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Middleweight MMA · 2000s

Chris Leben

22–12 · 38 recorded bouts · 2002–2021

Chris Leben finished 77% of 22 wins inside the distance — the 48th percentile for middleweight MMA, where the median is 78%. No reach is on record, so this page compares record rather than measurements.

What is on record

Measurements
Reachnot recorded
Height71″ (180.3 cm)
StanceSouthpaw
DivisionMiddleweight MMA
Peak era2000s
CountryUnited States

Wikipedia carries no reach figure for Chris Leben, so the reach-advantage comparison this site is built on cannot be computed. Everything below comes from the record instead.

2010 2020 win vs Bryce Hamilton (2002)win vs James Fanshier (2003)win vs Brian Sleeman (2003)win vs Boyd Ballard (2003)win vs Landon Showalter (2003)win vs Otto Olson (2003)loss vs Paulo Gazze (2003)win vs Benji Radach (2004)loss vs Joe Doerksen (2004)win vs Justin Davis (2004)win vs Boyd Ballard (2004)win vs Mike Swick (2004)win vs Edwin Dewees (2005)win vs Patrick Côté (2005)win vs Jason Thacker (2005)loss vs Jason MacDonald (2006)win vs Jorge Santiago (2006)loss vs Anderson Silva (2006)win vs Luigi Fioravanti (2006)win vs Jorge Rivera (2006)win vs Terry Martin (2007)loss vs Kalib Starnes (2007)loss vs Michael Bisping (2008)win vs Alessio Sakara (2008)loss vs Jake Rosholt (2009)win vs Yoshihiro Akiyama (2010)win vs Aaron Simpson (2010)win vs Jay Silva (2010)loss vs Mark Muñoz (2011)win vs Wanderlei Silva (2011)loss vs Brian Stann (2011)loss vs Derek Brunson (2012)loss vs Uriah Hall (2013)loss vs Andrew Craig (2013)win vs Phil Baroni (2018)loss vs Dakota Cochrane (2019)win vs Justin Baesman (2019)win vs Quentin Henry (2021)
winlossdraw / NC2002–2021

Record

MMA record

22–12

34 bouts on record

Finish rate

77%

of wins ended inside the distance — middleweight MMA median 78%, 48th percentile

KO/TKO: 12 (55%)Submission: 5 (23%)Decision: 5 (23%)
  • KO/TKO 55%
  • Submission 23%
  • Decision 23%

The career, bout by bout

38 recorded bouts from 2002 to 2021. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.

Career span

20y

2002–2021

Longest unbeaten run

6

without a loss — draws do not break it

Busiest year

2003

6 bouts

Recorded bouts

38

38 with a date

Fights

YearResultOpponentMethodRd
2021 W Quentin Henry KO/TKO1
2019 L Dakota Cochrane Decision5
2019 W Justin Baesman KO/TKO1
2018 W Phil Baroni KO/TKO1
2013 L Uriah Hall KO/TKO1
2013 L Andrew Craig Decision3
2012 L Derek Brunson Decision3
2011 L Mark Muñoz KO/TKO2
2011 W Wanderlei Silva KO/TKO1
2011 L Brian Stann KO/TKO1
2010 W Yoshihiro Akiyama Submission3
2010 W Aaron Simpson KO/TKO2
2010 W Jay Silva Decision3
2009 L Jake Rosholt Submission3
2008 L Michael Bisping Decision3
2008 W Alessio Sakara KO/TKO1
2007 W Terry Martin KO/TKO3
2007 L Kalib Starnes Decision3
2006 L Jason MacDonald Submission2
2006 W Jorge Santiago KO/TKO2
2006 L Anderson Silva KO/TKO1
2006 W Luigi Fioravanti Decision3
2006 W Jorge Rivera KO/TKO1
2005 W Edwin Dewees Submission1
2005 W Patrick Côté Decision3
2005 W Jason Thacker KO/TKO1
2004 W Benji Radach KO/TKO3
2004 L Joe Doerksen Decision3
2004 W Justin Davis KO/TKO1
2004 W Boyd Ballard KO/TKO1
2004 W Mike Swick KO/TKO2
2003 W James Fanshier Decision3
2003 W Brian Sleeman Submission1
2003 W Boyd Ballard Submission1
2003 W Landon Showalter Decision3
2003 W Otto Olson KO/TKO1
2003 L Paulo Gazze Decision3
2002 W Bryce Hamilton Submission1

22 of these opponents have their own page here.

How this is worked out

  1. Measurements and records are read from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the fight list is parsed from the article's own results table.
  2. Reach advantage is (reach − height) ÷ height as a percentage, so fighters of different sizes compare directly.
  3. Percentiles rank this fighter among the 244 middleweight MMA fighters in the dataset — chosen because it is the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.
Reach advantage = (reach − height) ÷ height × 100

Full methodology →

Source: Chris Leben on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-05-10. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.

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