Chris Leben Going to Jail, Off UFC 85 Fight Card

This is too bad for Chris, he is in better shape than ever and a much improved fighter. I was hoping to see him put up a great fight against Bisping.

The UFC middleweight turned himself in to authorities last week after violating the terms of his probation stemming from a DUI arrest in 2005.

Although Leben was given credit Thursday for time served, the Clackamas County sheriff's office said he will not be released until May 27 at 9 a.m. -- less than two weeks before the June 7 UFC card in London. Leben had been scheduled to fight Michael Bisping at the event, but according to the Wrestling Observer, the UFC has cancelled the fight.

After news spread last week that Leben was in jail, Icon promoter T.Jay Thompson explained that the fighter had turned himself in and was hoping to ease the process of securing a visa that would allow him to travel to London for his fight.

"When Chris moved to Hawaii, he was in the process of completing classes for his probation on an old DUI in Portland, Oregon," Thompson wrote in a message posted on mixedmartialarts.com. "We worked hard to get his probation transferred to Hawaii but were unsuccessful. When he got the call to fight Bisping on June 7th in London, he knew what he had to do."