Cung Le doing MMA?

[hjt]

got this from an MMA forum

does anyone know if its true? it will be good to see how san shou works in MMA.
he does have a wrestling background

My Headcoach Cung Le will bring San Shou to MMA

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Ok guys. Cung Le has been my head coach for years. I know him very well more than any of you here. He is 34 yrs old now. He has the best judo, greco roman wrestling, mongolian freestyle wrestling techniques. His hands are good but it's his kicks that makes him stand out especially that powerful side kick. In his gym, he has a great Jiu Jitsu coach, Garth Taylor who used to train BJ Penn. One of his San Shou student, James Fanshier was the middle or light heavy weight of the KOTC. Even Josh Koshcheck trained in our gym for a brief period after the TUF 1. American Kickboxing Academy fighters cross train with Cung Le's gym a lot before a fight. I think Coach Cung Le will dominate in the March fight. But I have doubts if he will do well in UFC if put on his back or has good submission defense. Like Mirko CroCop said everybody loses in MMA. I have feeling Coach Cung might get submitted by a BJJ expert.

[Ray Pina]

I've read he was making the switch to MMA as well and would like to see how his style changes. I'm doubting he's going to use his cross scissor sweep .... it gets you points for a take down in San Shou, but doesn't give you much of a positional advantage to continue fighting from.

Will be interesting. He definitely has more to lose than gain.

[MasterKiller]

I'm doubting he's going to use his cross scissor sweep .... it gets you points for a take down in San Shou, but doesn't give you much of a positional advantage to continue fighting from.

Scissor-leg takedowns can work in MMA. You can use them to setup ankle and achilles locks.

[lkfmdc]

Scissor-leg takedowns can work in MMA. You can use them to setup ankle and achilles locks.

Beat me to it :mad:

[hjt]

Scissor-leg takedowns can work in MMA. You can use them to setup ankle and achilles locks.

i was about to say that, i seen it done before, i think it was gomi that caught someone from chute box with a heel hook. it can be done but its very risky, you miss it you get stomp or punched out.

[PangQuan]

what event is this "march fight" ?

[GeneChing]

Strikeforce (http://www.cungle.com/cungle/images/strikeforce_10Mar06.jpg) is this Friday (3/10/6). I'm going. Anyone else going to be there?

[Jun Fan]

I can't wait to see how Cung Le does in his first MMA fight. I absolutely love to watch him do San Shou. Hopefully he can transition well. I think there are very few (if any) people who can beat him standing up in the UFC, but if he hasn't learned some advanced grappling he'll be lost.

[Ford Prefect]

I doubt he tries the scissor takedown. It's low percentage enough without the only advantage being that it might set you up for even more low percentage move. In all likely hood, you'll just end up in a scamble for position with a 50/50 shot of winning. If any of his signature moves come under display, it'll be the suplex, imo.

BTW, he's fighting somebody he already beat in San Shou...

[Becca]

It's not a low percenage move for Kung Le, though; it's his bread and butter. too bad it's not pay-per-veiw. :(

[GeneChing]

I'm told it will be broadcast somewhere, somewhen, but I don't know the details. Here's my fight rap (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=40708) - the short version. The Cung Le signature move was that he just kicked the crap out of Altman. Cung's kicking skill is awesome.