Couple articles about Cung

[WinterPalm]

Anderson Silva is my favorite fighter but I think Le would do better than some think simply because Silva has not fought anyone with a kicking game even close to Cung Le. Silva rarely goes for the takedown so it would be the clinch that Le would have to worry about. But his kicking would be his best chance.

[Pork Chop]

I don't know how Le will do with elbows to be honest.
Silva has them to a level that Le hasn't seen before.
He took Fryklund out with one.
Otherwise, it should be a very entertaining fight to say the least.

[monji112000]

Dude, Cung Le is not ready to face anyone close to Serra or any other fighter in the UFC! His ground game needs work, and though his win over Shamrock was nice, I did not feel as if he was truly tested! Time will tell. There is no hurry for him to jump into the big leagues!
Jake

I would love to see Cung fight butterbean
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjep2b224Go

[kungfufan]

I think Silva would win but Le would give him a MUCH tougher fight then people think. Le does have a kickboxing and San Shou background.

[MasterKiller]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTFvtnw1idI

[Fa Xing]

It would be a smart move for both Cung Le, and the UFC if Dana got him in because when EliteXC goes under Cung's gonna need a place to go. I would like to see him fight some guys in the UFC and get his name out there.

[NJM]

It would be a smart move for both Cung Le, and the UFC if Dana got him in because when EliteXC goes under Cung's gonna need a place to go.

I thought Cung Le was in Strikeforce still.

[Fa Xing]

I thought Cung Le was in Strikeforce still.

I thought they were the same thing. Maybe I am wrong, it happens.

[Mas Judt]

I've met a lot of fighters over the years. Cung Le is the only guy I ever met who just breathed fighting. Incredibly polite, nice guy and all the more threatening for it.

[GreenCloudCLF]

I thought Cung Le was in Strikeforce still.

He is. StrikeForce and EliteXC had a couple of copromotions where Cung Le faught.

[冠木侍]

He could definitely makes some waves in the UFC right now.

[Cimaroon]

One in the link then follow to the MMAJunkie page.http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/mma...urn=mma,125664

[GeneChing]

Cung Le Takes Center Stage On NBC

SAN JOSE, Calif. ?Strikeforce World Middleweight (185 lb. limit) Champion, Cung Le, will seize the spotlight during an all-new “Strikeforce on NBC” episode on Saturday night.

The special, 30-minute program, devoted entirely to the one-of-a-kind knockout artist, will showcase Le’s stoppages of Mike Altman and “Mr. Unbreakable” Brian Warren and will revisit his crushing knockouts of “The Ultimate Fighter” season three veteran, Sam “The Squeeze” Morgan, and Tony “The Freak” Fryklund.

Also included in the show is a feature segment that touches on the personal life of Le, who fled a war-torn Vietnam, just days before the fall of Saigon, as a baby in his mother’s arms in 1975.

Le’s victories over Altman and Warren were ranked number one and two, respectively, according to the results of an online poll that gave fans the opportunity to vote for their all-time favorite Strikeforce knockout on the promotion’s official website, www.strikeforce.com, last week.

A former junior college and high school wrestling star, Le has pioneered the Chinese stand-up fighting art of San Shou, which aided his run to a perfect 16-0 record in the sport of professional kickboxing and an International Kickboxing Federation (IKF) world championship. His kickboxing conquests, which included three victories in K-1 North America “Superfights,” have aired repeatedly on ESPN and ESPN2.

Two years after making his highly-anticipated mixed martial arts (MMA) debut, Le notched what is undoubtedly the greatest win of his career - a third round TKO of former UFC middleweight champion and MMA legend, Frank Shamrock on March 29th of this year. The live SHOWTIME televised victory earned Le the Strikeforce middleweight crown.

Le recently returned home from a two month stay in Berlin, where he completed his third acting stint for the silver screen, a supporting role in the science fiction thriller, “Pandorum,” which co-stars award-winning actors Dennis Quaid and Ben Foster (3:10 to Yuma, Alpha Dog). The film is slated for release next fall.

"Strikeforce on NBC," the first 52-week mixed martial arts series in network television history, airs every Saturday, immediately following NBC’s hit poker tournament series, "Poker After Dark" (check local listings). MMA legend Ken Shamrock and award-winning ESPN announcer, Lon McEachern, co-host each program and provide expert, play-by-play commentary.

We've discussed Cung's move to films in my 2008 July/August cover story on him. We've also followed up on his films in the media forum.
Pandorum
Tekken
Fighting

[Oso]

just curious as to what others might think about doing that since he's the preiminent example of TMA in MMA at this time.

anyways, i just finally got a look at the Le vs. Shamrock vid and noted Cung's use of a side kick to continuously jam and post off of Shamrock. I thought it was interesting...and certainly not some sort of example of 'oooh, look at the CMA side kick' but you just don't see it used that often.

thoughts, anyone?

Le seemed to keep a little more of a sideways posture to his opponent vs. the usual, slightly more frontal posture many use.

this would make it easier to throw the side kick versus the front kick/teep due to the starting position of the hips...

[Lucas]

Ive always wondered why people never used side kicks in MMA. of course the answer would be that its 'to risky' or 'not high enough success ratio'

of course all that means is not many have tried, out of fear of getting owned of course.

but cung shows us its very possible, and also very effective.

i remember it was his 2nd or 3rd mma fight where he just kept feeding the guy sidekicks, then got a TKO with a roundhouse to the body....side kick of course wearing down the guys body for the rh.

i vote for a cung thread for sure. hes my fav!