Cung Le is a Shaolin Warrior
At 5’10” and 180 pounds, Cung Le is not exactly a giant among men – although he’s pretty big for a Vietnamese guy. But trust me when I tell you this, you don’t want to be on the receiving end of anything he’s throwing your way.
Cung is one of the world’s greatest fighters. Bar none. I don’t care if we’re talking about boxing, MMA, Jiu Jitsu, or anything else. Pound for pound I’m not sure there is another man that can stand toe to toe with him in a ring for any amount of time. And his nearly perfect record pretty much underscores that point.
Before we get started, here is a little promotional video that gives some highli:
Now, here is an older fight against a Mongolian King that represented China to fight the US San Shou team. What is amazing about the fight is that you can watch as Cung slowly destroys the guy as the fight goes on. It’s very methodical. First he throws the guy around, then he works on his legs, then he just starts beating on him. Incredibly, as the fight draws to a close it actually seems like Cung is hitting the guy even harder!
Next, let’s watch Cung Le destroy Rudy Ott. In this little exhibition match you’re going to see how devestating Cung’s throws can be. He tosses Ott around the ring like a rag doll, and not only do some of these throws hurt, they are embarrassing, frustrating, and otherwise rattle the competition.
Here Cung takes on Mohamed Keita with the light heavyweight belt on the line. True to form, Cung puts Mohamed on the mat within about 10 seconds of the start of the match… and then he goes to work on him. By the end of the first round Keita is already starting to look bad, and by the beginning of the second round he’s looking mighty defensive.
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Part 2:
And pretty soon we’re going to get to see Cung Le go up against Frank Shamrock for the Middleweight championship on March 29th! I’m telling you right now, if I wasn’t going to be speaking at WordCamp on the 29th I’d be in San Jose to see this fight. I’m a huge fan and this will probably be the highest profile fight ever for both of these men.
Here is Frank Shamrock’s interview about this fight: Part 1 and Part 2.
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The author of this comment is correct. Cung Le is one of the best fighters in MMA history.
It does not need to be stated because his fight record speaks for itself. Many people might say, Well hey Cung has only fought 8 or so times one of which he lost to Scott Smith which should have been an easy opponent.
The reality is Cung has fought hundreds of times before going to Strikeforce.
Bottom line is fighting is TOUGH no matter who you fight; Just dodging punches in the ring is a workout in itself.
Times that by how many successful fights Cung has had would equate to him being a GREAT Champion!
Don’t be an idiot, those guys that you mentioned are light heavyweight and heavyweight, but Cung Le is just a middleweight, they won’t fight each other. What a dumb comment you just wrote. I feel sorry for you (-_-)
Hmmm
Dont think he looks that good actually..
His technique is sloppy, his arms/hands are never protecting him an although the throwing is kind of spectacular, it is not very efficient.
He also takes a lot of hits to his front leg and does nothing to prevent it. A better adversary will hurt him with that.
Put him in the ring with a top fighter, and I believe he will fail..
The likes of Bonjasky and similar will in my opinion destroy him.
But as previously commented, only if they meet in the ring will you know, everything else is just speculation.
;)
I am not big on fighting, but this stuff is marial arts perfected, amazing guy.
Is that the same Shamrock who used to fight in UFC, or am I thinking of someone else?
The fight against Frank Shamrock will be a blast, even Frank is not “that” fighter he was before. There are others out who overtook him by far. Still a great event and a “must” watch for me. Even some weeks later as I sit in the PI.
cheers
Rhoody
What has always intigued me is how the guys legs can withstand such a battering (both from receiving blows and dishing them out). Shins of steel !
I do think that it’ll be interesting to see him fight over here. I always like getting to see fighters who were competing in different arenas meeting and fighting. Until the fights happen, it’s all opinion about who is really better.
Suffice to say, I wouldn’t want to meet him on the street and make him mad.
There’s a show on Discovery (i think), called Human Weapon. They go through a lot of training in various disciplines and come across some pretty crazy fighters with some pretty crazy abilities.
Their last one involved a Chinese (again, I could be wrong) teacher who could fight you blindfolded and still predict your movements… just amazing.
I always wanted to compete and be a fighter, but I just love my teeth too much :(
the Frank Shamrock fight should be pretty good, franks a little past his prime and has been largely inactive for the last couple years, but still should be a good test. He should then fight hughs, similar weights.
Until he steps into the ring and defeats someone along the lines of Fedor Emelianenko, Wanderlei Silva, Matt Hughes, Mirko “Cro Cop†Filipovic, Rickson Gracie, or Rampage Jackson, he’ll just seem “showy” to me. Granted they have a size advantage.