Report: Martin signs to fight Leben

Roman Modrowski is reporting in his latest column for the Chicago Sun-Times that Chicago-area resident Terry Martin has signed a bout agreement to fight Chris Leben at UFC Fight Night 11 on September 19 at the Pearl of the Palms.

Here’s Modrowski’s report:
Chicago’s Terry Martin signed a contract Monday to fight Chris Leben on Sept. 19 at the Palms in Las Vegas in a ”Fight Night Live” on Spike TV.

”Leben will sit there and bang with me, so this is perfect for me,” Martin said. ”He’s a big name, and it’s going to be on Spike, so it will be free and more viewers will see it.”

There’s no confirmation in the report as to whether Leben has in fact signed his bout agreement and there’s been no official announcement from the UFC.

The report is rather intriguing because Mike Swick made a recent claim in his blog that Leben turned down a chance to fight him at UFC Fight Night 11.

If this report is in fact true, it should be a very good matchup and one would assume it will make the telecast.

well at least he didnt take an easy fight after ducking Swick!

leben is baby sylvia and terry martin is baby tyson!

[quote="CeLnVA"]leben is baby sylvia and terry martin is baby tyson![/quote

Hahaha i still will root for Leban in this fight! He has the power but Terry has more!

yeah...i got terry winning. i dont think leben even cares

Yeah he may just be fighting out his contract!

i think he gets 2 emotional when he fights. i seriously think the dude is nuts!