# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chris-leben
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:50:33.889Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chris-leben"
name: "Chris Leben"
slug: "chris-leben"
description: "Christian Cyrus Leben is an American former mixed martial artist, referee, and bare knuckle boxer. A professional MMA competitor from 2002 until 2013, he most notably competed in the UFC in the Middleweight division, compiling a record of 12–10 in 22 appearances for the organization. Leben first appeared in the inaugural season of The Ultimate Fighter reality series, and also fought in the now-defunct WEC. He began his UFC career with five victories in a row before suffering a knockout loss to future UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva, and was known for his toughness, chin, determination, and powerful left hand. Leben was the inaugural WEC Middleweight Champion."
tagline: "American mixed martial arts fighter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/CHRIS_LEBEN_TALKS_BARE_KNUCKLE_BOXING_FIGHT_-_YouTube_-_2_29_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1980-07-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.8
  momentum:             8.46136567834681
  historical:           12.695884
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/cripplerufc"
    handle:    "cripplerufc"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/ChrisLebenCrippler"
    handle:    "ChrisLebenCrippler"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
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    handle:    "nm1854969"
sources:
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    title: "Chris Leben"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "كريس ليبن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Leben"
    title: "Chris Leben"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Leben"
    title: "Chris Leben"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Leben"
    title: "Chris Leben"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%86"
    title: "کریس لبن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Leben"
    title: "Chris Leben"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Leben"
    title: "Chris Leben"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Leben"
    title: "Chris Leben"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "クリス・リーベン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Leben"
    title: "Chris Leben"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Leben"
    title: "Chris Leben"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81"
    title: "Лебен, Крис"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Chris Leben"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump