Chris Leben reportedly cut 21 lbs. in 24 hours for UFC 138 bout

[No More Sorrow]

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 cutâ€￾ 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 “shatteredâ€￾ by the amount of weight he had to cut on weigh-in day.

This was the last fight he had before getting suspended for one year for a failed drug test, in which he tested positive for oxycodone and oxymorphone.

 

[Slim]

21 pounds in 24 hours? What in the world was he doing up until then? Why wasn't he dieting properly? What was up with the training? 21 pounds is not acceptable.

 

[PHX]

I don't know what's crazier the fact that he had to lose all that weight to make weight or the fact that he managed to find a way to damn near do it.

 

[No More Sorrow]

Like i know it's normal sometimes for a fighter to be 2 or 3 pounds over for a fight but to be 21 pounds over weight for a fight is just ridiculous, especially for Chris as he fought so much, 6 times since 2010.

 

[Troy]

His support staff shouldn't have let him do this because there is no healthy way to cut 21 pounds in one day. Really bad for a professional fighter to be so far out of shape especially since he is basically a UFC veteran and knows the system very well.