Cung Le Interview About His MMA Debut

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Cung Le is (FINALLY) making his MMA debut this Friday, March 10, 2006. Cung Le has pretty much dominated the San Shou world (possibly due to the lack of competition?) and many people have wondered how he would do outside of San Shou competitions.

Well, we'll find out this Saturday. Here's a recent interview he did with MMAWeekly.com:

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Le, who had shot to fame through K-1 PPVs and via exposure on Martial Arts specials produced by the likes of the Discovery Channel, will be entering into a cage for the first time in his fighting career to take on an old adversary in front of his hometown crowd. Recently MMA Weekly caught up with Le as he finalized preparations for his match to discuss the fight and his future inside and outside the combat arena.MMA Weekly: It’s almost here, you’re just a few days away from making your MMA debut, how are you feeling Cung?

Cung Le: I’m very nervous but excited. I feel my preparation has been well balanced from the stand up to the ground to the takedowns. I’ve been working with the guys over at AKA (American Kickboxing Academy), especially Javier Mendez working with my boxing and Garth Taylor with my Jiu-Jitsu. I’ve got a lot of good sparring partners there and all my students/fighters who have stepped up and given me rounds.

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