Talk:Chris Leben

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Chris Leben has always competed as a middleweight in his UFC career, so in the last line of the MMA Career section that sentence is incorrect. It was Mike Swick who dropped from middleweight to welterweight thus changing the Leben-Swick fight. But yes he was victorious byt KO over Sakara at UFC 82. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.72.37.117 (talk) 02:07, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Chris Leben has always competed as a middleweight in his UFC career, so in the last line of the MMA Career section that sentence is incorrect. It was Mike Swick who dropped from middleweight to welterweight thus changing the Leben-Swick fight. But yes he was victorious byt KO over Sakara at UFC 82. 74.72.37.117 (talk) 02:09, 3 March 2008 (UTC) Alan Ramos, NYC

[edit] DUI arrest

This is happening right now and so the details are sketchy. will need updating soon. Boils (talk) 06:47, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Word of advice: don't add anything like that without an inline citation. Negative, unsourced information is to be removed immediately and without discussion per WP:BLP. I was able to quickly find a citation for it, so I did add it, but in the future it needs to be added at the exact same time as the information. Also, the original version of it included speculation questioning Leben's claims to have given up alcohol, etc. That has no place in Wikipedia; just add the facts as reported by the sources and let them stand on their own. Gromlakh (talk) 12:45, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

The part about Leben giving up alcohol were Leben's own words on the TUF finale after urinating in another fighter's bed in the show. But I see your point. Thanks for the edit. couldn't link the source at the time. Boils (talk) 00:28, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

Not a problem. I guess I was a little gruff with my earlier comment (I hadn't had my coffee yet...*twiddle*). I do remember Leben saying that he'd given up alcohol during/after TUF, but it's not really for Wikipedia to call into question his statements; other commentators can do that. Besides, alcohol isn't the only way to get to a DUI (although it's certainly the most common). You can also get a DUI for being under the influence of drugs, be they legal prescription drugs or illegal drugs, and the source didn't specify what kind of DUI he got. Gromlakh (talk) 01:42, 2 May 2008 (UTC)