Chris Leben will be back inside the octagon after a suspension for testing positive for painkillers following his fight with Mark Munoz. It’s been a long wait for Leben, who says he’s ready to step back into the UFC as a brand new person. But even better…Leben says Chael Sonnen paid him for some of his stories.
What the??? Yes, let me explain. As Leben told MMA Mania in a recent interview, he told Chael Sonnen some crazy stories from his childhood. Sonnen, always looking for new material, liked them so much, that heoffered to buy the stories. And The Crippler said “sure!” I didn’t quite remember this from earlier in the year, but I looked it up on the Google.
Sure enough, Sonnen talked about this on Joe Rogan’s podcast (go to around 1:40:00). He confirmed to Rogan that he did indeed purchase the stories for $100. Problem is, Leben kept telling them. “I paid Chris and everything,” Sonnen said. “He took the money, and he was still trying to claim that the stuff happened to him. That’s my story! That didn’t happen with your uncle. My uncle did that!” The way Sonnen tells it is hilarious because he makes the point that since he gave Leben money for the stories, that they are in fact now HIS stories. It was so funny, I didn’t think he was serious.
That’s where the Leben interview comes in. Leben confirms it. “He actually did,” Leben said. “He paid me for ’em. He did buy them. I let him have those stories and it’s pretty funny. I heard through the grapevine that he was telling that story and I had still been denying that they were my stories until the cat got out of the bag.”
Hilarious!
In case you were wondering, the story both are talking about—the rancid meat story—is basically this. As Leben explains, “Basically, me and my brother were grounded so we were stuck at home cleaning. My uncle and my mom came home from the bar late at night and they decided to now butcher this two week old deer that they’d hit with their car that was molding. It involved a skillsaw, a meat processor and long-story short, I no longer will eat venison.”
I don’t know how Leben knows this story—since it happened to Chael Sonnen—but at this point, I’m just going to take his word for it.
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Chris Leben Confirms, He Sold his Childhood Stories to Chael Sonnen for 100 Bucks
Posted: September 26, 2012 in Commentary/Opinion, RumorsTags: Chael Sonnen, Chris Leben
What the??? Yes, let me explain. As Leben told MMA Mania in a recent interview, he told Chael Sonnen some crazy stories from his childhood. Sonnen, always looking for new material, liked them so much, that heoffered to buy the stories. And The Crippler said “sure!” I didn’t quite remember this from earlier in the year, but I looked it up on the Google.
Sure enough, Sonnen talked about this on Joe Rogan’s podcast (go to around 1:40:00). He confirmed to Rogan that he did indeed purchase the stories for $100. Problem is, Leben kept telling them. “I paid Chris and everything,” Sonnen said. “He took the money, and he was still trying to claim that the stuff happened to him. That’s my story! That didn’t happen with your uncle. My uncle did that!” The way Sonnen tells it is hilarious because he makes the point that since he gave Leben money for the stories, that they are in fact now HIS stories. It was so funny, I didn’t think he was serious.
That’s where the Leben interview comes in. Leben confirms it. “He actually did,” Leben said. “He paid me for ’em. He did buy them. I let him have those stories and it’s pretty funny. I heard through the grapevine that he was telling that story and I had still been denying that they were my stories until the cat got out of the bag.”
Hilarious!
In case you were wondering, the story both are talking about—the rancid meat story—is basically this. As Leben explains, “Basically, me and my brother were grounded so we were stuck at home cleaning. My uncle and my mom came home from the bar late at night and they decided to now butcher this two week old deer that they’d hit with their car that was molding. It involved a skillsaw, a meat processor and long-story short, I no longer will eat venison.”
I don’t know how Leben knows this story—since it happened to Chael Sonnen—but at this point, I’m just going to take his word for it.
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