In 2008 we were contemplating Anderson vs cung le

[eddymotto]

In 2008 I felt people were really overrating Frank Shamrock & therefore the value of Le’s victory

no doubt Frank was a pioneer in the UFC. The SF version was all smoke & mirrors IMO. He was pretty fragile by that time & a real shadow of his former self

not to discredit Le. Just that a win over 2008 Shamrock was over hyped IMO

 

[ehxsur]

Bisping beat both

 

[cade187]

Cung did take out Frank....Cung was a tricky style

One of my favourite knock outs. He looked like actual Ace Ventura when he went down.

 

[stn]

Cung le had some good fights. Show man.

 

[Chet Ubetcha]

How could anybody think that? Because they were basing the prospects on 2008 knowledge of both fighters, not 2021 knowledge of how their careers progressed.

 

[aus101]

Cung was the great asian hope, people were and still are desperate for an Asian superstar fighter. Crazy given the history of martial arts how few people from Asian are competitive in mma. Just proof that traditional martial arts are pretty much useless without a strong western base. And before anyone mentions it, yes Thai boxing works. Why more Thai's are not in the ufc? probably because they compete in that sport and there are not big enough for most ufc weight classes.

Also they have no wrestling or really any grappling aside from the Thai clinch and trips, whereas mma is a grappling dominated sport.

 

[king of theRing]

Hector Lombard was the guy who was going to come over and beat Anderson.

Uriah Hall was going to win TUF and knock Anderson out.

Well he did eventually lol

 

[moreorless87]

I think the Wanderlei match showed you Cung wouldnt be able to deal with that kind of pressure.

Guys like Mousasi, Jacare, Lindland and Filho at various points around 06-10 would have been much bigger tests.

 

[wbubbles]

Cung le still doesnt get the respect he deserves. He was old at the time he statted in the ufc. Though he never had a great fight iq becuse he never let up on his showy style. Look at the wand fight. That couldve gone either way but cung couldnt finish first.

 

[wwkirk]

Cung did take out Frank....Cung was a tricky style

Yeah, he wasn't bad. Strikeforce was a respectable org, and he was a champ there. Earned FOTN against Wanderlei, and KO of the Year against Franklin.

 

[Perrichet]

In 2013 Anderson was contemplating Cung Le just to duck Weidman

 

[Luthien]

Why did we stop??

 

[TheMessiah]

In 2013 Anderson was contemplating Cung Le just to duck Weidman

I know supporting Arsenal can be quite depressing but there's no need to take your anger out on the Goat

 

[Perrichet]

I know supporting Arsenal can be quite depressing but there's no need to take your anger out on the Goat

I’m not talking about GSP and why would I take my anger out on him?

 

[TheMessiah]

I’m not talking about GSP and why would I take my anger out on him?

If GSP is the Goat then Emery is the Goat Manager

 

[Perrichet]

If GSP is the Goat then Emery is the Goat Manager

You think Anderoid is the GOAT?

 

[TheMessiah]

You think Anderoid is the GOAT?

Alongside Jones and Fedor yes

 

[Fioretti]

The GSP fangirls were wishing and hoping that somebody could beat Silva, so to push their narrative, every decent MW outside of the UFC (and multiple new UFC MWs) were the guys to beat him. This happened for 7 years straight.

Similar to how they hate Jones, and everyone can beat him too. Haters gonna hate. Must be something about their "explosiveness" that garners so much hate from the GSP fanatics.

Is normal.

 

[tat2man5k]

I mean, Cung DID knock Ace's block off, so it doesn't seem that far fetched.

 

[bjpenngoat]

Leave it to perrishit to pollute a thread with gsp fabrication and deception.