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I don't know man, i'm a huge Leben fan and will always support the guy but i've seen multiple pics from various different angles and it just looks like he just has some blood in his eye. GSP had a scratched eye ball in the Shields fight and Koscheck had one of the worst broken orbitals i've ever seen against GSP and they both kept fighting.
Your right Leben has gassed in a lot of fights and kept going, but this time he gassed two minutes into the fight and took a pounding in round 2 every time Munoz got in top position. I honestly think Leben gassed so hard he knew he would get finished in round 3.
Your right Leben has gassed in a lot of fights and kept going, but this time he gassed two minutes into the fight and took a pounding in round 2 every time Munoz got in top position. I honestly think Leben gassed so hard he knew he would get finished in round 3.
Chris Leben cut nearly 21 pounds in 24 hours to make weight for his fight with Mark Munoz, Fighters Only was told ahead of last night’s bout.
The 31-year old middleweight had “a terrible weight cut” and was in such bad shape before the weigh ins that medical staff were keeping a very close eye on him.
A source close to Leben told Fighters Only on Friday that Leben had been left “shattered” by the amount of weight he had to cut on weigh-in day.
He was in the hotel sauna from Friday morning hooded up and wearing layers of clothing as he sweated water out of his body.
His dehydration and general condition was such that one of the medical team backstage said Leben would be pulled from the fight if thing deteriorated any further.
As it was, the bout went ahead but Leben was noticeably tired by the end of the first round - frenetic though the pace was - and was in seemingly worse condition than when he fought Yoshihiro Akiyama, his last lengthy outing.
Munoz was able to cut Leben over his right eye and that prompted a doctor’s inspection, although the bout was allowed to proceed. But at the end of the second round, Leben’s corner withdrew him from the fight.
It was thought the blood was to blame but Leben also appeared to be hurt and exhausted; his corner deemed him incapable of winning the fight and felt it would be dangerous for him to continue.
Cutting weight is common in most combat sports. Unlike losing weight, which is done over time, cutting weight is aimed at losing pounds quickly, usually via fasting and removing water from the body, so the fighter can hit the scales at the specified poundage.
Once that has been achieved, the fighter immediately begins eating and drinking to replenish himself. By fight night he can be a full weight-class heavier than he was on the scales.
Done properly, weight cutting allows the fighter to have a size advantage or at least match the size of his weight-cutting opponent. But done improperly, it threatens the fighter’s health and has a crippling effect on performance.
The 31-year old middleweight had “a terrible weight cut” and was in such bad shape before the weigh ins that medical staff were keeping a very close eye on him.
A source close to Leben told Fighters Only on Friday that Leben had been left “shattered” by the amount of weight he had to cut on weigh-in day.
He was in the hotel sauna from Friday morning hooded up and wearing layers of clothing as he sweated water out of his body.
His dehydration and general condition was such that one of the medical team backstage said Leben would be pulled from the fight if thing deteriorated any further.
As it was, the bout went ahead but Leben was noticeably tired by the end of the first round - frenetic though the pace was - and was in seemingly worse condition than when he fought Yoshihiro Akiyama, his last lengthy outing.
Munoz was able to cut Leben over his right eye and that prompted a doctor’s inspection, although the bout was allowed to proceed. But at the end of the second round, Leben’s corner withdrew him from the fight.
It was thought the blood was to blame but Leben also appeared to be hurt and exhausted; his corner deemed him incapable of winning the fight and felt it would be dangerous for him to continue.
Cutting weight is common in most combat sports. Unlike losing weight, which is done over time, cutting weight is aimed at losing pounds quickly, usually via fasting and removing water from the body, so the fighter can hit the scales at the specified poundage.
Once that has been achieved, the fighter immediately begins eating and drinking to replenish himself. By fight night he can be a full weight-class heavier than he was on the scales.
Done properly, weight cutting allows the fighter to have a size advantage or at least match the size of his weight-cutting opponent. But done improperly, it threatens the fighter’s health and has a crippling effect on performance.
