Thus, he was grooming with a team of members, such as Ed Herman, Matt Lindland and Randy Couture. After processing his skill, Chris began wrestling as an amateur, reaching a record of five-zero, and wins over the FCFF and middleweight UFCF titles. Chris Leben won his first 5 fights, three victories of which came by knockout, in the process of capturing the Gladiator Challenge, Sportfight, and the WEC middleweight title. Leben, who was once defeated with a knockout by Anderson Silva, clutches celebrated wins over Wanderlei Silva, Alessio Sakara, Jorge Rivera, Aaron Simpson, Patrick Côté, Mike Swick, Yoshihiro Akiyama and Jorge Santiago. Chris was one of the most outspoken and controversial mixed martial art fighters on The Ultimate Fighter, mainly due to his personality which is very abrasive and depressive.