)
| UFC 132

UFC 132

Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...

Brian Stann

Brian Michael Stann is an American mixed martial artist and former US Marine who competes as a middleweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is a former WEC Light Heavyweight champion...

|TKO (strikes)
|UFC 125

UFC 125

UFC 125: Resolution was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on January 1, 2011 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.-Background:...

Las Vegas, Nevada

, United States
|
|-
| Win
|align=center|21–6
|Yoshihiro Akiyama

Yoshihiro Akiyama

, born Choo Sung-hoon , is a Japanese mixed martial artist and judoka. He is a fourth-generation Japanese of Korean descent and acquired Japanese nationality in 2001....

|Submission (triangle choke)
|UFC 116

UFC 116

UFC 116: Lesnar vs. Carwin was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on July 3, 2010 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States...

Las Vegas, Nevada

, United States
| Fight of the Night
|-
|Win
|align=center|20–6
|Aaron Simpson

Aaron Simpson (fighter)

|TKO (punches)
|The Ultimate Fighter: Team Liddell vs. Team Ortiz Finale

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Liddell vs. Team Ortiz Finale

Las Vegas, Nevada

, United States
| Knockout of the Night
|-
|Win
|align=center|19–6
|Jay Silva

Jay Silva

Jay Silva is a Brazilian-Angolan mixed martial artist, who has competed for the UFC and more recently Bellator. He regularly fights at middleweight.-MMA career:...

Fairfax, Virginia

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Jake Rosholt

Jake Rosholt is an American mixed martial artist and former collegiate amateur wrestler. Rosholt formerly competed for the Ultimate Fighting Championship .-Early life:...

|Technical Submission (arm-triangle choke)
|UFC 102

UFC 102

UFC 102: Couture vs. Nogueira was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on August 29, 2009 at the Rose Garden in Portland, Oregon...

Portland, Oregon

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Michael Bisping

|Decision (unanimous)
|UFC 89

UFC 89

Birmingham

, England
|Leben tested positive for painkillers
|-
|Win
|align=center|18–4
|Alessio Sakara

Alessio Sakara

|TKO (punches)
|UFC 82

UFC 82

UFC 82: Pride of a Champion was a mixed martial arts event that took place on 1st March, 2008 at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio....

Columbus, Ohio

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, United States
|Knockout of the Night
|-
|Win
|align=center|17–4
|Terry Martin

Terry Martin (fighter)

Las Vegas, Nevada

Kalib Starnes

Kalib Axel Starnes is a retired Canadian mixed martial artist of Metis descent. He was featured in the third season of the reality TV series, The Ultimate Fighter...

|Decision (unanimous)
|UFC 71

UFC 71

UFC 71: Liddell vs. Jackson was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship. The event took place on Saturday, May 26, 2007 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.-Background:...

Las Vegas, Nevada

Jason MacDonald

|Submission (guillotine choke)
|UFC 66

UFC 66

UFC 66: Liddell vs. Ortiz was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on December 30, 2006 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada .-Background:...

Las Vegas, Nevada

, United States
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|Win
|align=center|16–2
|Jorge Santiago

Jorge Santiago

|KO (punch)
|UFC Fight Night 6

UFC Fight Night 6

Las Vegas, Nevada

Anderson Silva

|KO (knee)
|UFC Ultimate Fight Night 5

UFC Ultimate Fight Night 5

Las Vegas, Nevada

, United States
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|Win
|align=center|15–1
|Luigi Fioravanti

Luigi Fioravanti

|Decision (unanimous)
|UFC Ultimate Fight Night 4

UFC Ultimate Fight Night 4

Ultimate Fight Night 4 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on April 6, 2006. The event took place at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, in Paradise, Nevada and was broadcast live on Spike TV in the United States and Canada...

Las Vegas, Nevada

, United States
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|Win
|align=center|14–1
|Jorge Rivera

Jorge Rivera (fighter)

|TKO (punches)
|UFC Ultimate Fight Night 3

UFC Ultimate Fight Night 3

Ultimate Fight Night 3 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on January 16, 2006. The event took place at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, and was broadcast live on Spike TV in the United States and Canada...

Las Vegas, Nevada

, United States
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|Win
|align=center|13–1
|Edwin Dewees

Edwin Dewees

Edwin Stanton Dewees is an American mixed martial artist. He was featured on The Ultimate Fighter 4...

|Submission (armbar)
|UFC Ultimate Fight Night 2

UFC Ultimate Fight Night 2

Ultimate Fight Night 2 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on October 3, 2005. The event took place at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, and was broadcast live on Spike TV in the United States and Canada...

Las Vegas, Nevada

, United States
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|Win
|align=center|12–1
|Patrick Côté

Patrick Côté (fighter)

|Decision (split)
|UFC Ultimate Fight Night

UFC Ultimate Fight Night

Ultimate Fight Night was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on August 6, 2005. The event took place at Cox Pavilion in Paradise, Nevada and was broadcast live on Spike TV in the United States and Canada. The telecast drew a 1.5 overall rating in the United...

Las Vegas, Nevada

The Ultimate Fighter 1 Finale

The Ultimate Fighter 1 Finale was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on April 9, 2005. Featured were the finals from The Ultimate Fighter 1 in both the Middleweight and Light Heavyweight divisions....

Las Vegas, Nevada

, United States
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|Win
|align=center|10–1
|Benji Radach

Benji Radach

Benji Russell Radach is an American mixed martial arts fighter. He is a former member of the Los Angeles Anacondas of the International Fight League.-Biography:...

Gresham, Oregon

Joe Doerksen

Biloxi, Mississippi

Biloxi is a city in Harrison County, Mississippi, in the United States. The 2010 census recorded the population as 44,054. Along with Gulfport, Biloxi is a county seat of Harrison County....

Gresham, Oregon

Lynnwood, Washington

Lynnwood is a city in Snohomish County, Washington, United States. The population was 35,836 at the 2010 census, making it the fourth largest in Snohomish County and twenty-ninth largest in Washington State. The city is a mix of urban, suburban, small city, crossroads and bedroom community to many...

, United States
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|Win
|align=center|7–0
|Mike Swick

Mike Swick

Mike Swick is an American mixed martial artist currently competing in the Ultimate Fighting Championship as a welterweight....

|KO (punch)
|WEC 9

WEC 9

WEC 9: Cold Blooded was a mixed martial arts event promoted by World Extreme Cagefighting on January 16, 2004 at the Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino in Lemoore, California. The main event saw Mike Kyle take on Jude Hargett.- Results :...

Lemoore, California

Lemoore is a city in Kings County, California, United States. Lemoore is located west-southwest of Hanford, at an elevation of 230 feet . It is part of the Hanford–Corcoran Metropolitan Statistical Area...

Colusa, California

Colusa is the county seat of Colusa County, California. The population was 5,971 at the 2010 census, up from 5,402 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...

, United States
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|Win
|align=center|5–0
|Brian Sleeman
|Submission (armbar)
|WEC 8

WEC 8

WEC 8: Halloween Fury 2 was a mixed martial arts event promoted by World Extreme Cagefighting on October 17, 2003 at the Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino in Lemoore, California. The main event saw Cole Escovedo defend the WEC Featherweight title against Anthony Hamlett.- Results :* Richard Montoya vs...

Lemoore, California

Lynnwood, Washington

Gresham, Oregon

Seattle, Washington

Seattle is the county seat of King County, Washington. With 608,660 residents as of the 2010 Census, Seattle is the largest city in the Northwestern United States. The Seattle metropolitan area of about 3.4 million inhabitants is the 15th largest metropolitan area in the country...

Everett, Washington

Everett is the county seat of and the largest city in Snohomish County, Washington, United States. Named for Everett Colby, son of founder Charles L. Colby, it lies north of Seattle. The city had a total population of 103,019 at the 2010 census, making it the 6th largest in the state and...

, United States
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