Cung Le: Undefeated Kickboxer and MMA Champ

[14demi14]

Hes fully viet ..

[michaelwei1989]

He is a SANDA fighter not a kickboxer, although he participated in kickboxing game, but the skill he has is from SANDA, he just not use the takedown skills in kickboxing game.

[wtomlinson32]

@michaelwei1989 actually dumb ass he's a San Shou artist, not sanda

[jorda92]

He is a Sanda fighter, not Kickboxer.

[dvh065]

No dough Bruce is very good but I don't think anybody ever seen Bruce's real fighting footage, just plenty of performs and practices. If there is one, please share. (Don't tell me Bruce and Chuck fight is real, even there are some physical contacts)

[dustinquannguyen0810]

Cung Le is Vietnamese, not Chinese descend

How could some one think that "Le" is Chinese name

[narutonande]

@dustinquannguyen0810 Exactly. And when you say the viet last name its with a LAY not lee

[MechPhantom]

liu hailong? cung le will own him like hell ! like he did to na shun(top sanda fighter in china) lol

[NekroJizz]

There is no such thing as the best fighter, there is always someone bigger, faster, stronger than you. Bruce lee certainly was not the best.

[j26496]

@NekroJizz i know but who was

[soldierfit1]

Just saw Cung Le last night at a amateur fight in Hagerstown MD!!! Beast of a man!!

[nbsbb2009]

With so many Chinnese marital artist in this world, there isn't one Chinnese in the MMA. What a shame! At least the Japannese,Vietnamese,KOrea,etc has legit fighters in the ring. You guy are only good at fighting in the movie.

[SupremeARA915]

@nbsbb2009 cung le is of chinese descend

[shota0970]

chung li is not kickboxer he fights in kung fu(san shou) so he is kung fu fighter

[waldomarek]

@shota0970 chun li is the chinese girl in street fighter. cung le is the vietnamese fighter you're talking about :P

[wikichris]

Great fighter, unlikely the best, but a great fighter.

[aznpanda510x]

lol at 0:12.... i would of said : put that down the pad and let me kick brake all your rib cage.

[JLeeAssassin]

bruce lee is the firsst mixed martial artist? sorry but thts a load of shit bruce didnt develop any ground grappling, striking or submision into his style as well as many other aspects.......THE WAY OF THE INTERCEPTING FIST its all in the name.

[ninjabike636]

@JLeeAssassin Well, MMA style later evolve into more efficient style with grappling and submission moves, but back in the 70s, Bruce is one of the first martial artist to take different techniques from multiple martial arts and incorportated it into his own style of jeet kune do. Thus, by definition, he is the first MMA artist, even though his style of fighting is different then most MMA fighters today. But, He is the best martial artist for his time. You should think before you talk.

[JLeeAssassin]

@ninjabike636 yes you are right but when we talk about mma today and bruce been the first it isnt true. And dont try tell me i have no knowledge before i talk man i have plenty. you are right though and i really dont remember righting this, bruce WAS the first to oncorparate many styles into one so i suppose techincally, for his time, he was the first mma guy. I meant by todays standards you coudnt call him the first mma fighter....not sure if you get me but yeah.

[petshopish]

Bruce lee was real his performance is real go to bruce lee madison square garden footage. if he is fast and didn't fall on his ass or show clumsyness he was trying to develop JKD its now called MMA JKD the grandfatther of MMA he wasn't he best figther but he was great and smart. If it wasnt for Bruce lee there won't be MMA today stupid.

[Tracer564]

@petshopish um actually there would be. vale tudo was in brazil vale tudo is brazilian mma just different name and gracies did ufc 1 and 2 with out any unfluence from bruce lee and its because of the gracies thats how ufc started which in turn started mma in america. mma has been around forever i could just say go back to pankration with the greeks but what ever. bruce lee is the father of all the karate schools that opened up because everybody wanted to be like him. mma came from Gracie's/ufc

[DJKosmo85]

@Tracer564 bruce lee introduced the idea of incorporating what was useful and discarding what was not necessary because it did not improve the individual fighter's strengths and weaknesses. bruce lee's jkd was his own version of mma, his fighting style incorporated a lot of ground work, grappling, and stand up.  in his day, his "way" was criticized for not being "pure and true" to one specific art. dana white even credits bruce with founding mma.

[MrSexyama]

Cung le has taken Alota forms for his stand up but all his throws and leg catches are from San shou

[TheZippler]

I haz been traind in Take One Doh! Waz well gud!

[lasalleman]

I wonder if he could take on that Israeli champ. But man, this guy is good!

[HazeNJuice]

bruce lee sucks

[TEB055808]

@HazeNJuice GET OFF THIS VIDEO IF YOU JUST SAID THAT LOL 

[clearcombat]

Cung Le is Vietnamese, not chinese.

[tscurlyninja]

@clearcombat no shit he's vietnamese!

[clearcombat]

@tscurlyninja No point!

[koukunut]

not even sure if cung le did kickboxing. I know he took tae kwon do and sanshou

[ronki23]

@koukunut San Shou is Chinese Kickboxing-like Muay Thai is Thai Kickboxing

The Kickboxing the West knows is Full-Contact Karate

[mrfoobag]

Manny Pacquiao is great he needs a crack in the mma instead of rruning for government

[MrDebashishMohanty]

Manny Pacquiao of MMA!!!

[ratonL]

0:18 is a TaekwonDo flying punch, believe it or not. Lets face it, I'll probably get a thumbs down for actually typing the word "TaekwonDo" on a comment, hopefully not. Don't hate people.don't hate....

[clearcombat]

Cung Le is at the end of his career and rightfully so. The UFC pays very low, even to its champs. I think Le should fight GSP instead, then Silva. So far as making movies, why not. I would rather end my career on a high note and get paid millions for not getting hurt. He needs to learn acting, people would feel more at ease with him on the screen.

[OldschoolDresta]

@clearcombat he's playing in tekken movie lol...i think he already know how to act

[clearcombat]

@OldschoolDresta Your english bad, ha, ha ,ha.

[OldschoolDresta]

@clearcombat im not american.....and is this all you find to say to me? fool

[Amyas80s]

The Shamrock fight was awesome Frank landed some nasty over hand rights before breaking his arm blocking kicks.

[TheMadafada]

i heard rumors that chun li in streetfighters was the daughter of cung le nyeee!!!

[chingvang559]

lol, Chung Li is Chinese, Cung Le is Viernamese

[durazazo]

17 months no title defense pussy making movies to ensure his life he should fight to ensure his legacy nobody is gonna remember you by your movies

[raymitch7410]

Yeah, no one remembers Bruce Lee or Jackie Chan...

[ShinSephy]

Are you a complete idiot? He was not allowed to have any fights after he took title, and than they offered the movie, so of course he took the offer. Doing so than ended him up with no fights period. Dont blame him, blame his contractors.

Idiot only knows simple shit. His manager and himself wants to fight Anderson in UFC, after the movie finishes, CBS and whatever the hell channels have to agree for the switch over for the UFC fight against Silva. Dumb asses.

[moonerjamerson]

when is he going to start competing again in mma?

[HedPEhead1969]

oh, come now- he's nothing- shamrock wasn't paid to lose, shamrock just sucks- he used to be good, but Tito Ortiz knocked the talent outta him- Cung Le would kick MY ass but I'd like to see him fight Chuck Liddell or someone.....

[MysticNinjaJay]

Frank beat Tito as I recall. Shamrock is still a good fighter he's just no match for Cung Le standing up.

[rathbovor]

Before Shamrock, ALL of Cung Le's opponents were nobody's. And shamrock was paid to lose. He has never fought quality fighters. Plane and simple, Cung Le like Bruce Lee is a fake!

[prophet126]

u dont know much about Bruce lee

[HeFed5000]

@prophet126 You do know about Bruce Lee?, well share your wisdom, dazzle us. Enlighten us about the man, we wanna know what you know.........

[dBloCcishonFire]

dis nigga rite hea! is wat u call a haterRrrR.. hahah hater... hater.. stop hating.. aite have a good one....

BloCc........

[ShinSephy]

Hmm, is that why Shamrock broke his arm? Because he was paid to break his own arm and sit there, and get hit over and over guarding his face, than breaking his arm? He must've been paid a lot.

To add, Bruce Lee isn't fake by the way, his moves are real, maybe not the best for MMA, but in an entirety of what he was for, they we're real. His stance was extremely well, his kicks placed very well and returned to stance quicker than anyone I know so far.

Oh, Bruce Lee is the First known MMA artist.

[zomg0101]

My thoughts exactly.

[GuamKomudo]

Yeah, theres no way they were all paied to loose... Thats stupid, have you seen his earlier Sanda fights??? One million wouldent even pay for the brain damage they got from being slammed on the ground from his takedowns and throws, hes so good at the shuai jiao throws of Sanda!!!

[jokeRGoTfAme]

no that isnt right. The really first MMA artist were the greeks. It called Pankration.

But i think Bruce was the first allrounded mma artist

[hailung23]

LOL western martial art are so far behind that of asia. from Indians, to Persians, to the better known Chinese and Japanese martial arts. Greek MMA consisted of fisting a young boy and fucking a sheep at the same time.

[wogboy137]

@hailung23 funny how you have nothing intelligent to say and thus resort to such vulgarities, speaks volumes about your intellectual capacity.

[hailung23]

the intelligent part was the FACT that asians, and not greeks invented MMA. Have a great day, read a book.

[RBStealth5]

xD shamrock lost that fight smart one and he did not get paid to lose cung le is a true viet but i agree about the bruce lee stuff

[zakkrick]

@ShinSephy jeet kwon do is the back bone to mma, according to the words from UFC Dana White

[Sifujohns]

@ShinSephy Yea Cung Li is the real thing and anyone who thinks Bruce Lee was hollywood wow he was challenged in real fights during movie sets all the time he made a challenge that he could beat anyone in under 1 min and nobody ever proved him wrong. I also want to add BJJ and wresling where around at that time and none steped up to the plate to fight him.

[tscurlyninja]

@ShinSephy yeah they did say BRUCE LEE created MMA

[TEB055808]

@ShinSephy Whoever saids Bruce Lee is fake please stop wachting MMA already lol

[ginkytinky1234]

@ShinSephy yeah its true JKD was the first mixed martial art

[balisong209]

@ShinSephy manny and cung r just strong. u think while ur watching HOW COME UR NOT DOING THIS, U SHOULD BE DOING THAT omg what r u doing shamrock and mosley! , but then if u r them ur not looking at urself thru the tv, and ur just thinking omg his KICKS HURT! OMG MANNY IS FAST i threw one punch and he threw like 5 at me! dang i have no chance im just trying to not get knocked out and embarassed.

[FactoryClosure]

@ShinSephy were* not we're.

[chrl007]

Superman lives

[leavemealone2006]

Wow, the amount of ignorance on the internet kind of bothers me, especially when so much information is only a few mouse clicks away.

Cung Le COMPETED in San Shou, but his Martial Arts background is Tae Kwon Do and College Wrestling. Then he trained for the SPORT of San Shou. While Cung Le could be called a San Shou fighter because he fought in San Shou competition, his skills base is TKD and Western Wrestling. He's not some mystical Eastern Warrior Monk for goodness sake...

[prophet126]

u know or do any martial art or not???

ur ignorance really bothers me

[leavemealone2006]

Yes, I practice martial arts.

What is ignorant about my statement?

[prophet126]

u said his skills base is TKD and Western Wrestling. How can u tell different ma apart if u practice ma. Most of the throwing techniques cungle use r from sanda. The sidekick of tkd is quite distinctive from sanda's as well. As u say, so much information is only a few mouse clicks away. u can check them out by searching in youtube.

[leavemealone2006]

TKD is too diverse to pin down a particular way of throwing the sidekick. I've gone to tournaments and seen blackbelts from the same school throwing sidekicks totally different from each other. Though you should look up Serkan Yilmaz; his spinning back kick is very similar to Cung Le's and he is TKD.

Cung Le does suplex and double leg take-downs straight from freestyle wrestling. And the throws... a lot of people don't realize that wrestling teaches almost all the same takedowns as other arts.

[lkmnb432]

Quiet! Hank Hill.

[quickmantan]

put it this way cung le has never lost a fight.. end of story and noone fights like he does in MMA he is pretty much the modern bruce lee

[Orionbelt777]

Lyoto Machida not the same, Shotokan Karate Base, His stand up game and stances are difficult for the current crop of MMA to handle. I would like to see Cung Le Vs. Lyoto M. Because they both have out of the ordinary Stand up.

[quickmantan]

ya maybe, but cung is really good notice how he never gets taken down and how he ducks out of attacks thats skill,, and not many ppl can do that,, the only other guy ive seen with counter skill and able to see openings like cung le was chuck lidell.. but chuck was all hands where as cung has both

[ronki23]

@leavemealone2006 Cune Le is pretty much San Shou since he's fighting in,and winning competitions using San Shou rules and techniques. Plus he did Vietnamese Kung Fu

[leavemealone2006]

@ronki23

He never actually learned the art of San Shou. He studied Taekwondo, and then went on to be an exceptional college wrestler. After this he began training in Vietnamese Kung Fu and competing in San Shou.

[ronki23]

@leavemealone2006 still good though-generally you need to learn some sort of Kung Fu to partake/do well in San Shou

[wonphi]

@leavemealone2006 He may or may not have learned sanshou, but all is techniques are in sanshou, and he fights like a sanshou fighter.

[leavemealone2006]

@wonphi

correction: He fights like Cung Le

I'm getting tired of how everyone is so limited in their views of styles.

[wonphi]

@leavemealone2006 WRONG. the throws, the traps, the kicks are all from Sanshou. that's a fact, his strategy is his own, but the techniques are undoubtedly from Sanshou. I am getting tired of how everyone is so limited in their knowledge.

[leavemealone2006]

@wonphi

well, you can find most of his techniques in other martial arts. Most of his grappling skill is actually from freestyle wrestling (the scissor sweep is a definite exception, but can be found in other martial arts besides San Shou.

In addition, I'm not sure whether you are talking about the sport of San Shou or the traditional martial art of San Shou (which Cung Le has no record of training in).

[wonphi]

@leavemealone2006 You may find similar throws in other arts, but the way Cung Le does them surely is from Sanshou, whether it's sports or traditional. I mean, you can ask him what martial arts he does, he;ll say Sanshou. When you compete against the best Sanshou fighters across the world, there is no doubt he would be influenced by them. He has been a promoter for Sanshou for years to the West, so I don't think he would say, he has nothing to do with it even in terms of his fight style.

[unimaculata]

@leavemealone2006 his scissor sweep is not San Shou,it is from a vietnamess martial art called VIET VODAO or the older nam was VOVINAM.This techniques is trained by all VIETVODAO, specially in France.

[pangyf25250]

LOL, i thought that MMA is a scary place for the striker as seen on BJJ propoganda youtube series...

There is no comparison between Cung Le and Gracies

Cung Le win watever ur game

Gracies make alot noise for himself

LOL

[Kalki23]

Anderson Silva would ko Cung

[k1ngsky]

Anderson silva would KO Cung? LOLZ.. the best thing anderson silva has is ground game to beat cung, that's if..he can take cung to the ground. If you're talking about KO- cung doesn't have the knock out punches, but i'm sure, his kicks would surely KO anderson, or break anderson's arm off, if he should chose to block.

[rayj778]

Cung would have no chance with Silva; why don't you tell Cung to fight in MMA more instead of making movies.

[anomicbomb]

Wow. I guess MMA has its nerds like anything else...

[JRserver]

Marshall Law!!!!

[madefrom9]

It always amazes me the kind of arguments that people will make on these types of videos. Listen, Cung Le and Anderson Silva are two of the best high level fighters in the world bar none! It really doesn't matter which organizations they fight or fought for. They are the best. K1 and Sanshou also have fighters that really aren't that good either, so it is not the tournament, it is the fighter primarily. These two deserve the highest level of respect and praise. Peace

[GregYong]

i only wish he would join the ufc before they come out with the ufc game.

[Minh732]

well anderson only lost to 4 fight in his career and they all happen to be all asian.

he has not lost to any american fighters.

dana has talked with cung to go against silva and cung said yes, after his movie deal is done. i would sure love to see this fight when it comes.

[nav599]

Anderson Silva would totally demolish Cung Le!

[DexterStoopid]

ya right...have you not seen the video of anderson silva getting caught by a flying scissor heel?Cung le is the master of those.I like spider but cung woul own him...cung broke shamrocks arm with a kick.his kicks are more powerful than anyone I have seen

[bratwurst1987]

you obviously dont understand anything about mma. Cung Le is a good fighter, but to say he can beat Anderson Silva is ridiculous. Anderson has way more experience and he has fought the very best and defeated them. Just because he got caught once by a flying scissor doesnt mean that happens a second time.

[DexterStoopid]

dumbass,everyone has there opinion its not like they will ever fight....

[Kdaddy61987]

By has more experience i hope you mean in mma cause cung was a sanshou champion and the stand up fighters in china are far superior then the american fighters and all but the best thai fighters. Also anderson hasnt really fought the best fighters at 185 he fought the ufc best and he also dodged a bullet when he didnt have to fight okami.

[bratwurst1987]

Anderson Silva also had boxing and muay thai fights. You are talking about chinese being the superior standup fighters??? The Dutch win the k1 each year and also the k1 max a lot of times and they do well in thaiboxing.

[Kdaddy61987]

Yes i believe that sanshou tournaments are where the best stand up fighters in the world its just many of them weigh 170 and less but the k-1 has many tournaments and somebody from somewhere can fight its just the majority of great fighters to me come from asia. Plus it took anderson sometime to become the shoot fighter champ and cung became champ of sanshou which i feel theres a higher level of competition.

[bratwurst1987]

Well, I definately believe that Sanshou tournaments is not the highest level of competitions since there arent big organisationts that apply sanshou rulesets and the system of sanshou is less efficient than muay thai.

[Kdaddy61987]

Question how isnt sanshou as effiecient as muay thai? Muay thai both fighters tend to trade blows and the clinch with knee always goes to the more flexible fighter.Sanshou has takedowns and have better skilled fighters. Also muay thai point system is crazy basing the fight on uses of all thai fighting moves instead of fight control and accurate striking. Lastly everythiing in muay thai is in shanshou yet sanshou teaches you the fancy there things which helps with flxibility and knock out power.

[bratwurst1987]

alright, about the clinch - usually taller fighters are stronger in the clinch, not the more flexible fighter. Also as far as i know there is no elbows in sanshou. And I dont understand how the "fancy things" give someone ko power... just base it on the facts - mauy thai is used in mma for a reason - because it is efficient. Cung le is one of the very few that translated sanshou into mma, credit for that.... but with 6 fights he is not the best fighter in the world.

[Kdaddy61987]

thats not true about the clinch and if you watched the contender muay thai alone you could see the smaller fighters did better in the clinch. Also its a fact more flexible you are the leaner your muscles are and with that more muscle equals more power secondly there are many fighters studying tkd and kung fu who are starting to get in the mma game. Also guys like carlos condit started learning wing chun and many others. Also cung murdered frank at the stand up game and franks a top 7 at 185.

[anthonyr1]

mhmmm sanshou is easily a more well rounded and complete system compared to Muay thai..no doubt about it. Everything MT has, sanshou does as well as adds and incorporates takedowns, sweeps and throws..which MT does not...how can you say MT is less efficient than sanshou when the do the exact same things and sanshou adds more to the mix...

[Kdaddy61987]

Thats what im saying is that kung fu is better then muay thai and you are doing the same, so huh?

[anthonyr1]

lol, I'm agreeing on your points and making a case for my own, thats all

[amfirst]

Sanshou is a military style fighting made to hurt or kill the opponent, how is that less effective than kickboxing.

[neolestat13]

amfirst - All martial art styles were invented for the purpose of hurting or killing an enemy. That is why it is hand to hand combat.