Chris Leben wants to get one thing clear before all else: Just because he’s going to step into the ring for a bare-knuckle boxing match, that doesn’t mean he’s going to rematch Jason Thacker any time soon.
“Man, that follows me everywhere,” Leben told MMA Fighting with a laugh. “But no, this isn’t a joke to me. I’m stoked to get into the ring and I plan on having fun, but this isn’t a new episode of another reality show, no matter how many times the fans ask.”
Indeed, Leben first made his name on a national basis due to his antics as a younger and less mature person on the legendary first season of The Ultimate Fighter, actions which included a scene in which he drunkenly urinated in Thacker’s bed, leading to a fight at the first TUF Finale which Leben won in short order via TKO.