UFC Fight Night Live 11
Chris Leben vs. Terry Martin
Wednesday September 19, 2007 10PM EST
Martin -220
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Are you kidding me? How is Chris “The Crippler Leben (16-4) still in the UFC? He sucks; he is just plain bad and has no skills except for his supposed striking. He is not a striker like people claim; he has no ground and pound despite being from the Couture camp and his grappling skills are at a blue belt level at best. Okay, maybe a white belt with four strips. He will be fighting Terry Martin (16-2) who is a very powerful striker and cuts way down to make it to the middleweight division and has far too much power for a person with no skill. Martin has only lost twice and he lost to James Irvin and Jason Lambert who are heavy strikers. Martin doesn't have to worry about Leben power as he possesses very little.

Terry Martin has incredible striking power and since he moved down to the middleweight division he is probably the hardest hitter in the division. He has great upper body strength and his good take down defense with a solid base that will be too much for Leben. Martin walks around at 200 pounds and cuts 15 pounds to make weight while Leben is normally at 185. That means he will have a distinct power advantage.

The Crippler is a one dimensional fighter that should really be teaching a kid’s kickboxing class rather than fight in the UFC. Terry Martin is no Anderson Silva, Paulo Filho, or Denis Kang but when he fights Leben he will look like it. That's how bad Leben is. The fight will be comparable to Kramer fighting nine year old kids.

We have continually made lots of money by betting against him. He got destroyed by Anderson Silva and his last two fights with Jason MacDonald and Kalib Starnes were just plain bad as he showed no skills whatsoever. He has lost to average MMA fighters and looks bad doing so. He shows no heart when he fights and I for one can’t think of any reason why he deserves another shot in the UFC. There are some better middleweights that could put on a better show.

Bottom Line: Martin has too much power and will out strike an average striker. Leben will not be able to take the much larger man down and he has no grappling skills. Terry Martin will beat the UFC out of Leben and hopefully for good. First round pummeling by Martin. In sports and UFC betting there is no such thing as a sure thing but this is one of them.

Hey Dana White, please keep Leben in the UFC so we can always make money betting against him

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