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Chris Leben VS Alessio Sakara At UFC 82

Posted By: Bruno Published in Fight Shows

Jan

After his KO win over Terry Martin, TUF 1 EX , Chris Leben is back on track and will fight March 1. He is slated to face Alessio Sakara who just beat James Lee at UFC 80.

Leben is looking much better since moving out to Hawaii to train with ICON. He is consitrating more on his training and a little less on the partying.

New American Top Team member Sakara will be dropping down from 205lbs to 185lbs where middleweight suits his body size better.

The UFC 82’s fight card brings middleweight champion Anderson Silva together with Dan Henderson. Unless there is some fight card changes in the near future this fight will probably be one of the non-televised bouts.

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Zach

Says, in 1-29-2008 at 11:51:59 from 24.238.88.244

Sakara dropping down to middleweight should be dangerous, Sakara by first round TKO.

rebabalu

Says, in 1-29-2008 at 12:04:34 from 81.252.227.249

let,s go Alessio !!!

i_are_Baboon

Says, in 1-29-2008 at 12:55:53 from 96.232.153.145

these fighters aren’t that good

j_satan-666

Says, in 1-29-2008 at 16:29:59 from 74.2.119.98

these guys are better than most. yeah there no anderson silva but who is? i personally think there both very good fighters and there well rounded. leben got a chin of iron for #^&* sake. it should be a great fight.

vigilant

Says, in 1-29-2008 at 17:04:12 from 67.36.16.242

A boxer vs. a guy with a great chin. should be exciting. i like watching them both fight.

sloth

Says, in 1-29-2008 at 17:40:02 from 24.225.132.63

theyre better than you

No Name

Says, in 1-29-2008 at 19:08:22 from 67.42.76.169

Sometimes its the fighters that arent as good that put on a great show. Watch Leban vs Martin. Ive seen some great fighters put on some terrible fights. Watch Silvia vs Arlovski.

MMA KiD

Says, in 1-29-2008 at 19:52:56 from 209.240.122.246

i smell a knock out both hate the ground

Smashedyoface

Says, in 1-29-2008 at 20:18:00 from 64.239.154.138

Alessio is a great fighter… Leben has a chin and is a brawler but I don’t see him ever being in the top 10. Sakara at MW has a good chance.

smack

Says, in 1-29-2008 at 20:22:51 from 202.137.100.37

Alessio Sakara gonna destroy him lebans a bum

Drew

Says, in 1-29-2008 at 23:21:26 from 24.150.124.185

I was never impressed with Leben even in victory. He really didn’t start taking control of the fight with Martin until Martin gassed. I don’t think Leben is going to throw anything at Sakara striking-wise he hasn’t seen before and Leben certainly won’t have the more technical striking. The ground game is really a wash with these two. It will probably be decided on the feet with Leben going down.

dirty 7-30

Says, in 1-30-2008 at 02:08:43 from 72.140.75.249

HAHA… Leban will eat a right, and then a knee… he lacks punching power…

If he had punching power he would be dangerous…with that chin of his, he could trade punches and know he would be on the winning end…

Unfortunately that is not the case, and being on the winning end after this fight won’t be that case either… he is entertaining though… when he gets knocked out he looks funny!…lol

SANDMAN

Says, in 1-30-2008 at 18:56:06 from 68.9.144.226

leben doesnt have knockout power? are you fucking retarded. terry martin, jorge rivera, mike swick all one punch knockouts by leben not to mention Benji Radach who recieved a broken jaw from lebens left hook its goin to be a more even fight than people think

chris jr

Says, in 1-31-2008 at 00:30:31 from 12.214.213.26

lebaen has as iron chin but not when his fighter the spider,sakara is a good fighter i predict sakara by ko

saer123

Says, in 1-31-2008 at 01:33:39 from 24.255.1.229

chris leben sucks i cant stand to even watch him fight unless he is getting the beat down he deserves like when he fought silva. he is not on the same level as alessio… i hope he gets smashed in the first round!!!

clump of dirt

Says, in 2-2-2008 at 01:33:58 from 69.107.12.89

leben is like a less powerful, less tecnical, less experienced, less interesting, less dimensional liddell. he wilts under real opponents. hes an all heart guy with a tough chin whos gone as far as hes going to in this sport. i doubt well be seeing much more of him.

DGATZ

Says, in 2-6-2008 at 20:14:33 from 67.70.53.97

Wow “clump of dirt” I’ll assume you are not a Liddell fan, because Liddell has used his punches exclusively to win fights he is called one dimensional eventhough he is not, good wrestler great take down defence and kicks as well. His fists have worked for him many, many times why wouldn’t he use them…?