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UFC Quick Quote: Chris Leben chokes out jail inmate
Published 6/18/2008 by MMAmania at UFC blog for UFC news, results, videos, rumors, fights, pics and tickets -- MMAmania.com
“I told the guys it’s a blood choke, so you don’t have to squeeze hard. So I was just kind of choking him with one arm while he’s standing up. And I told him just tap when you start to feel like you’re going to pass out. Well, he didn’t tap, and at the time I’m going wow, this guy’s pretty tough, I’m surprised he hasn’t tapped yet. He just drops to the floor in the cell. Now I’m standing there with 20 prisoners around and they’re freaking out. This guy’s laying there, snoring like crazy. I’m like ‘it’s all right, it’s all right,’ then I realize they have cameras in here. I’ve just choked this guy out in jail – I could get in trouble for this. I ...

Chris Leben Tells Tales From The Stir
Published 6/18/2008 by bfowlkes at www.cagepotato.com
... He tells the story to MMA Weekly, describing what happened when his attempts to train in jail drew the curiosity of fellow inmates, who asked Leben to teach them a choke. ...

Chris Leben Talks About Prison Stint
Published 6/18/2008 by John Chandler at MMA on Tap
Photo courtesy of ChrisLeben.com. In an interesting interview with MMA Weekly, Chris Leben, who spent twenty days in a Portland, Oregon jail last month to serve a mandatory sentence because of a probation violation stemming from a DUI arrest three years ago, speaks out about his time spent behind bars. Pretty entertaining read. Being a ...

Chris Leben Training In Hard Times
Published 6/18/2008 by CagE at MMA News, Results, UFC blog, Ultimate Fighter, Rumors, Video and Opinion
... Chris Leben still found time to trainduring his short stint in the in County Jail, for a parol violation on 2004 DUI charge. “As soon as I started to do anything, everyone was like ‘what are you doing?…..Training martial arts probably isn’t the best thing to do around a bunch of felons.” “I told the guys it’s a blood choke, so you don’t have to squeeze hard……So I was just kind of choking him with one arm while he’s standing up. And I told him just tap when you start to feel like you’re going to pass out. Well, he didn’t tap, ...

Chris Leben Reflects On Jail Time
Published 6/20/2008 by Eric Shapiro at MMAFrenzy.com
UFC Middleweight Chris “The Crippler” Leben, who recently finished up an 11 day stint in a Portland, Oregon jail for parole violation, divulged to MMAWeekly.com how his incarcerated experience has helped him to see things more clearly, and evolve into a more mature individual. Personally, I found his anecdote about an inmate choking to be the highlight: “You’d think that being a professional fighter might paint a target on his back, but Leben encountered more curiosity from his fellow inmates than anything else. They wanted him to show them some moves. Happy to oblige, he once demonstrated a choke on an inmate while 20 others ...