Cung Le MMA competitor?

[Brad]

Heard he's going to compete in MMA (or "NHB" whatever you'd call them) rule matches... anyone know anything about this?

[DragonzRage]

I checked his official website. No word about any MMA match coming up. It'd be interesting to see him in the UFC tho. I'd like to see him get his a$$ kicked. I can't stand that guy.

[gwa sow]

" I'd like to see him get his a$$ kicked. I can't stand that guy." i've heard the same type of thing from a few people that have met him.

[Merryprankster]

I don't believe he would get his ass kicked. His stand-up skills are quite good. If he became a sprawl and brawler, using throws to attain dominant positions, he'd be tough to beat.

Where he might lose is to a submission specialist or an excellent clinch fighter. The slower pace (in the sense that clinches are not broken), would change that aspect considerably.

While I could be wrong, where Cung stands now probably makes him an B+ level fighter. Experience and some more ground experience would quickly put him at A level.

[PangQuan]

all things aside, i would agree with mp.

[Ray Pina]

I agree with MP. The feeling I get is that he likes to be a big fish in what he does, make his money, and not get busted up to bad by being taken down and pounded. Can't blame him.

[Merryprankster]

As I recall, Le has done well in his limited international appearances, no?

[Stranger]

He won a Shidokan tournament. The last rounds of the fight allow for ground fighting with MMA gloves. If a fight goes passed the bare-knuckle full-contact karate rounds and by the MT rounds, you switch gloves and go on to MMA. The event is marketed as the triathalon of martial arts.

[DragonzRage]

i've heard the same type of thing from a few people that have met him.

lol, i don't doubt it. The guy seems so full of himself. They need to find him some better opponents, or he should branch out to K-1 rules or MMA. I think he'd hold his own pretty well in MMA if he had a competent submission game, but I don't think he'd be dominant. His striking is solid but from what I've seen he's not a strong brawler or a knock out artist. He is an exceptional takedown artist, but in MMA that won't help you much without a dominant ground game.

[Sim Koning]

One of of my instructors is currently working for Cung Le as a trainer and as far as I know Cung Le will not be fighting in MMA anytime soon. He has been bringing in a Jiu Jitsu expert for his classes though and I guess he has part of an octagon set up. I was told that they have been incorporating MMA style training into the san shou classes. You may see fighters from his gym fighting in MMA in the future, I'm not sure. As far as his groundskills go, he has training in wrestling, sambo and BJJ, so I'm sure he could handle himself on the ground.