Was Cung Le ever respected in these forums or was he viewed like Sage Northcutt?

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Cung Le is a fighter that is almost forgotten but one that I heard about in my TKD circles back in the day.

Was he ever truly respected in this sport ? He is never brought up in any mma discussions of past fighter, in any pod.

I have never heard Rogan mention him in modern times

 

[Aurelian]

 

[JustforBROCK]

I cant remember him being talked about before he got into MMA, but Cung Le was legit one of the best fighters ever. Being able to translate his kick heavy style into MMA at 40 pretty much cemented that. Guy was crazy good.

 

[theincognito]

People enjoyed Cung Le. He was considered a great striker who got favorable matchmaking. Kind of like MVP in Bellator.

 

[Cletus Fertitta]

Look at the people he fought

 

[itstyme]

Respek’d

That Wandy fight was

 

[laleggenda27]

Yes, he was respected. No, he wasn't like Sage. Cung was a legitimately great sanshou fighter; that's where I first saw him.

He was old by the time he transitioned full-time to mma, but he still had a very good mma career.

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

Win or lose. I don't remember him being in a boring fight.

 

[Dr. Rose]

He did not fight enough--like 12-15 total fights. His fight with Wandy, Ruch Franklin Frank Shamrock are on the semi-legendary categories with people who do deep dives and fight fans. He just did not fight alot (made money in Hollywood), was older, and then later sued the UFC --all of which hurt his ability for fans who equate MMA as the UFC to gain a lot of traction.

 

[Dr. Rose]

Win or lose. I don't remember him being in a boring fight.

Yeah, super unpredictable and always moving forward.

 

[Koro_11]

He was a very good striker, beat Frank Shamrock, Patrick Cote, Scott Smith and Rich Franklin… had a solid career, considering how late he got into it.

 

[daemusvladornu]

Cung Le was great and a lot of fun to watch. KO'd Franklin and went to war with Wanderlei. Also he destroyed Frank Shamrock when Frank looked good during his comeback. If we got him 5-6 years earlier because he was doing K1 and all that he might've been a legit contender. We got him late and he was splitting his time acting already by that point.

 

[Small Town Andrew]

Loved watching him fight

 

[SamuraiBro]

Strikeforce champion too, I’d say he’s a legend.

 

[helax]

That killed my parlay

 

[TriangleMonkey]

I was a Cung Le fan long before he did the mma’s

 

[FreddieRoachsVoice]

Cung Le was absolutely a legitimate badass. It would have been extremely interesting if he had joined MMA at a younger age and could have faced other notable strikers

 

[FlowchartRog]

As if he was anything like Sage.

CungLe was a beast, and absolutely worthy of respect.

 

[prime_lobov]

Why would he be viewed like Sage Northcutt? They are nothing alike

 

[Elvis.]

Very interesting style to watch , he was in some really exciting fights , fought a handful of monsters, he was very respected