Cung Le
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| Name | Cung Le |
|---|---|
| Record | 7-1-0 (Wins-Losses-Draws) |
| Wins | 7 (T)KOs (100.00%) |
| Association | American Kickboxing Academy |
| Height | 5'10 |
| Weight | 183 |
| Birthdate | 1972-05-25 |
| City | San Jose |
| State | California |
| Country | USA |
Cung Le Fighting Results
| Result | Record | Opponent | Method | Event Title | Date | Round | Time | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 7-1 | Scott Smith | KO (Body Kick) | Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Werdum | 06/26/2010 | 2 | 1:46 | San Jose, California | |
| Loss | 6-1 | Scott Smith | KO (Punches) | Strikeforce: Evolution | 12/19/2009 | 3 | 3:25 | San Jose, California | |
| Win | 6-0 | Frank Shamrock | TKO (Broken Arm) | EliteXC / Strikeforce – Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Le | 03/29/2008 | 3 | 5:00 | San Jose, California | |
| Win | 5-0 | Sammy Morgan | KO (Body Kick) | Strikeforce: Four Men Enter, One Man Survives | 11/16/2007 | 3 | 1:58 | San Jose, California |
Cung Le Fights and News
Top 5 Opponents for Nick Diaz
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I don’t know how it happened, considering how much I used to absolutely loathe him, but I’ve somehow become a fan of Nick Diaz. I think Diaz has emerged as one of the premier Welterweights in the sport, and one of Strikeforce’s best assets. He’s very controversial, but he backs it all up. Now more and more I find myself really looking forward to every single one of his fights. With that in mind, here are my top five picks for opponents I’d like to see Nick Diaz fight, regardless of promotion or availability.
EA Sports MMA Reveals Middleweight Roster and Cowboys Stadium
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For someone who once approached the upcoming video game “EA Sports MMA” with an incredible amount of hesitation, now more and more I’m thinking that October 19 can’t get here soon enough. In order to generate interest and encourage fans to open their wallets and put down a pre-order, EA Sports is revealing the entire roster of the game on a week-by-week, division-by-division basis. The Heavyweight and Light Heavyweight roster has already been revealed, and recently the Middleweights took center stage. EA Sports also recently revealed a teaser image of a famous venue that has yet to see a Mixed Martial Arts event.
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Unorthodox Kicks Work In The Cage- See Cung Le, Jon Jones, Dennis Siver and Anthony Pettis For Proof
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There was a time many years ago when people thought that high kicks were useless in MMA. After all, they often led to being taken down with little bang for the buck. But then with the evolution of mixed martial arts, fighters began to understand all aspects of fighting. Competitors with striking backgrounds began to fear being taken down less because they had wrestling skills to protect them. What’s more, when done right, the high kick was found to be highly effective in putting people to sleep. And with that, it slowly began its introduction into MMA, gaining steam as time went on (Pete Williams’ head kick KO of Mark Coleman at UFC 17 in 1998 was one notable instance). Of course, spinning back kicks, sidekicks, crescent kicks, axe kicks- they were all still taboo back in 1998. Good to look at in a controlled atmosphere, but not really effective. Just things that Tae Kwon Do and Tang Soo Do practitioners executed in dojos and dojangs to look good.
Strikeforce: Cung Le Wants Rematch Versus Scott Smith
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Former Strikeforce middleweight champion Cung Le (6-1) has publicly called for an immediate rematch versus “Hands of Steel” Scott Smith (16-6) in a video released Monday by Strikeforce.
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Strikeforce's Cung Le is No Anderson Silva
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As I sat and watched Strikeforce: Evolution this morning (I DVRed the event to watch WEC live) thoughts of Cung Le (6-1) as an elite mixed martial artist crept into my head. The MMA world was ablaze with discussions on how Cung Le was on the same level as Fighters.com and UFC middleweight champion “Spider” Anderson Silva (21-4) in the striking department. I have never been one to view Cung as an elite MMA fighter and after last night the world could see why he is no where near the level of Silva or Fighters.com top-ranked “Last Emperor” Fedor Emelianenko (30-1).
Stand-Up Fights are Not What MMA is About
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Today in an interview with Fight Magazine Frank Shamrock (22-9-1) stated “I don’t want to fight Jake Shields because he has no personality, he’s a boring fighter, and when he got on to CBS, and it was his chance to be a star, he leg humped ["Mayhem" Jason Miller] all night long, and killed our ratings. That’s why I don’t want to fight Jake Shields“.
Strikeforce: Tekken Star Cung Le Versus Scott Smith Official
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Former Strikeforce middleweight champ Cung Le (6-0) and former EliteXC title challenger “Hands of Steel” Scott Smith (15-7) will headline a Showtime-broadcast Strikeforce event at HP Pavilion in San Jose December 19, Strikeforce has announced.
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Fighters.com October Middleweight Rankings
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Fighters.com and UFC Middleweight Champion “Spider” Anderson Silva (25-4) will defend his titles from unranked “Phenom” Vitor Belfort (18-8) at UFC 108 in Las Vegas January 2.
Cung Le: Details still being worked out; Jake Shields: I think I'm fighting "Mayhem"
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Perhaps former Strikeforce middleweight champ Cung Le (6-0) responded Friday morning to Fighters.com’s request for confirmation that he’ll vacate his title and questions about whether he was retiring from MMA vaguely, only revealing, “Details are still being worked out.”
Randy Couture and Andrei Arlovski Are Heayvweights With Heart
Fighters.com’s eighth-ranked heavyweight “The Natural” Randy Couture (16-9) and tenth-ranked “Pitbull” Andrei Arlovski (14-7) support causes close to their heart and their legacies.
On 15 August at the Britannia Arms in San Jose, Arlovski will join “Rumble” Anthony Johnson (7-2), Cung Le (6-0), and Jon Fitch (19-3) to “Knock Out Dog Fighting”.
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