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Chris Leben

22–12 · 38 recorded bouts · 2002–2021

MMA record

22–12

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.

200020102020win v Bryce Hamilton, 2002, submissionwin v James Fanshier, 2003, decisionwin v Brian Sleeman, 2003, submissionwin v Boyd Ballard, 2003, submissionwin v Landon Showalter, 2003, decisionwin v Otto Olson, 2003, koloss v Paulo Gazze, 2003, decisionwin v Benji Radach, 2004, koloss v Joe Doerksen, 2004, decisionwin v Justin Davis, 2004, kowin v Boyd Ballard, 2004, kowin v Mike Swick, 2004, kowin v Edwin Dewees, 2005, submissionwin v Patrick Côté, 2005, decisionwin v Jason Thacker, 2005, koloss v Jason MacDonald, 2006, submissionwin v Jorge Santiago, 2006, koloss v Anderson Silva, 2006, kowin v Luigi Fioravanti, 2006, decisionwin v Jorge Rivera, 2006, kowin v Terry Martin, 2007, koloss v Kalib Starnes, 2007, decisionloss v Michael Bisping, 2008, decisionwin v Alessio Sakara, 2008, koloss v Jake Rosholt, 2009, submissionwin v Yoshihiro Akiyama, 2010, submissionwin v Aaron Simpson, 2010, kowin v Jay Silva, 2010, decisionloss v Mark Muñoz, 2011, kowin v Wanderlei Silva, 2011, koloss v Brian Stann, 2011, koloss v Derek Brunson, 2012, decisionloss v Uriah Hall, 2013, koloss v Andrew Craig, 2013, decisionwin v Phil Baroni, 2018, koloss v Dakota Cochrane, 2019, decisionwin v Justin Baesman, 2019, kowin v Quentin Henry, 2021, ko
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 2002–2021

SOURCE·Chris Leben — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·derived figures computed here·REVIEWED 2026-05-10

How this record is compiled

  1. Measurements come from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the bout list is parsed from the results table on the same article, read on 2026-05-10. Boxing tables are read by header name and MMA records by the fixed column order of the MMA record template — two different parsers, because reading MMA rows as a boxing table returns a fighter's boxing record in place of their real one.
  2. A bout enters the ledger with whatever fields the source states: result, opponent, method, round, year. Any field the source leaves empty stays empty here. A date that cannot be established is left blank rather than inferred, and the bout is still counted.
  3. A no contest is counted and printed as a no contest. It is never folded into the wins, the losses or the draws, and it never disappears to make a total balance.
  4. Where the article's infobox total disagrees with its own results table, both figures are published and each is labelled with where it came from. Nothing is averaged and nothing is reconciled against a second database.
  5. Percentiles rank this fighter among the 244 middleweight MMA fighters in the dataset — the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.

Sources, exclusions and known limits →

Bout record

Every bout the article's own results table lists, in order. A dash is a field the source leaves empty — it is not a zero and it is not a guess.

Bout-by-bout recordAUG 2026
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.

SOURCE·Chris Leben — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·derived figures computed here·REVIEWED 2026-05-10

What is on record

Measurements
Reachnot recorded
Height71″ (180.3 cm)
StanceSouthpaw
DivisionMiddleweight MMA
Most active decade2000s — 25 of 38 dated bouts
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

Standing questions

What this record does and does not say

What is Chris Leben's record?
22–12 in MMA. That is the aggregate stated in the English Wikipedia infobox; the results table on the same article lists 38 bouts individually.
Does a no contest change a record here?
No. A no contest is not a win, a loss or a draw, and it is never folded into one. It is counted and printed separately, so a 20–0 record with two no contests is shown as exactly that rather than as 22–0 or as 20–0 with the no contests dropped. The same applies to a bout overturned after the fact where the source records the change.
What happens when sources disagree about a fight?
This site publishes one source — the fighter's English Wikipedia article, read on the date printed under every table — and it does not silently reconcile that against anyone else's database. Where the article's own infobox total and its own results table disagree, both are shown and the page says which one each figure came from. Nothing is averaged, and no field is filled in from a second source to make a total balance.

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