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\nL<\/span>ongtime UFC fan favourite Chris “The Crippler” Leben<\/strong> stops by Submission Radio to give an update on his life post retirement and tell some crazy stories from his career. Chris talks about being the head coach at Victory MMA, being tempted to get back in the cage, his rematch with Josh Koscheck and why it never happened, Koscheck’s career and if he should retire, the Akiyama fight at UFC 116, his toughest fight, kicking down walls to get out of a bathroom right before the Brian Stann fight, and much more.\n<\/p>\n

\nInterview highlights below<\/em>\n<\/p>\n

If Chris has moments when he flirts with temptation to go back in the ring one last time<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n

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\n\u201cI do. I mean anybody, if they told you they didn\u2019t they\u2019d be a liar. I mean to some extent I do, you know and I know if I knew that I could fight and that I would win 100% of the fights that I was in, I might actually do it, but then I also remember how hard a training camp really is. You know, every training camp takes a little bit out of you, you know\u201d
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\n\u201cAll the work that I have to go through, what my relationship has to go through with all the sacrifice, putting all the time in the gym, being tired all the time, you know. The fact of the matter is yes the sport’s awesome, there\u2019s nothing like getting your hand raised in the octagon, but what people don\u2019t realize is that\u2019s just your 15 minutes of glory, maximum. The rest is blood, sweat, tears, sacrifice. I mean, so unusually when I have that, I remind myself ‘now think about it Chris, remember all the the blood, sweat, the tears , the sacrifice, you know look where you’re at, your happy’ and that\u2019s what I do.\u201d<\/p>\n

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On the Josh Koscheck rematch why it never happened<\/strong>
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\n\u201cYou know, the obvious thing is Josh dropped down to 170. That was the obvious thing, but even past that, you know I would have loved to have them do it as just kind of a super fight, like ‘hey man, let’s do a catchweight at 180 pounds’ something like that you know.\u201d
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\n\u201cUltimately I would have been great for it. Not because I hate Josh and I wanna beat him up, but because it\u2019s a fight and fights are money. Truthfully, you know there\u2019s no ill will between me and him and here\u2019s why, it\u2019s not like we hugged and made up, it\u2019s more like I only have some much time in my life, you know. So I don\u2019t have time to hold a resentment against a guy for being an idiot for the rest of my life, you know I\u2019m saying. Then I\u2019m gonna be one of those just old, angry people, that\u2019s just mad at the world and just wants to sit in there chair and just slowly die, you know. So I kind of, inside I’ve let it go. I let the rivalry go a long, long time ago I let that rivalry go. Now, would I still fight him? Absolutely I\u2019d fight him.\u201d
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\n\u201cNow, would I still fight him? Absolutely I\u2019d fight him. I\u2019d probably fight him right now if they\u2019d set it up, you know. I think it’d be a good fight honestly. Obviously I\u2019m a little bigger than him, but Josh is an amazing athlete, you know and when I was fighting and even now I always love a challenge. I\u2019m never the kinda a guy that goes ‘oh I wanna take something easy’.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Thoughts on if Chris thinks it may be time for Josh to hang up the gloves<\/strong>
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\n\u201cIt\u2019s tough because you never really can say exactly when it\u2019s somebody else\u2019s time. I definitely say it’s getting close, you know and I definitely say he’s made his mark, and if I was talking to Josh, I’d say ‘look at what you\u2019ve done, look how long you\u2019ve been here, look at the time. You know where you\u2019re at as far all the people in the UFC. You beat eight out of ten guys in the UFC right now in your weight division for sure, but you\u2019ve been here so long and you know you gotta look, you know there\u2019s that 20% that you\u2019re just not gonna beat. So you\u2019ve already figured that out, why keep hanging around? You\u2019ve done everything you needed to do, you know? Hang it up and move. \u201c<\/p>\n

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“I remember sitting down with my Wife eating a large pizza like ‘ohhh I got my victory yeah!’, and then the phone rings, and it\u2019s fucking Joe Silva”<\/div><\/em>\n<\/p>\n