Ohhhhhhhh smack! Cung Le just kicked Frank Shamrock's ASS!

Cung Le is the goods. Now people can start giving him the recognition he deserves as a great fighter. He just handled one of the most well rounded and seasoned MMA fighters in the game - in his sixth MMA fight.

 

I still can't understand why he would "agree" to a striking match with a guy who had so many mismatch san-shoe fights in K-1.

I mean, with Maurice Smith in his corner, Shamrock should've known better than to stay in front of Le with his hands low, looking for one right hand. No jabs, no real leg kicks, minimal body punches, not even attempting to really take him down.

But at this point Le is going to be a large fish in a small pond, as he'll probably take a couple mismatches for Elite XC before a possible rematch.

 

Frank had him stunned in the 3rd should have taken him down at that point, Le was in trouble for a period there but recovered well.

 

Even with the momentary vulnerability, I think a takedown just wasn't in the cards for Frank.

 

This is getting a little carried away. We still haven't seen if he can hang with anyone on the ground. Shamrock COULD have been the guy to tell us (and probably should have been) but he decided not to. Shamrock stood for three rounds doing kickboxing with a top of the food chain kickboxer when that's not his specialty. He deserves some props and in a rematch could win if he changes to a more logical game plan.

 

I ****ing hate when fighters take the "I'll beat him at his own game approach". It's basically a built in excuse just in case. Ortiz did the same when he tried to outwrestle Couture and tried to outstrike Liddell...