A professional competitor from 2004 until 2007, he competed for the UFC, the WEC, the Palace Fighting Championship, and for the Southern California Condors of the IFL.
[1] After his parents divorced when Levens was four, he eventually moved to Newport Beach, California, where he learned to channel his aggressive energy from into organized fighting.
[2] Levens began training at Marco Ruas' Vale Tudo academy in Orange County.
Levens had a declining record for the remainder of his career, interspersed with a pair of back-to-back victories against Justin Hawes and Brian Warren and 5 straight losses, 3 of which were against future UFC fighters.
[2] On December 17, 2008, Levens and his wife, Sara, 25, were both found dead in their home in Laguna Niguel, California.