Leben on sobriety: ” It’s a complete rebirth.”
Source | MMAJunkie.com
Now, with 15 months of sobriety under his belt, the slugger hopes fans are still around to see what he believes will be an impressive second act.
“I’m a creature of excess – everything in excess and nothing in moderation,” Leben told USA TODAY Sports and MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). “That’s kind of been my motto for life. So this health thing, and this energy I have, I’m getting addicted to that. It’s a complete rebirth.”
“I came out to San Diego, and I went to Alliance to practice for a day, and you see all those guys – Dominick Cruz, Phil Davis, Mike Chandler and many more – on the mat every single practice,” Leben said. “With the camaraderie and the team that it is, I realized, ‘Holy crap. This is what I need to be a part of if I want to keep progressing in the sport.'”